While Sun is still foot-dragging over the Open Sourcing of Java, they are at
least about to make it easier to distribute with Linux:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Sun_to_make_Java_more_Linux_friendly/0,2000061733,39255431,00.htm
An Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) survey suggests slightly more
Linux-based installations than Solaris ones in 2007:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;990807476;fp;16;fpid;0
The Italian bank BPU Banca to implement Red Hat Enterprise Linux on both
desktops and servers. 8,000 Workstation clients and 50% savings:
http://www.osdir.com/Article8653.phtml
Linux Kernel SCTP Netfilter Denial of Service Vulnerability. Malicious
network packets could cause Netfilter to hog system resources:
http://www.secuobs.com/secumail/snsecumail/msg00463.shtml
Full-colour video on the side of an airship - straight out of Blade Runner:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=617
And finally. A Kiwi in America has designed an electric car that beats hell out
of a Porsche or Ferrari using off-the-shelf parts. He ought to come home:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/04/technology/business2_wrightspeed
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.