Microsoft is assigned their patent on using XML for word processing documents,
and the New Zealand Open Source Society prepares to lodge an appeal:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/75EEBA0BA10E3812CC256FFC002EB7CC?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld
Two senior Editors of LinuxWorld take a stand against Maureen O'Gara's personal
ad hominem "coverage" of the IT industry, and present a her-or-me choice:
http://turner.linuxworld.com/read/1256619.htm
http://dee.linuxworld.com/read/1256657.htm
IBM Plans to follow up its job cuts with a plan to ensure it isn't cut out of
future development; it's having a big push on open standards:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1813876,00.asp
Vodafone UK produces Windows-based GPRS/3G/WiFi combined services software that
bills WiFi hotspot use to your mobile account:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23080
Motorola show their Nano Emissive Display (NED) technology which grows
nanotubes on glass to make excellent & efficient - cheap - plasma displays:
http://www.physorg.com/news4031.html
And finally. An Auckland man is the recipient of CPulse, which is essentially a
device that automatically gives internal heart massage:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-08-2005/0003586315&EDATE=
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.