Motorola buys RFID and scanner manufacturer Symbol for US$3.9 billion:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34488
OpenOffice to get extensions in various programming languages, as well
as integration with mail clients, calendaring and groupware:
http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/ooocon_2006_whats_next_for_openofficeorg
A sugar cube-sized projector is developed, currently only using red &
blue lasers. Green to follow when it gets small enough:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5359724.stm
An AA battery that recharges directly off a USB port:
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=4813
Expiring patents open up the development of FPGAs, with potential use in
reprogrammable chipsets for graphics and imaging applications:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193000884
And finally. How do you persuade a country to join you in a crusade
against terrorism? Threaten to bomb them into the Stone Age of course:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5369198.st
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.