The MS Office off Mac in schools story keeps growing, with MS blaming
the switch on poor budgeting and the Ministry of Ed. on poor value:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4082106a28.html
The recent dropping of MS Office on Macs has led to a certain amount of
reflection on how NZ's knowledge economy should be started in schools:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4082853a28.html
The race is on for the New Zealand Open Source Society Presidency, with
the winner having some big shoes to fill and legal issues to sort out:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/B28DE23FA5F6B19DCC2572ED001167F8
Ultra-cheap laptops suddenly seem possible as Asus announce a US$189
laptop, Linux-powered of course, but doesn't say what the CPU is:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/114773/asus-stuns-computex-with-100-laptop.html#
Dell start to deny hardware warranties on their Linux computers, but
apparently this was just a glitch in the ordering system. And staff:
http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/67976
The lacklustre takeup of Vista is causing problems for DRAM
manufacturers as they are not seeing an increase in demand:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/dram-chipmakers-suffer-worst-quarter/story.aspx?guid=%7BB15928E6-7034-4FAB-86C0-45CBA08AAD68%7D
A video of PhotoSynth in action. If you've never seen it before, it's an
amazing way of manipulating image libraries:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DqZ8jAmv0
Microemissive displays for use in personal heads-up glasses enter
production in Dresden:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/7379/
And finally. In India, mobile phone ringtones of animals are being used
to attract leopards. Here kitty, kitty, kitty:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40055
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.