Google are to buy Feedburner for US$100 million:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/100-million-payday-for-feedburner-this-deal-is-confirmed/
Dell appears to intend shipping Ubuntu Linux PCs without multimedia
support. Easy enough to add through the package manager, but annoying:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39761
Coketunes to close doors on 10th August. Will people wanting to play
their DRM'd tracks after that date have problems? Hard to tell:
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm/2953
The RIANZ's official New Zealand Music Chart will log sales of digital
music from the 29th May:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/36233712215DC7BFCC2572E3007C8983
Climate change models for carbon dioxide emissions by CSIRO are shown to
match the worst-case predictions:
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn11899-recent-cosub2sub-rises-exceed-worstcase-scenarios.html
The first cross-platform OpenOffice virus is created, though hasn't been
found in the wild yet. The payload is an indecent act "furry" photo:
http://apcmag.com/6162/first_openoffice_virus_emerges
The RepRap Project starts a non-profit foundation to manage the
distribution of 3D printer parts for their self-fabricating printer:
http://www.rrrf.org/about/
And finally. Newly discovered rock carvings push the origin of Chinese
ideograms back from 4,500 to 8,000 years BP:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6669569.stm
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.