New Zealand Open Source Society announces a draft Public Sector Remix policy to accelerate adoption of Open data, standards & software:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2009/public-sector-remix-proposes-open-data-open-standards-open-source
Danish schools move to using Open Source software to stop students using unlicenced programs and stretch the budget for more PCs:
http://www.osor.eu/news/dk-lyngby-taarbek-moves-schools-to-openoffice
In Spain meanwhile, 450,000 Open Source laptops are being distributed in an almost exact reversal of the locked-down Australian laptops:
http://www.osor.eu/news/es-andalusia-to-distribute-open-source-laptops-to-schools
The UK's High Court gives a complainant permission to serve an injunction via twitter:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8285954.stm
Utah researchers use a a 34-node IEEE 802.15.4 wireless network and signal strength monitoring to create wall-penetrating radar:
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24193/
And finally. William Kamkwamba of Malawi learned about windmills, went back to his village and built an electricity supply from junk:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8257153.stm
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