Enjoy the digest:
Harman International Industries Inc. aquires UNIX-like embedded operating
system company QNX Software for US$138 million:
http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=51201922
PC World put the Open Source Firefox browser on their cover CD and say "If
Internet Explorer was a dog, someone would have shot it long ago":
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/HomePage_FeatureDocs_PCWorld/13EBEE8FEACAD9FDCC256F3E006CA027?OpenDocument
A report by Gartner suggests that software companies need to break their
offerings into smaller packages to allow businesses greater flexibility:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=6677856
Video on the move turns out not to be a big hit with the customers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3971715.stm
IBM and Sun to create Linux-based applications designed for children, with the
backing of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19396
VIA To launch an almost dual core CPU; two Esther CPUs piggy-backed into a
module. Eventually they'll make a real one with proper chip-to-chip bandwidth:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041029-4361.html
Seiko Epson produce a 20-layer circuit board with vias and holes - on an inkjet
printer squirting silver-based conductive ink and non-conductive inks:
http://www.physorg.com/news1789.html
And finally. A quick look into the shady Colombian coca business, where
Roundup-resistant plants are proving very popular - with the locals anyway:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/columbia_pr.html
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.