How Australia's new draconian copyright laws will make anyone singing
"Happy Birthday" in public liable for AUD$3960 in fines:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/6501/
Intel has a patent on software phones. Look out Skype, Wengo, Microsoft,
Google...:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F7120140
A favourable review of Palm's new Treo 680 GSM PDA/phone:
http://mytreo.net/archives/2006/11/in-depth-review-of-treo-680.html
Western Australia to change the rules on daylight saving, so stand by
for computer clock chaos:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35910
Apparently there are a week's worth of zero-day vulnerabilities lined up
for Oracle:
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3645306
How SQL injection-like attacks can be used in XML and other similar
protocols:
http://www.site-reference.com/articles/Website-Development/Malicious-Code-Injection-It-s-Not-Just-for-SQL-Anymore.html
Sharp starts making blue lasers, as Nincha and Sony are putting all they
can get into Playstation BluRay drives. The lasers are US$85 a piece:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=194500029
Samsung get their LCD screens down to 0.82mm thin, including the
protective layer:
http://pcexposure.com/2006/11/21/samsung-develops-world%e2%80%99s-slimmest-mobile-lcd-screen/
And finally. The humble biro turns 60:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6173154.st
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.