A glitch prevents Genesis users on prepay from buying more power on the first day of winter. 10,000 cold, angry users and no backup:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2463079/Freezing-family-told-Get-tough
The NZOSS writes to the Auditor General and SSC Minister Tony Ryall asking them to supervise software selection after the G2009 collapse:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2009/letter-tony-ryall-and-auditor-general-g2009-update
Windows 7 to officially go on sale on the 22nd Octoper 2009. Just figure out which of the 94 variants suits you best:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/windows-7-goes-on-sale-october-22nd/
Microsoft securty updates take to adding their own extensions to Firefox, and they've disabled the "uninstall" button too:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html
Oracle to use Java and JavaFX to challenge Google Android on mobiles, and drop AJAX for JavaFX in OpenOffice - probably not a good thing:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/02/ellison_oracle_javafx/
Advanced Micro Devices readies 6-core "Istanbul" and "Shanghai" quad-core Opterons to take on Itel's Nehalems:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/01/amd_launches_istanbul/
And finally. Tokyo-based Nakabayashi has created a machine that makes 2 toilet rolls from 1,800 sheets of paper per hour:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/01/new-machine-turns-office-waste-into-toilet-paper-right-in-the-office/
Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz
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