Clippings may be delayed next week as the author attends
O'Reilly Publications' OSCON 2007:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2007/view/e_sess/14606
Levono says it will be supplying laptops with Linux pre-installed
in New Zealand on request. No news on pricing:
http://m-net.net.nz/1762/latest-news/latest-news/lenovo-says-it-will-supply-linux-in-nz-pre-insta.php
Software Freedom Day (15th September) gets backign from Google:
http://softwarefreedomday.org/PressReleases/18072007
The Open Source banking program GNUcash 2.2.0 is now available,
with an official Windows release for the first time:
http://gnomedesktop.org/node/3194
Computer checkers is now unbeatable, as Jonathan Schaeffer finally
perfects his algorithm and publishes a mathematical proof:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=DBE35D70-E7F2-99DF-3ECB392CEF7AC028&chanID=sa007
Intel confirms it expects to introduce battery-friendly quad-core processors for laptops in 2008: ttp://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2194467/intel-chips-boost-laptop-power
And finally. Northwestern University in Chicago produces the first
reusable synthetic "gecko foot" tape in quantity:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6904175.st
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.