Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Wed Sep 24 11:20:37 NZST 2008

Today Index

The New Zealand Open Source Awards are held tonight in Wellington:
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/

IBM threatens to pull out of ISO because of concerns that the system suffers from "undue influence" without mentioning you-know-who:
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C400693880002574CD0027DDFF.html?ref=technology

T-Mobile unveil the first Googlephone. Sounds like there are a lot of lock-ins for a supposedly open device:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7630888.stm

The NSA and Chinese government team up with the UN to eliminate anonymous internet use by implementing "IP Traceback":
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/09/the_nsa_teams_u.html

The EFF files suit against the USTR in order to get details on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) released to the public:
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/17

And finally. Nanosoccer, a game played on a 2.5mm x 2.5mm playing field with balls (actually pucks) smaller than a human hair:
http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/09/22/get-ready-for-nanosoccer/

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.