Monday, September 29, 2008

29-Sep-2008 AM clippings

Enjoy:

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

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