Nero release a free, but not Open Source, version of their CD burner software
for Linux as Debian and RPM packages to people who have registered Nero:
http://ww2.nero.com/us/NeroLINUX.html
Ford NZ Discover that Telecom's Remote Office only works over Telecom's DSL,
not over UBS links provided by other ISPs:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/AFD134FCB3966F7CCC256FBD0000005E?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Microsoft to release a version of Windows with basic cluster functionality
around August:
http://news.com.com/Windows+for+supercomputers+likely+out+by+fall/2100-1012_3-5598603.html?tag=nefd.top
Microsoft MVPs petition for the return of the old VB 6:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1774642,00.asp
IBM Brings their 1-terabit/sq inch Millipede technology out into daylight:
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050311_162423.html
Intel puts forward a new 802.11s specification that is specifically aimed at
supporting mesh networks:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39189953,00.htm
Nokia thinks that fuel cells in mobiles are great, but decides to stop
development for now with no firm restart date:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/04/nokia_ditches_mobile_fuel_cell/
Samsung show off the largest LCD panel to date, at 82 inches. A 97 inch panel
is in the works:
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1060
Sony to release a range of MP3 players - that actually play MP3s:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21671
And finally. A 17-year-old girl called Panna Felsen from San Diego, beats all
three of the latest robotic arms at arm wrestling:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7113
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.