Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Wed Nov 14 07:58:14 NZDT 2007

Today Index

The Yellow Pages strike a deal with Vodafone to offer WAP-based searching of the business directory, with Telecom still making up its mind:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10475918

97% Of US government agencies have successfully or partially successfully implemented their Open Source projects, something over half have done:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/devt/194B51FD0932DBEFCC25738D007DEE8B

The mis-named OpenDocument Foundation has now shut up shop and closed its website, following revelations that its preferred CDF format was not suitable:
http://opendocumentfoundation.us/

The Nokia internet tablets acquire a Palm OS emulator, downloadable for free:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/virtual-palm-os-on-your-nokia-n-series-tablet-hoozah/

The Top 500 Supercomputer list is out, with the top spot still claimed by an IBM BlueGene/L system:
http://www.top500.org/lists/2007/11

And finally. The US Navy is on exercise in the Pacific between Japan and Taiwan. Awkwardly, a Chinese stealth sub sufaced in their midst to say hi:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=492804&in_page_id=1811

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.