Another Australian laptop rollout to schools, this time in Elcho Island, a Northern Territory. They're getting Open OLPCs:
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/computers/computer-dream-sees-light-of-day-20090929-gb30.html
Australian electricity company Integral Energy's control systems get infected by a virus, but the day is saved by development Linux boxes:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1556944/linux-saves-aussie-electricity
Apple decides that iPhone users won't be getting Flash. Flash is now good enough to write apps in, breaking the App Store lockdown:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173121/apple_slams_the_door_on_adobe_flash.html
The New Zealand Computer Society launches its own certification scheme for IT professionals; ITCP:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00066.htm
Malware gets cunning, checking your bank limit to make sure it doesn't steal too much and rewriting your bank statements:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2575
Google's electric car fleet comes up with some hard data on how people use them and which battery technology is best:
http://www.gizmag.com/google-smart-charging-software-electric-vehicles/13021/
And finally. Meet Aimee Mullins, the actress with 24 legs:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427286.400-aimee-mullins-two-legs-good-24-legs-better.html
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