Saturday, August 16, 2008

16-Aug-2008 PM clippings

Slingshot users find themselves mysteriously logged in to other
people's gmail accounts and university portals:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10527172

Appeals against the adoption of Microsoft's OOXML are rejected, so
the EU can now investigate - but they think OOXML is in MS Office:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080114134323486

A US federal appeals court finds that the Artistic Licence used for
some Open Source works is legally enforcable:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7561943.stm

T-Mobile will be the first US network to use a phone (made by HTC) that runs the Google Android operating system:http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/15/technology/15google.php

The US Army Research Office stumps up US$4m to investigate a brain interface that can transmit thoughts wirelessly. Telepathy:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1827

And finally. The Clinton Foundation is currently in discussions with
the Indian government to set up a 5 gigawatt solar power station:
http://www.gizmag.com/clinton-foundation-considers-5000mw-solar-station-in-india/9792/

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