IBM Approves the Ubuntu Linux distribution for use as a platform for running
DB2, and will fully support businesses who choose to run DB2 UDB on Ubuntu:
http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/1708
Microsoft settles up with the Korean Internet portal Daum Communications for
bunding Instant Messenger to the tune of US$30 million:
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/11/11/yourmoney/msft.php
The Australian Taxation Office releases a Linux client for use with its
electronic commerce interface. Certificate signing still needs Windows or Macs:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/linuxfriendly-move-by-tax-office/2005/11/10/1131578159747.html?oneclick=true
PC World analysis on Microsoft's latest attempt to offer web services. As
before, the service will only work with things Microsoft, and is vapourware:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123503,00.asp
The F902i mobile phone by Fujitsu incorporates fingerprint scanning to unlock
the phone. Essential as Japan now has a "phone wallet" system:
http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/docomo-f902i-fingerprint-phone-136686.php
Sophos is to release a utility to find and eliminate Sony's DRM Rootkit from a
PC, citing various security vulnerabilities and user concerns:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27608
And finally. A scientific analysis of tinfoil hat performance shows they
actually concentrate radio waves. This may explain things about the wearers...:
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/,
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.