Kiwis still pay through the beak for telecoms services as compared to
the rest of the OECD. The price is dropping, but elsewhere drops faster:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3997388a13.html
Palm gets ready for a buyout, with 4 big buyers (including Nokia and
Motorola) considering up to US$2 billion for the job lot:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070320-palm-readying-for-buyout-this-week.html
Plutolife runs a mobile phone version of Flikr in Norway with prizes for
the best photos, now they're headed for the Americas:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38298
The Romanian code Microsoft bought in for their OneCare product seems to
be having a few security issues, and fails to achieve certification:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm
In memoriam. John W. Backus, leader of the IBM team that created
Fortran, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html?ex=1332043200&en=adde3ee5a1875330&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
And finally. If you do put 100kg of gold in a safe, it might pay to
close the door...:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6464389.stm
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.