The network of Windows PCs compromised by the Storm Worm now exceeds
the computing power of the world's top 10 supercomputers:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/08/storm_worm_dwarfs_worlds_top_s_1.html
Brazil votes "no, with conditions" to Microsoft Corp.'s OOXML
document format during an ISO meeting on Sunday:
http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/41c10c11-2ee9-4052-ba6c-93026ca1b1d4.html
Microsoft to pay $179 million in Iowa antitrust settlement:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070902-judge-approves-microsoft-iowa-settlement-fees.html
What is known about the Google Phone. Notably Java-based and -
surprise - a hot competitor for the $100 laptop:
http://gigaom.com/2007/09/03/google-phone-facts/
HP will soon be selling RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Desktop 5 on
its HP dx2250 PC to Australian customers:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2655594862.html
And finally. Moira Cameron becomes the first female Beefeater at the
Tower of London since the corps of Tower guards was founded in 1485:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6251383.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.