IBM Buys Gluecode, makes it free, and will port parts of the project management
suite back into Apache's Geronimo project:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/10/AR2005051000462.html
Sun Microsystems buys the old SCO, now known as Tarantella, for UKP25 million.
The deal includes some SCO intellectual property:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/10/sun_buys_tarantella/
PalmOne counters Microsoft's new mobile OS with offers of bringing mass storage
into their PDAs as a feature, and turn them into "Mobile Managers":
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1814314,00.asp
Sun, the FSF and other interested parties reach agreement on handling Java in
OpenOffice. They're going to use GNU gcj as an option for the Java side:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1815349,00.asp
Bangalore-based Encore Software develop the "Mobilis" Rs.10,000 (US$200)
portable computer with 7.4" screen. Don't expect a high-end workstation:
http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/11/stories/2005051103002200.htm
Carbon nanotubes used to create a scanning X-ray emitter with no moving parts
that works at room temperature:
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may05/zhou051105.html
Matrix Semiconductor Inc. puts 1-Gbit inside a 31mm2 , doubling bit density
while still using 150nm design rules for the base chip:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163100505
Toshiba is up to something with small hard drives, having acquired Panasonic
Shikoku Electronics' HDD design center:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163101325
And finally. Some amusing community-generated adverts for Firefox. The "Mobile"
one is my favourite so far:
http://funnyfox.org/
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.