The first release candidate for Firefox 1.5 comes out. Here's the feature list:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.5.html
The Linux Standards Base specification (LSB) is now an official ISO-approved
standard:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1880214,00.asp
Companies including PalmSource and France Télécom to launch LiPS, a standards
initiative for the applications layer of Linux-based mobile devices:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/97697F9E43912481CC2570AB0014A1E2?OpenDocument
FreeBSD Gets itself a fancy new logo, this time with a distinctly
spherical form. Would look good as an earring:
http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/640-1.png
SCO Say they have 217 specific alleged violations by IBM, but put them
all under seal in case any of them get refuted too soon:
http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-5924838.html?part=rss&tag=5924838&subj=news
Nokia launches a mobile phone with TV in it, and for Linux affectionados it
includes bits of KDE:
http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10003803.shtml
Nokia create a website to host a number of their projects, which have been
released under Open Source licences:
http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/index.html
By tracking people's cellphones, the Missouri Department of
Transportation hopes to track traffic flow:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/08/tech/main927858.shtml
In memoriam. Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the "buckyball" and
nanotechnology pioneer dies after a six-year battle with cancer:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3423476
And finally. A couple of Italian lads dressed as deamons got a pretty good trick
instead of a treat. The old fellow in the house opened fire:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-11-02T150433Z_01_EIC254265_RTRUKOC_0_US-ITALY-HALLOWEEN.xml
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.
