The Commerce Commission tells Telecom NZ that a 3G network used to send 2G voice
does not qualify as a 3G network for the purpose of avoiding price controls:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/483FF973C1B97A49CC25701D0017BDAF?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Groklaw picks up on the NZ Government's deep suspicion on the validity of using
DRM'd software and data in archives:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050613130705170
Sun comes up with the goods, and releases Solaris under an approved Open Source
licence:
http://news.com.com/Sun+begins+open-source+Solaris+era/2100-7344_3-5745120.html?tag=nefd.top
Antor claims patent infringement of file downloading by Nokia, UTStarcom,
Audiovox, Kyocera, Sanyo, Sharp, NEC, RIM, Virgin, LG, Palm & Panasonic:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23886
Doubts cast on the security of Windows Mobile 5.0 on moblie phones by Tech Ed
and Gartner:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1826676,00.asp
How to use an unmodified VGA card to broadcast a complete VHF digital TV signal:
http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/dvbt/
University of Illinois makes silicon nanotubes that are flexible and nearly as
soft as rubber. 2-5nm diameter and up to 100nm long:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/uoia-tfo061405.php
And finally. Work at the University off Hawaii shows that brushes made from
carbon nanotubes are great for cleaning the inside of blood vessels:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7507
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4085214.stm
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.