Germany's tax authority in Lower Saxony is migrating 12,000 desktops to SuSE Linux and KDE desktop that was part-funded by the German government:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39274196,00.htm
AMD's Opteron accepts co-processors that can contain FPGA logic to speed
up application-specific functions. C-to-hardware is supported:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188702712
Electrowetting displays might allow always-on screens on mobile phones:
http://news.com.com/New+cell+phone+screens+battery+friendly/2100-1041_3-6081785.html?tag=nefd.lede
Nanotube-based supercapacitors may replace batteries for portable
equipment. MIT show off some prototypes:
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392803
Zyvex and Arkema announce the opening of facilities to produce 10 tonnes
of carbon nanotubes per year - 10% of global production:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060608/dath011.html?.v=60
And finally. The Earth has had a secret moon for the last 7 years, and as soon as I find out, it turns out that we're about to lose it:
http://www.physorg.com/news69081286.htm
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.