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.