The French government plans to pass laws allowing format conversion as
an excuse for bypassing DRM. Of course, Apple don't like it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4833010.stm
A very broad patent covering any media-rich Internet application is
granted in the US. Potentially it even covers Flash adverts:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180206472&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
How to build your own laser listening device:
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000083073599/
Researchers at the University of Tokyo design and build the first man-made
molecular machine that interacts with another molecular machine:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8885-first-molecularmachine-combination-revealed.html
And finally. Let's hear it for duct tape, or gaffer tape. It's like the
force; it has a dark side and binds the universe together:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,70458-0.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.