The Amazon "one click" patent, obvious to any web developer, has
finally been invalidated:
http://igdmlgd.blogspot.com/2007/10/amazon-one-click-patent-rejected-by-us.html
What does Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth think of Microsoft's patent
claims? "... someone who pays a billion a year for IP violations...":
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6358901134.html
The collateral damage at ISO mounts as the new "P" members that
joined just to support OOXML fail to submit mandatory votes:
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071016092352827
Apple to release an SDK for the iPhone:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/apple-open-iphone-outside-developers/story.aspx?guid=%7B62B086CA-60B4-4378-913E-FD0C21A97BCE%7D
Google Docs is now available for mobile phones, albeit with a much
simplified interface as you would expect:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-10-17-n29.html
13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop - if it isn't
already:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5836989728.html
And finally. Adineta ricciae has gone more than 80 million years
without sex. He must've forgotten her birthday...:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7039478.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.