NZ Telecom's "Go Large" uncapped plan looks like having a 20GB data cap:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/3CA3019D955C5F84CC2571F6007544EB
The Mozilla Foundation start to enforce their trademark rules on Firefox, preventing Debian and Debian-based distros - such as Ubuntu - from including it as free software. Debate rages:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=267642
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3634591
Sony Ericsson's MBW-100 Bluetooth watch provides caller ID and MP3
player remote control functionalityw with an OLED screen:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193100233
ESPN closes down its multimedia phone service for sports fans after less
than a year, as phone users reject viewing TV on minuscule screens:
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/09/28/espn_pulls_plug_on_cell_operation_seeks_to_partner_with_carriers/
LG & Phillips make a cellphone LCD screen 1.3mm thick, as the race for
the most stupidly thin cellphone continues:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/09/slimmest_cellphone_screens_in_the_world.html
Intel's joint venture with ST Microelectronics produces the first Phase
Change Memory (PCM) chips. Nonvolatile for executing code or storage:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2021822,00.asp
Another month's news from space is beamed around the Earth through Laingholm On The Launchpad:
http://olliver.family.gen.nz/launchpad/sep06.html
And finally. What Bill Clinton - yes, the ex-US president - thinks of Ubuntu:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5388182.stm
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.