Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Mon Oct 1 07:29:27 NZDT 2007

Today Index

It's not a good look when Excel 2007 can't multiply two numbers together. Just try to multiply 850 x 77.1 and watch things go pear-shaped:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.excel/browse_thread/thread/2bcad1a1a4861879/2f8806d5400dfe22?hl=en#2f8806d5400dfe22
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2007/09/25/calculation-issue-update.aspx

The New Zealand Open Source Award finalists are announced, with the award ceremony in Wellington on the 17th October:
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/news

ZDNet look into where Linux is placed in the mobile phone sector:
http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39289595,00.htm

Princeton launch a really, really small USB Bluetooth adaptor that is barely larger than a USB plug:
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C13214/

And finally. The funny things water does under high voltages, like forming bridges between to beakers:
http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.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.