The next request to be fulfilled on Dell's IdeaStorm after pre-installed
Linux looks like being the installation of the Firefox web browser:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/C96DC8934D38B37CCC2572D00014F962
The OLPC project clarifies the Windows situation; nobody there is
working with Microsoft, and no one has asked for a Windows version:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070502-olpc-project-clarifies-no-plans-for-windows-support.html
While the OLPC's eventual target price of US$100 seems a hard target,
India is looking towards the US$10 laptop:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TOIonline/India/HRD_hopes_to_make_10_laptops_a_reality/articleshow/1999849.cms
A method for intercepting HD-DVD keys on an Xbox is developed which has
no apparent practical countermeasures:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070415-aacs-cracks-cannot-be-revoked-says-hacker.html
More patent silliness as the labelled software breakpoint is patented:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20030208745.html
It might be possible to make digital cameras take 3D images by using a
flash and clever software:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11776-camera-flashes-reveal-scenes-in-3d.html
IBM Develops a way to use self-assembling diblock copolymers to
produce voids in insulators, speeding the chips up by 35%:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6618919.stm?ls
And finally. If you really must eat your words, what better way than to
use a keyboard-shaped waffle iron and slather on the maple syrup:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/awesome/the-keyboard-waffle-iron-257153.php
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.