Early testers of Windows x64 are discovering that their virus detection tools
no longer work. Lets hope the viruses don't either:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1791244,00.asp
Microsoft's suggested "Metro" format, touted as a replacement for Portable
Document Format or PDF, turns out to not be portable across platforms. Oops:
http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1759,1811770,00.asp
Debian's "Sarge" release is frozen for bugfixes only, paving the way for the
very long awaited officially stable version:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/05/msg00001.html
Waikato residents can get Linux installed for free at the Crawshaw School Linux
Installfest on Staurday the 7th May:
http://wlug.org.nz/InstallFest.2005-05-07
Sony and Toshiba join up to unify the Blu-ray and HD-DVD specifications to the
relief of most consumers:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/606/606548p1.html
The classic Microsoft "embrace and extend" algorithm seeks to build Windows
drivers directly into your graphics displays:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1791702,00.asp
Toshiba shows off a single Cell CPU concurrently decoding and displaying 48
MPEG streams, with capacity to spare:
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20050425/104149/
And finally. Work at Duke University shows that thunderstorms emit gamma rays.
The freaky thing? It happens a split second before the lighting itself:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-05/du-grf050205.php
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.