Wednesday, March 4, 2009

04-Mar-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

A lawyerly take on the implications of Section 92A, now Lawyers find themselves policing the copyright act in their own offices:
http://www.nzlawyermagazine.co.nz/CurrentIssue/Issue106/F2/tabid/1600/Default.aspx

Xtra are fined NZ$45,000 and $10,000 in costs for lying to their customers in three charges of misrepresentation:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10559768

Portugal's government eProcurement platform stops anyone not using Microsoft from placing a bid. Complaint filed to the EC:
http://www.esop.pt/?p=92

Always Innovating are showing their latest notebook. Less than a kilo with a battery life of 10-15 hrs. Removable magnetic screen, US$299:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/touch-book-from-always-innovating-harbors-removable-tablet-netb/

And finally. It might be possible to hack chicken DNA to produce a dinosaur, thinks Jack Horner:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126972.100-review-how-to-build-a-dinosaur-by-jack-horner-and-james-gorman.html

Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz

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