Australia extradites the first person accused of breaking a US law in
Oz. Hew Griffiths of NSW has never been to America before:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/05/06/1178390140855.html
The "electronic equipment" found by paranoid US contractors in Canadian
coins turns out to be images of poppies on commemorative coinage:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070507.wspycoins0507/BNStory/National/home
As of June 2008 the US government and military must start using only
IPv6-capable hardware. The end is night for IPv4:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2126053,00.asp
Asustek, which makes notebooks for Dell and Apple is to start making
own-brand notebooks with prices of US$249 or less, in response to the OLPC:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2007/05/05/asusteks_classmate_could_challenge_mits_laptop.html
The price of copper is soaring, from US$2000/tonne in 2003 to the
current US$8100:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Price_for_semi-precious_copper_shows_dramatic_rise_in_2007
The US Argonne National Laboratory develops a new lithium battery
nanolayered with manganese with higher capacity and better stability:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/dnl-nm050707.php
And finally. UN Reports the world has to cut greenhouse gases by 50%
below 1990 levels by 2050 to limit global warming to a 2C rise:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07207393.htm
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.