Proposed EC legislation will specifically exclude software from being patented:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39270929,00.htm
Wired publishes details on President Bush's wiretaps,saying "This is the
infrastructure for an Orwellian police state. It must be shut down!":
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,70944-0.htm
A Microsoft Vistaese to English translation phrasebook:
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,125871,00.asp
The MPAA faces allegations of using hackers to illegally access client
the lists for file distribution sites:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6076665.html
For those considering the Treo 700p but who need GSM, a similar PalmOS
phone is already on offer, the Xplore M98 - and it has Graffiti:
http://plemix.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=P&Product_Code=61001&Category_Code=PAO
Trolltech show off their Qtopia mobile phone stack by releasing a
bootable demo CD. Shame they left VoIP out:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5718351613.html
Some moderately critical flaws found in the Linux kernel allowing a
remote system crash, and local kernel memory reads. Update available:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20185/
Remote exploit flaw in Symantec AntiVirus allows full control of the
victim's Windows PC with no download or click activity by the user:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1967941,00.asp
Samsung to commence mass-production of active matrix OLED displays in
October, concentrating on 2-2.5 inch smartphone displays:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188500336
And finally. Placido Domingo's monster opera "Grendel" succumbs to bugs, as the computer controlled rotating stage doesn't, cancelling the opening night:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-05-25T210115Z_01_N25220841_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARTS-GRENDEL.xml
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.