Thursday, October 15, 2009

15-Oct-2009 PM clippings

Enjoy:

NZ Telecom gets nailed in court for anti-competitive behaviour and has to pay a NZ$10 million fine for breaches of the commerce Act:
http://www.nbr.co.nz/node/113209

Amberdms Billing System V1.3 is out as GPL. A web application with accounting, invoicing, service management, time keeping & support:
http://www.amberdms.com/index.php?cms=products_billing_overview

Solar-powered mobile phones are a hit in Uganda. All you have to do is find somewhere to leave it in the sun where it won't get nicked:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/2966124/A-new-future-with-solar-mobiles

Hackers manage to join a proper keyboard to the iPhone. It's a bit of a bodge, but shows the way seeing as Apple won't do Bluetooth:
http://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/finally-a-keyboard-for-the-iphone/

And finally. The Swedes find the missing dot in their internet, but invoke ire by heating homes in Varmland by burning fluffy bunnies:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6316530/Stockholms-rabbits-burned-to-keep-Sweden-heated.html

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