NZ Government comes to its senses over Section 92A of the new Copyright bill, delaying it until 27th March with possible repeal:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10558256
Irish ISP Ericom bows to the major music groups and starts cutting access to filesharing sites under the threat of being sued:
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS-qqqs=news-qqqid=39782-qqqx=1.asp
Txting cn b gud 4 u. The UK's Coventry University researchers show that those good at txtspk are better readers:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126965.300-texting-can-b-gd-4-ur-kids.html
Mark Shuttleworth announces the 9.10 release of Ubuntu, known as "Karmic Koala," improving cloud computing tools and boot time:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/22/ubuntu_karmic_koala/
Citrix release their XenServer for free, including nice tricks like moving vservers without having to shut them down:
http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/simoncr/2009/02/23/Free%2C+as+in+Virtual+Infrastructure
Plastic Logic are developing an A4 e-book reader with a flexible screen and wifi connectivity:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126965.500-flexible-electronic-books-to-hit-market-soon.html
A Kiwi offshoot of Navman develops "broadband radar", replacing the old cyclotron with solid-state electronics and cutting power to 1W:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10558132
Telecom still trying to wring the last dollar out of its obsolete CDMA network by turning it into a 4G LTE one:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4856831a28.html
And finally. Liquid water is spotted on Mars. Some bright spark noticed condensation on the Phoenix Lander's legs:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4856831a28.html
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