The US invests in rural wifi. A much sounder bet than the fancy fibre plans we've got here:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/11/smallbusiness/stimulus_billions_for_rural_broadband.smb/index.htm?postversion=2009081104
Microsoft patents its OOXML XML Office format in the US, including its use in web-based editors:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/07/microsoft_word_patent/
Penguin Computing release Penguin on Demand, an HPC cluster for rent much like Amazon's EC2 but with a lot more grunt:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/11/penguin_on_demand/
Google hires cyclists to ride a tricycle around the pedestrian-only areas of Paris to complete their street-view maps:
http://www.physorg.com/news168863440.html
And finally. For the environmentally-friendly grafitti artist we have the self-charging LED spray can. It recharges when you shake it:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/10/halo-led-spraycan-lets-you-make-grafitti-the-cheap-legal-way/
Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz
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