Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Thu Mar 13 09:03:47 NZDT 2008

Today Index

A mass review of the bargain basement ultra-portable PCs that there suddenly seems to be a rash of:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49295979-1,00.htm

Microsoft to acquire software virtualisation company Kidaro in a deal rumoured ot be worth US$100 million:
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/03/10/daily19.html?jst=b_ln_hl

In case you've not seen it before, here's what a see-through PDA interface looks like. You see shadows where your fingers are:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/lucidtouch-the-see-through-mobile-device/8951/

Intel to release Flash drives in 1.8" and 2.5" formats in capacities between 80GB and 160GB in Q2 2008:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9067858&intsrc=hm_list

GE Shows off their reel-to-reel OLED panels. From the hi-res picture it looks like they've got a little way to go in the quality dept.:
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080311005806&newsLang=en

A neural interface worn around the neck detects speech without it actually being said, allowing very private phonecalls - NSA excepted:
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13449-nervetapping-neckband-allows-telepathic-chat.html

And finally. Monitoring with an EEG shows that diesel particles affect the working of the brain. Road rage explained, maybe? :
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10497757

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.