Enjoy the digest:
Pompeii could soon be the first historical site to use Augmented Reality as a
way of enhancing the experience for tourists:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3954659.stm
Intel is sticking with Windows 2000 on it's in-house Microsoft-based PCs for the moment:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19381
The Treo 650 gets a big thumbs up as THE Smartphone to get your hands on - if
you can:
http://blog.treonauts.com/2004/10/treonauts_verdi.html
A look at what makes a good Linux desktop distribution, and what additional
applications make the transition to it easier:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3135712364.html
A super-tough coating is developed for CDs and LCD screens that is resistant to
wire wool and ink - but not to a penknife wielded by an enthusiastic reviewer:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996583
The market for small LCDs is growing, but fewer large LCD panels are being
sold. Presumably because people now realise they do not make good TVs:
http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=51201517
Clear, laser-driven retinal displays are now almost affordable at US$4,000 but
come in red only and make you look like a Star Trek extra:
http://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=101184
And finally. NASA say the shuttle should be ready for flight in late May to
early June 2005, resuming limited operations after a 2 year break:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3967045.stm
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for ECONZ Ltd. The views presented in this document are those of the collator, not those of ECONZ Ltd.