Sun's "Open" attitude to Java pays off as it strikes a patent deal with
ARM for a variety of technologies:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39629
Access Optical Networks Inc. suggests a holographic storage system
directly connected to a fibre LAN - no light-to-electric conversion:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199501146
Novell Chief Executive and President Ronald Hovsepian said Linux did not
infringe on any patents:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4061694a28.html
Microsoft claims Open Source Software invalidates 235 of its patents,
but doesn't name names or say which patents would stand up in court:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm?section=money_latest
The original OSRM study found Linux potentially, not definitely,
infringes 283 untested patents. None are court-validated:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39663
"It's certainly a lot more likely that Microsoft violates patents than
Linux does," says Linus Torvalds:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600443
Levono buys US$1.3 billion worth of Microsoft licences to satisfy
Chinese government regulations on shipping PCs:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39529
The New Zealand Open Source Society warns that proposed copyright
legislation will prevent non-Windows software being developed:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/DFF5E36288E85D11CC2572DA00352758
San Fransisco looks set to see EarthLink and Google provide the whole
city with free wireless Internet access @300Kib/s or paid 1Mib/s:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/12/BUG6FPPLB21.DTL
Red Hat prepares a Linux version for "white box" vendors to sell, based
on their experience with the OLPC. Expected to ship in July:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2128209,00.asp
How to set Gmail as your default mail client under Ubuntu:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/set-gmail-as-default-mail-client-in-ubuntu/
For those of a musical inclination who fancy a roll-up, a
roll-up USB drum kit (US$42) and keyboard (US$46) from Brando:
http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/04/30/usb-roll-up-keyboard-and-drum-kit/
And finally. Another 3D printer design. The CandyFab 4000 by Evil Mad
Scientist Labs prints objects from layers of caramelised sugar:
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab
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.