In another coup, Ubuntu announces that the Linspire Linux distribution will now be based on Kubuntu. Ubuntu now gets Linspire's "click & run": https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue31
Viacomm sues Google for a billion bucks over alleged infringements on
YouTube:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17592285/
Microsoft appears to suggest that it would prefer you to pirate its
operating systems than use Linux:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/03/12/microsoft-executive-pirating-software-choose-microsoft
So where does Bill Hilf sit, as he works on Open Source for Microsoft?:
http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=688
Sandisk's 32GB solid-state drive is out for US$250:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38203
An open letter (in PDF format) to Dell from OpenOffice, asking Dell to
fulfil the second most common user request and ship OpenOffice:
http://why.openoffice.org/documents/openlettertodell.pdf
And finally. Glow-in-the-dark paints could soon be available in a wide
range of colours - and white:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11372-fullcolour-glowinthedark-materials-unveiled.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.