Microsoft's mobile devices are set to use Adobe's Flash Lite. Microsoft
has licenced the software along with a cut-down PDF reader:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200803/031708Adobe_MS.html
Microsoft release SP1 for Vista. Most of the beta release issues seem
fixed, but there are some minor problems with a few drivers:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39369881,00.htm
HP is expected to announce that it will be supplying laptops pre- installed with Novell's Suse Linux, joining Dell and Lenovo:
Novell's anti-trust suit against Microsoft over document formats is set to
go forward after Microsoft's appeal is rejected:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080317124445613
Ubuntu's 8.04 Hardy Heron release is due to go beta on Thursday:
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/03/ubuntu-linux-re.html
And finally. Doing brain surgery with DIY hand tools in the Ukraine,
and doing it well. Surgeon Henry Marsh is the one boring you:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3559479.ece
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.