NZ Telecom sells off its Yellow Pages Group for NZ$2.24 billion:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/106E3710A5E1065DCC2572AA0002C7CB
The UK's Department of Government Commerce reckons Linux-based PCs are
more environmentally friendly. Runs on simpler hardware for longer:
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=8226
Google's senior VP of engineering & research says they're not doing a
phone. They want to do something broader, whatever that means:
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/03/24/google-says-outright-were-not-building-a-mobile-phone/
Google make their new mobile search engine available to the public:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/walking-talking-searching-finding.html
Microsoft's XML document format gets fast-tracked towards ISO approval
despite objections from 6 countries including NZ:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/5CB3B2EB34E54949CC2572A7001114D2
Samsung are now offering 64GB solid state drives for laptops:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38532
A SCO insider seems to have been caught trying to rewrite history on
Wikipedia, and removing links to the Groklaw coverage:
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_(A_to_Z)/Stocks_S/threadview?m=tm&bn=2942&tid=415572&mid=415572&tof=5&frt=2
Review of the Samsung SCH-W559, which has a touch screen that vibrates
when you tap a button on it to give haptic feedback:
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2007Mar/bpd20070323003705.htm
Symbian OS v9.5 is officially announced at CTIA in Florida:
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2007Mar/bpd20070328003872.htm
Since the PS3 client was released for the Folding@Home protein folding
research site, 72% of its TFLOPS now come from them, only 12% of CPUs:
http://tomwritesablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/playstation-3-is-folding-up-storm.html
Electroactive polymers and a bit of programming make this prototype
blimp swim through the air like a fish:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=979
And finally. Launched in plenty of time for taking your favourite
drinking songs to Oktoberfest, Lederhosen with built-in MP3 controls:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=986
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.