IBM Launches its challenger to the Microsoft Windows 7 desktop, aiming to provide more functionality on less expensive hardware:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/8A5192A220209541CC257655007F5E37
Windows 7 itself is not noticably faster than Vista, but on the plus side doesn't seem to need fancier hardware:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10604962
Sequoia Voting Systems ne Diebold accidentally releases the SQL code for its voting databases. SQL is interpreted and thus prohibited:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/20/795343/-Sequoia-Voting-Systems-hacks-self-in-foot
The Internet Archive has digitized 1.6 million books, and has made them available to the One Laptop Per Child ("$100 laptop") computers:
http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/10/24/internet-archive-opens-1-6-million-e-books-to-olpc-laptops/
whitehouse.gov is now running on Drupal, an Open Source content management system, and itself is running on the Open LAMP stack:
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/whitehouse-switch-drupal-opensource.html
Toyota experiments with replacing the steering wheel in their cars and using a joystick instead:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102109-goodbye-steering-wheel-here-comes.html
The excellent Pixel Qi daylight-readable, low power screen used in the One Laptop Per Child machine is finally made available to OEMs:
http://www.liliputing.com/2009/10/pixel-qi-displays-shipping-to-oems-soon.html
And finally. Tasers suffer a stunning turnaround as the manufacturer warns users not to fire Tasers at the victim's chest:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2988818/Taser-company-issues-warning-over-use
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