Tuesday, April 14, 2009

14-Apr-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

The French government rejects their amazingly similar 3-strikes law to cut off internet users and begin a scramble to pass it again:
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/04/09/french-kill-web-piracy-bill-by-accident/

Recent claims by Microsoft to have re-conquered the notebook market from Linux don't stand up. Claims of higher Linux returns are false:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_accuses_microsoft_of_linux_netbook_fud

The British Transport Police choose an Open Source based GIS mapping solution from Spatial Technology for all their mapping requirements:
http://www.agi.org.uk/pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_311196

ICANN Is set to call open season on top-level domain names, with the bidding for a new domain starting at a suggested US$185,000:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-04-06-web-site-domain-names_N.htm

Three reasons why captcha technology is ultimately doomed:
http://technobabblepro.blogspot.com/2009/04/captcha-gotcha.html

Apple order up the Flash memory chips for 32Gib iPhones:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10217858-37.html

And finally. Segway & GM team up to produce a 2-seater Segway. But it seems too big for paths and not robust enough to mingle with traffic:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/04/can-an-electric-wheelchair-sav.html

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