Thursday, May 13, 2010

13-May-2010 PM clippings

Enjoy:

The NZ Open Source Society offers its non-partisan assistance in developing an Open Source strategy for Wellington:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2010/free-and-open-source-strategy-wellington

Google to be asked why it has been wardriving while taking photos for Google Street maps:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3692659/Does-Google-want-your-Wi-Fi-data-too

SAP is to buy Sybase for US$5.8 billion in the latest round of database company growth-by-acquisition:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64B5OT20100513

Rumours that Android 2.2 is significantly quicker than earlier versions:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/196153/android_22_packs_5x_performance_boost_says_report.html

Dr Nadrian Seeman and his colleagues demonstrate a functional prototype of a nanoscale factory:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704247904575240380352719428.html

And finally. If you want to open a bottle of Villa Maria methode traditionelle bubbly, you now have to reach for the bottle opener:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/3692565/Never-mind-the-pop-check-the-taste-and-the-bubbles

Vik :v) Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. http://diamondage.co.nz

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