Microsoft to support ODF natively in Office 2007, but not their own
OOXML format, and an API allowing default save format to be set:
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080521092930864
The 2008 New Zealand Open Source Awards are once more open for
nominations. Details on nominating your pet project here:
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/news
Ulteo Virtual Desktop shares the Windows desktop with Linux nicely.
No VM used, just a kernel patch that hooks into the Windows OS:
http://www.ulteo.com/home/en/virtualdesktop?autolang=en
Microsoft patents proactive virus detection, which has been in use
for many years before Microsoft filed the patent by McAfee et al.:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/microsoft_paten.html
The RepRap Open Source 3D printer in now churning out utilitarian
objects like shoes, coathooks and door handles:
http://blog.reprap.org/2008/05/shoe.html
The next generation OLPC is more like a 2-screen ebook, but should
be even cheaper to produce than the current version:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7411904.stm
And finally. Mythbusters take on the myth that electric cars don't
perform as well as fossil fuel-powered ones:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4264025.html?series=19
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.