Google is to close its Google Answers forum, where people
were paid for answering questions posed by other users:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Answers
New South Wales will get free Wi-Fi broadband within the next 3 years,
under a plan announced today by the state's premier Morris Iemma:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Iemma_NSW_CBDs_will_get_free_Wi_Fi/0,130061791,339272442,00.htm
Hints that all is not well with the Microsoft/Novell deal, and that a
rewrite is on the cards:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3645786
Motorola launch their Linux-based MOTOFONE with electronic paper
display in India:
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/6514/
European researchers use sonar to turn any firm surface into an input
device, but recognise the lack of tactile feedback is an issue:
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10673-acoustic-sensors-make-surfaces-interactive.html
And finally. The Purple Dinosaur gets it. At long last, the owners of
Barney have paid up for legal fees for their unwarranted harassment:
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_11.php#005024
http://dustyfeet.com/evil/parasite.html
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.