Software Freedom Day approaches, with events all over New Zealand, and indeed the rest of the world on or about the 20th September:
http://softwarefreedomday.org.nz http://softwarefreedomday.org
Motorola unveil their new Android mobile phone, the Cliq:
http://ostatic.com/blog/motorola-unveils-details-of-its-android-platform-play-shows-cliq-phone
Open Source collision avoidance software ported from the F22 jet fighter target identification system into the new Ford Taurus:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8249530.stm
BeOS didn't die, it went off to form the Haiku Operating System. This is now under the BSD licence and has just hit alpha release status:
http://www.haiku-os.org/
An Andriod phone app that lest you "test" a Windows PC for the current unpatched remote BSoD vulnerability:
http://hackaday.com/2009/09/14/android-app-tests-windows-vulnerability/
And finally. A homemade rail gun with instructions and build video. No baby BB launcher this - 5.6kJ muzzle energy, and V2.0 is coming:
http://gizmodo.com/5357776/diy-rail-gun-is-terrifying-comes-with-building-instructions
Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz
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