Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Wed Mar 7 07:11:01 NZDT 2007

Today Index

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) urges PC hardware manufacturers to boost lacklustre Vista PC sales by offering PCs with Linux installed:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700816

When a concrete truck took out Orcon and Woosh last week, datacentre users voted with their feet after the backup power failed:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/25933855C5CE4778CC25729100780410

The RIAA's "expert" witness in UMG vs. Lindor is dismantled by the defence lawyer following advice received from the Groklaw community:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070302073736822

"Nokia seen nosing around Palm. Counting its loose change":
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37968

BBC Article on people becoming addicted to mobile devices:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6411495.stm

Dell are now starting to charge less for Linux PCs than Windows ones:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37981

And finally. For us olds, the name Commodore is synonymous with early home computing. Now the Commodore name is coming back for gaming PCs:
http://techdigest.tv/2007/03/commodore_annou.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.