ZDnet reviews Linux for corporate desktops. Ubuntu comes out on top, fully
featured with good support. SuSE came a close second, but costs more:
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/print/?TYPE=story&AT=39237495-39023100t-30000029c
Gartner, Inc. reports sales of Windows systems account for 37% of server revenue
in the last quarter while Linux accounted for 31.7% - a 5% lead in $ over Linux:
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2026
IBM's developer section has an article on programming Cell processors and the
Cell Broadband Engine (CBE). Acronym City:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-fpfunleashing/?ca=dgr-lnxw01CellUnleash
IT manager Peter Quinn of the Massachusetts state government, who approved the
move to OpenDocument, mysteriously finds himself the target of a smear campaign:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8566
Logitech now issue Flash uploads for their laser mice. True to patch form, the
upgrades won't work on Linux or 64-bit Windows:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27923
MIT's US$100 laptop is to use RedHat Linux for its OS:
http://www.tectonic.co.za/viewr.php?id=731
USC SF Researchers take an image of the "Flying Spaghetti Monster" at 100
Megapixels/sq inch by using photo-sensitive bacteria as a novel film:
http://www.brainblog.com/cms/scientists_engineer_bacteria_to_create_living_photographs2480
And finally. Cannon warns photocopier abusers not to copy their nether regions
at the Xmas party, and have increased glass thickness to reduce breakages:
http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39154489,00.htm
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.