Sun are now very close to releasing Java and J2ME. The big surprise is
that they look like using the GPL, not their own CDDL. Good one, Sun:
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml;?articleId=193600331
Numbers start emerging concerning the Novell/Microsoft deal and their GPL
work-arounds. Novell gets US$240 million for a start:
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7235986827.html
Adobe are opening their Flash player source to the Mozilla project and
are contributing to ECMAScript Edition 4:
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/11/07/adobe_flash_firefox/
Reporters Without Borders list of "Internet enemies". 13 countries which
oppressively police the net. The good news? 3 came off the list in 2006:
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19603
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6124420.stm
Brazilian educational institutions are expecting their first small batch
of 2B1 OLPC "$100" Laptops in a week or so, and 1,000 in January:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/704B43685F54E8CBCC25721F00351B05
Microsoft's "Live Search" service gets some 3D mapping:
http://www.eweek.com/slideshow/0,1206,l=&s=25945&a=193338,00.asp
Multiple glitches reported with electronic voting systems as the US
votes in its mid-term election:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6123570.stm
An "Open" GSM phone, the OpenMoko. Runs Linux and is completely
reprogrammable. US$350, but that includes the SDK and built-in GPS:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35590
And finally. Sorry, you poor warty duct tape fans. The magic "100 mile
an hour tape" is a wondrous thing but won't cure warts:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-11-07T152359Z_01_N06273370_RTRUKOC_0_US-WARTS1.xml&WTmodLoc=OddNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-6
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.