Australia's first major WiMAX adopter, Buzz Broadband, closes its
network, calls WiMAX a disaster; 1000ms latency & bad indoors:
http://www.commsday.com/node/228
How will Windows users get hold of XP after the retail bundle cut-off
date of 30th June 2008, and what happens to XP after then?:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9070119
Windows is getting squeezed between Macs at the high end and Linux
at the low end, though nobody is tracking Linux sales:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8541837412.html?kc=EWKNLNAV032408STR4
Among OpenOffice 3.0's new features is Microsoft OOXML read/write.
It's not perfect, but useful whether or not OOXML becomes a standard:
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html
Sun gets US government contract to explore connecting chips together
with on-chip laser networking. Likelyhood of success not good:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/technology/24wafer.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
Toshiba says it plans 128 GB solid-state drive before April. Only
available in Japan, but will out-perform 7200 rpm drives:
http://eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206905005
And finally. Regrowing a fingertip holds promise for regenerative
tissue growth technology using patent's own cells:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/22/sunday/main3960219.shtml
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.