Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Mon Sep 15 09:41:11 NZST 2008

Today Index

Swype input on touch screens allows 50 words per minute text entry:
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/09/swype_to_make_t.php

Google to back O3b, a UK-based company that plans to offer broadband over satellite to developing nations. Maybe even New Zealand:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee2f738c-7dd0-11dd-bdbd-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

IT freelancers in the UK now risk being taxed as employees following a recent high court ruling:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/10/freelancer_tax_ruling/

Recent failures at the London Stock Exchange still don;t have and official cause, but some suggest bad management:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/13/furse_lse_comment/

And finally. A live webcam feed so that us mere mortals can keep an eye on the LHC tests. But don't believe everything on the interwebs:
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

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.