Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Sat Jun 3 12:08:17 NZST 2006

Today Index

The Ubuntu team proudly announces the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (long term support), codenamed "Dapper Drake": https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2006-June/000083.html

The Chairman of VeriChip seriously suggests that all immigrants to the US are implanted with a compulsory RFID chip at the border:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32111

Ethan Zuckerman discusses the One Laptop Per Child project and hardware, with photos and news on new wireless server developments:
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=824

Intel's "Middleware Division" contributes AWT and Java2D packages, along with Swing to Apache's "Project Harmony" Open Source Java:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32116

Wired News eavesdrops on the World Conference for wire-tapping network equipment, where attendees know not to discuss deals on the phone:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,71022-1.html

Israel-based Citala Ltd. claims to have the first mass-produced flexible plastic 'Active Pixel Display':
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188700784

And finally. Birmingham University researchers feed chocolate factory waste to bacteria and generate electricity from them:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19025546.000-chocolate-generates-electrical-power.html

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.