More bad news for Sony. First the batteries, now they're the subject of
an antitrust investigation over their SRAM:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3641106
Microsoft ships Windows CE Embedded, this time including the kernel
source, though under their mostly read-only "shared source" licence:
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS2632317407.html
Smart Whiteboards now come with Linux drivers, so now pengiunistas' work
can be shared around the Internet and archived for reference:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9273570085.html
Rumours start appearing that "Do no evil" Google is in cahoots with the
CIA to some unspecified degree. 'Course, this might well be FUD:
http://blogs.webpronews.com/2006/10/30/does-google-have-cia-ties/
An exploit is now in the wild that can disable the WindowsXP firewall,
so letting in all the nasty greeblies:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/93B6D55C508AC2ADCC257218001BD158
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35477
Centrifuges aren't just good for separating blood and uranium. Now
they're being used to separate out different types of nanotubes:
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17672&ch=nanotech
And finally. Scientists develop the first lab-grown human liver. Only
coin-sized, but this is V0.1 and it's still useful for drug tests:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=792
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.