Linux kernel 2.6.29 is out, featuring WiMAX, filesystem freeze, 4096 CPU capability and a Tasmanian devil instead of a penguin:
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_29
The NZ Commerce Commission call for mobile costs to be cut to 7c a minute for mobile and land calls, and 1c per text message:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10563582
Skype is now the largest long-distance phone company in the world:
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/24/skype-now-the-largest-long-distance-company/
A new attempt is made to bring accelerated 3D graphics to the web, this time using the Open Standards OpenGL and ECMAScript:
http://www.khronos.org/news/press/releases/khronos-launches-initiative-for-free-standard-for-accelerated-3d-on-web/
A botnet is found based on a worm that is spreading through badly secured routers and DSL modems:
http://dronebl.org/blog/8
A European team has made a silicon chip holding 200,000 neurons linked by 50 million synapses. Aims to build an artificial brain:
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22339/?a=f
And finally. US President Obama gives UK PM Brown a set of classic US movie DVDs - which he can't play because of zoning restrictions:
http://www.dailytech.com/Obamas+Gift+to+British+PM+Ruined+by+DVD+Zone+Restrictions/article14660.htm
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