Sun finally release JSE, J2ME, JEE and GlassFish under the GPL:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3337915997.html
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2055770,00.asp
Sun also Open Source their mascot, "Duke":
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2058297,00.asp
Microsoft's Jim Allchin backs away from earlier statements suggesting
that Vista might be so secure it won't need anti-virus software:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/13/allchin_vista_antivirus_confusion/
ATI Offers a toolkit to assist programmers in porting DirectX
applications to OpenGL:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/11/10/hlsl2glsl/index.php#
Serious flaw found in Broadcom's Windows WiFi driver:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3643536
Google think free cellphones are the way to go, paid for by making you
listen to or watch advertisements. Much like the Vodafone spam now:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/11/technology/bc.tech.google2.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006111122
NVIDIA Position their G8800 as a stream processor that can be used as a
GPU, rather than its obvious hardware optimisation as a pixel-pusher:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061115-8230.html
Engadget do a thorough review of the Zune. It's everything you'd expect
from Microsoft. Basically they prefer iPod. Nice error screen though:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/zune-review/
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35755
Wireless gadget recharging gets a boost from MIT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6129460.stm
Intel's 4004 CPU, the first integrated microprocessor, turns 35. Full
schematics and a Java simulator made available:
http://www.4004.com/
Early nanotube use traced to AD900-AD1750, where they strengthened the
blades of Saracen swords:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19225780.151-secrets-out-for-saracen-sabres.html
Amazing underwater robot moves like a squid. Not jet propulsion, but by
rippling fins around its periphery:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=815
And finally. Star Trek had transparent aluminium, but we have
transparent concrete - and you can make PC displays from it:
http://www.litracon.hu/aboutus.php
http://www.innovationlab.net/sw22811.asp
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.