With HP launching a pre-configured desktop system, all the big PC vendors are now offering Linux desktop options. Just not in NZ:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/with_hp_in_all_oems_now_ship_desktop_linux
CyberSource offers a reduced cost and Open system to the Australian government for school laptops, modelled on French USB stick system:
http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/government_laptop_best_value_solution.html
Cisco is taken to court by the Free Software Foundation for violating the GPL and LGPL in a number of Linksys-branded products:
http://www.fsf.org/news/2008-12-cisco-suit
Japanese researchers succeed in recreating images from brain activity patterns in humans:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20081211TDY01306.htm
Graphene transistors now clock at 26GHz. Not bad considering they were only invented last year and silicon took 40 years to do it:
http://arxivblog.com/?p=755
And finally. A mutant, fire-breathing robot dog/motorcycle created by the Mutoid Waste Company roams the streets of London:
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/11/walkdrive-a-dogmotorcycle/
Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz
1 comment:
ooOOooo Graphene transistors. I'd like to see just how fast the speed increases down the road.
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