Wednesday, October 8, 2008

08-Oct-2008 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Judith Tizard explains - or rather, dictates - why the new copyright act includes the controversial "guilty until proven innocent" clause:
http://it.gen.nz/2008/10/07/ministers-why-we-changed-the-copyright-act/

GeoSmart launch a competition to boost the takeup of LBS positioning on mobile devices in New Zealand:
http://www.locationinnovation.co.nz/

The U&K security forces pay UKP1 billion for a system to intercept every e-mail, SMS and web hit made in the UK to track interactions:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/latestnews/GCHQ-wants-read-UK-texts-emails/article-376298-detail/article.html

10 Power-saving myths from the datacentre busted:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/06/40TC-power-myths_1.html

AMD Announces that it will split into design and fab companies, and receive US$6 billion from two Abu Dhabi investors:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/technology/07chip.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Ausustek's low-priced laptops such as the Eee PC seem to be doing well, and with less money around cheaper laptops get more popular:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10536397

And finally. Slow-motion microphotography captures a fungus firing spores with an incredible 180,000 g's of acceleration:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1914

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