The Apache generation of web server fame start an incubator project, "Harmony",
to develop an approved Java 5 J2SE under the Apache Open Source licence:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200505.mbox/%3CCA4BEB82-3D84-457D-9531-1477DD749919@apache.org%3E
UK Government research shows that primary schools can cut costs by half, and
secondary schools by a quarter if they use Open Source, not prorietary wares:
http://www.tes.co.uk/2094985
Wanted: 20 Bloggers to create a buzz about Microsoft products. Any
members recruited into "Team 99" will get free software and an NDA:
http://www.alwayson-network.com/news/index.php
An interview with Bill Hilf., Microsoft's general manager of platform
strategy who happens to run a sizeable Linux lab on the Redmond campus:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1813703,00.asp
Qualcomm to support Linux in its next mobile phone chips, easing the design of
new high-end CDMA 3G devices and their proprietary BREW solutions:
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/news/1260004997D0.xhtml
A look at what's coming up in the FireFox 1.1 browser:
http://fedoracoreblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/firefox-11-preview.html
The US Court of Appeals dismisses the FCC's attempt to copy-portect
HDTV, saying the FCC has no authority to regulate playback firmware:
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1242
Shimadzu's HyperVision HPV-1 video camera records images at up to 1
million frames per second:
http://www.dottocomu.com/b/archives/cat_digicams.html
And finally. It had to come; the first Barbie USB drive mod. Just wrench
off Barbie's head and push the exposed USB plug into your PC...:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/storage/index.php#barbie-usb-drive-102600
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.