The OLPC Laptop starts mass production, with the first batch of 100,000
headed for the kids in Uraguay by Christmas:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7082701.stm
Skype 2.0 with video and conference calls now finally written for
use with Linux:
http://share.skype.com/sites/garage/2007/11/skype_20_beta_for_linux_the_great_revolution.html
Dick Smith Electronics now stocking the Eee PC, a sub-notebook that
comes pre-installed with Linux and is ideal for young students:
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/XC5809
An ultrasonic probe the size of a rice grain is built using MEMS
technology at New Mexico University:
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12882-tiny-probe-gives-wideangle-view-of-your-insides.html
And finally. National Lampoon takes on Windows Vista:
http://blip.tv/file/34069
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.