Slinghot's iTalk service is cut off as they accidentally let the
domain name expire:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4708975a28.html
Venezuela orders up one million Intel-based Linux laptops for use
in educating its children:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/27/europe/EU-Portugal-Venezuela.php
Adobe appear unwilling and unable to release Flash as Open Source as
65% of the code is not actually owned by Adobe:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/26/adobe_google_mozilla_tensions/
For those of you with a hardware bent, a web server on a business
card:
http://hackaday.com/2008/09/18/web-server-on-a-business-card-part-1/
And finally. Hyundai to market the first production electric car in
NZ. The Getz does 120kph, range of 120km, 200 cars built a year here:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0809/S00534.htm
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.