Latest North American figures show the number of companies considering Linux has
dropped, yet they also show Linux server sales increasing at 35% p.a.:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2005/tc2005067_2133_tc024.htm
Microsoft are improving their OS by adding a better command line interface:
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050607_193855.html
Sony reveals that the Playstation 3 hard disk add-on will come equipped with
Linux as standard. The disk is an extra so Sony can increase its size:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/09/news_6127219.html
A Windows installer is now available for Open Clipart, with 3459 unique
vector-based images. Converters for most formats via ImageMagik:
http://www.openclipart.org/index.php
Linux users now have a way to stop Adobe Acrobat 7's spyware feature from
phoning home. Unfortunately this approach will not work on Windows:
http://justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140801/
It turns out that carbon nanotubes can route electrical signals on a chip
faster than traditional copper or aluminium wires:
http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1337
Some customers are moving to environmentally responsible web hosts, powered by
solar panels and renewable energy credits:
http://www.wired.com/news/planet/0,2782,67785,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
And finally. The discrepancy between the real world an US Administration global
warming figures emerges - a senior White House employee fiddled them:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/06/08/climate.us.official.reut/
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.