Tuesday, May 5, 2009

05-May-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

NBR claims the government will freezes further changes to the Copyright Act, and will re-write it from scratch. No verification:
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/entire-copyright-act-be-scrapped-101820

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2A supports ODF without having to jump through hoops in the user interface:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-28Office2007SP2QA.mspx

Figures show that Linux is now taking 1% of the market share for desktops. Accuracy is iffy but the trend is definitely upwards:
http://www.berkeleylug.com/?p=43

A review of "The Manga Guide To Databases" for those who like their Japanese comics to actually have some educational content:
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/04/141229

Silver-loaded epoxy may be the material needed to stack memory chips to make devices like music players super-thin:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/a-silver-ooze-that-could-shrink-the-ipod/

And finally. Masking their fears. The inhabitants of Mexico turn their surgical masks into fashion statements:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthpicturegalleries/5243655/Decorated-swine-flu-surgical-masks-in-Mexico.html

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