Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Wed Jun 15 23:45:18 NZST 2005

Today Index

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.