Wednesday, August 19, 2009

19-Aug-2009 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Microsoft requests the court to waive the requirement for a bond to cover patent infringements in its case with i4i. Filed under seal:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351691,00.asp

i4i Confirms that OpenOffice and ODF documents do not infringe the patent that has caused issues for Microsoft:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/08/17/federal-future-microsoft-word-uncertain.aspx

Linux catches it in the neck with another NULL pointer vulnerability in kernels 2.6.0 up to and including 2.6.30.4, and some 2.4:
http://lwn.net/Articles/347006/

How DNA "digital origami" is made, creating features just smaller than the finest we can machine. Bottom-up meets top-down:
http://www.dna.caltech.edu/Papers/DNAorigami-nature.pdf

And finally. AeroVironment video of their hovering 10g uAV, with a wing span of 7.5cm, speed 10m/s, control range of up to a km:
http://www.gizmag.com/nano-aircraft-video-aerovironment/12524/

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