Intel starts to enter the Chinese and Indian Linux markets, supplying software
chipset drivers in the same way that it has supported Microsoft in the past:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19857
Microsoft to supply free, legitimate copies of Windows XP to people who have
bought PCs with a pirate version pre-installed:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5466487.html
Japanese customers can now send pictures of barcodes to Amazon, who will
then tell them how much the product costs from the Amazon catalogue:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/amazon-japan-cell-phone-fancypants-service-026198.php
A Java security flaw hits Windows and Linux in true cross-platform style. No
word on whether the exploit runs on Macs yet:
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39126099,00.htm
And finally. Though Saudi women are forbidden to drive, Ms Hanadi Zakariya Hindi
has managed to get mobile by becoming the first female Saudi pilot:
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=5726
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.