Wednesday, August 26, 2009

26-Aug-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

The New Zealand Open Source Society gathers 14 government agencies to trial Open Source desktops in The Public Sector Remix project:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/2646B719C2A81AC0CC25761D00731DF7 http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2009/public-sector-remix-project-launch

The UK Government reports that its surveillance cameras solve one crime per 1,000 cameras per year. In other words, a waste of money:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8219022.stm

The US courts decide Novell does get paid by SCO, but that the UNIX copyright should go to court. The Ch. 11 trustee decides, not Darl:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090824142203182

Intel predicts a 4nm fabrication plant by 2022. At that point we're virtually knocking on the door of nanotechnology:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20090822094141_Intel_Outlines_Process_Technology_Roadmap.html

And finally, an interesting list of things that you can do and end up paying less than the fine for sharing twenty four songs:
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/seven-crimes-that-will-get-you-a-smaller-fine-than/32033/

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