Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Sat Sep 15 08:48:58 NZST 2007

Today Index

Hot off the press. SCO Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070914152904577

The Firefox browser nearly hits 30% in Oceania, with one in four web accesses being made by it. Europe not far behind:
http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/firefox-july-2007/index-1-2-3-102.html

Variants of the OLPC are being considered with Intel and ARM CPUs to complement the exiting AMD-powered version:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136948-c,intel/article.html

Swedish company TerraNet develops the idea of using peer-to-peer technology for mobile phones - without a base station:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6987784.stm

An ice cream machine is created that measures the user's stress and gives more to stressed-out users:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1188

And finally. Saturday the 15th is Software Freedom Day. Spread some joy and free software - like firefox - in your neighbourhood:
http://softwarefreedomday.or

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.