New Zealand and 5 other nations object to the fast-tracking of
Microsoft's "Open XML" document specification as an ISO standard:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/82AF97DEBBAFD057CC2572990006C14C
100 Redundancy notices handed out at Navman as its US-based owner
Brunswick sells it off:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/B8CA72F20171CB50CC2572980004ABF2
It appears that the French parliament is switching to Ubuntu Linux
through Linagora and Unilog. 1,154 machines to convert before this June:
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/814
Several GSM mobile phones are now hitting the market with a total bill
of materials of US$25. These include handsets from Motorola:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197801783
From the patent applications, it looks like Google are going to be
making their own phone:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38139
Hobbyist brain/computer interfaces now become available, but you look
like a real dork wearing the necessary "beanie":
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/6971/
And finally. When Pluto passes through the skies over New Mexico, a bill
in progress would have it called a planet once more:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72927-0.html?tw=wn_technology_3
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.