Sun are phasing out mobile java (J2ME), replacing it with full-blown
java because "Cell phones and TV set-top boxes are growing up":
http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9800679-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Computerworld reports that the upcoming Windows XP SP3 runs MS Office
10% faster than SP2, and that makes it faster than Vista SP1:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9048658&source=rss_news50
Some feedback from teachers over how the "$100 laptop" is affecting
the children in their classes:
http://laptopgiving.org/en/what-teachers-are-saying.php
Correction 1. Last Clippings article on "prop hanging" aircraft
is located here (I chopped off a digit):
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1322
Correction 2. Last Clippings "Survey of Windows users shows 44% may
move to Mac or Linux" link incorrect. Corrected link:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5118924882.html
And finally. Though smacking kids is banned, the police still want to
cattle-prod adults into submission with tasers. The UN calls it torture:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4288873a11.htm
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.