Enjoy the digest:
In 1987 Tectronix took out a patent covering the moving display of 3D objects
on a 2D display. Now they want royalties off everyone, particularly gamers:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/03/game_cos_3d_lawsuit/
Novell files minutes from a 1995 meeting of the Board of Directors, which
clearly and unequivocably say that Novell was to retain the UNIX copyrights:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041110033306403
Following recent relevations on Microsoft's indemnification policies, Microsoft
announces it will expand its IP indemnification plans:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=6773391
Javalobby opens up a Tips & Tricks section, for real-world Javawranglers:
http://www.javalobby.org/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=18032
Siemens introduces the GigaSet USB adaptor for their phones that allows the user to plug
it in to a PC and make Skype VoIP calls. Comes with 120 mins of call vouchers:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118557,00.asp
http://www.siemens-mobile.com/cds/frontdoor/0,2241,hq_en_0_69566_rArNrNrNrN,00.html
Version 1.0 of the Firefox web browser is now available for download. Local
links given below for Linux and Windows versions:
http://gentoo.recoil.net.nz/pub/mozilla/firefox-1.0.installer.tar.gz
http://kirjava.net.nz/files/Firefox%20Setup%201.0.exe
Reports that PCI-Express is starting to aquire non-video hardware such as
ultra-fast SCSI RAID controllers:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19591
And finally. Changing weather patterns from global warming have brought the US
stronger hurricanes, which in turn have brought new airbourne crop diseases:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=6776448
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.