United Future joins those calling for the repeal of NZ's Section 92A "guilt by accusation" laws, calling the legislation "unfair":
http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz/default,1108,dunne_repeal_guilt_by_accusation_internet_piracy_law.sm
Palm kills off PalmOS, hoping that Pre's WebOS is up to the job of replacing the venerable interface:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/021109-palm-kills-palm-os-bets-on-webos.html?hpg1=bn
Microsoft looks set to launch Windows 7 in 2009, but won't commit to it. Free upgrades from Vista look likely:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10162609-56.html
A US satellite from the Iridium communications network collides with a defunct Russian communications relay satellite making much debris:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/tech/main4792976.shtml
In-flight WiFi now free while in beta on Southwest Airlines. Air NZ still saying you can't use WiFi in flight or plane might crash:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5151340/southwest-airlines-in flight-wi%20fi-free-while-in-beta
There are now estimated to be 4 billion connected mobile phones on the planet, 6 billion expected by 2013. World population is 6.7:
http://www.gizmag.com/four-billion-mobile-connections-reached/10983/
And finally. Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin, who would have been 200 had not evolutionary pressures got the better of him:
http://www.newscientist.com/special/darwin-200
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