The US-centric Google Local mapping service is now available for cellphones,
with mapped businesses having their phone number in the map data:
http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/528388.htm
5 Years down the line, Microsoft is to release SQL Server 2005 database, Visual
Studio 2005 tool suite, and the BizTalk Server 2006 integration server:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1882225,00.asp
The Nokia 770 WiFi/Bluetooth Internet tablet starts shipping at a price of 350
euros:
http://www.mobileguerilla.com/articles/2005/11/07/nokia-770-shipping.php
The Luper worm, notable mainly for its rarity, is found on some Linux PHP
servers. It spreads through an XML-RPC bug patched last June:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5938475.html
LCD Panel prices drop back by about US$3 as improvements in manufacturing start
to pay off:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173403215
The RepRap Project, aiming at building an Open Source fabricator that can make
itself, releases its MkII plastic extrusion head with full build details:
http://reprap.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-extruder.html
And finally. A New Zealand study finds that kids who eat hamburgers once a week
are 75 per cent more likely to have asthma than non-burgerers:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3471749a10,00.html
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.