France rules the "three-strikes" law to disconnect accused file swappers from the internet as unconstitutional:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/french-court-savages-3-strikes-law-tosses-it-out.ars
The Canadian Patent Board denies Amazon's appeal and says that business methods are not patentable under Canadian law:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4034/135/
Dell to start offering Open Source application bundles with their hardware as "SMB-in-a-box." No details on which apps yet:
http://ostatic.com/blog/dell-to-offer-open-source-app-bundles-for-smbs
Ubuntu 10.4 ("Karmic Koala") is planned to have a 10 sec boot time:
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/06/ubuntu-aims-for-ten-second-boot-time.ars
OpenSolaris ports to the ARM CPU, presumably in anticipation of the ARM laptops under development form various vendors:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/10/opensolaris_arm_port/
And finally. Star Wars "Moisture 'Vaporators" are reality thanks to the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering & Biotechnology:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2342
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