The NZ Select Committee report into the new patent bill recommends that software should not be patentable:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/thumbs-down-for-software-patents-in-nz http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/B6E4F834-C47A-426A-86B8-F573ED4F5E04/132519/DBSCH_SCR_4679_PatentsBill2352_7434_1.pdf
pCubee is a prototype cube that appears to hold interactive 3D contents that can be shaken, or stirred with a stylus:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2851
Firefox 3.0.19 is out, with a few stability fixups and some potential security holes plugged:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0.19/releasenotes/
Meanwhile, Microsoft patches 10 actual vulnerabilities in IE, some of which have been exploited for weeks:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9174432/Microsoft_patches_10_critical_IE_bugs?taxonomyId=85
And finally. Some audio. Inventive Auckland students come up with a way to distribute OLPC data & text over old-fashioned AM/FM radio:
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/twu/twu-20100327-1340-Wireless_access-048.mp3 http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/twu/twu-20100327-1340-Wireless_access.ogg
Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz
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