Oracle says it will work with IBM to certify WebSphere as a native platform for
the next generation of Oracle applications:
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3549931
Microsoft admits for the first time the use of Open Source software inside one
of its products:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1859439,00.asp
The Inquirer reports that attempts to trademark Linux have been rejected in
Australia. Too generic. Not like "Windows" at all...:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26287
In the wake of HP's adoption of Ubuntu, Dell announce their Linux-loaded laptop,
this time using the Mandriva distribution which HP have also supported:
http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2564
Software-Defined Radio, with the signal processing done in software, becomes a
reality with the advent of the SDR-100 from FlexRadio Systems:
http://flex-radio.com/
A novel nanoscale ram is created, using current flow to deposit or remove a
crystal, which moves the contacts appart:
http://www.lbl.gov/Ritchie/Library/PDF/nl0510659.pdf
Researchers led by Bruce Donald at Dartmouth develop an untethered, mobile,
controllable robot just 60 micrometers by 250 micrometers:
http://physorg.com/news6473.html
And finally. Scientists are now convinced that the loss of the Arctic ice is now
irreversible. Too late. The Northern climate and sea levels will change rapidly:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article312997.ece
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.