Telecom announces BT executive Paul Reynolds will replace Theresa
Gattung as CEO, effective late September:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/3B2F67FE74A06B9CCC257307006F82EB
Political trouble for the OLPC laptop as the project is hosted
on Red Hat servers and becomes subject to US export restrictions:
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/28/no-olpcs-for-cuba-or-enemies-of-the-us/
Google finally release the Google Desktop for Linux, but purists
aren't keen on it being closed source when open alternatives exist:
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/google-desktop-.html
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) causes multiple vulnerabilities
in a broad range of standalone & embedded web-based applications:
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=127731&WT.svl=news1_1
Transparent, flexible transistors and circuits are made from indium and
zinc oxide nanowires at Purdue University:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1093
And finally. One of the less well-known ideas in military history, the
anti-tank dog. Not for the squeamish or animal lovers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_mine
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.