Microsoft releases code to read their OST Data format as used by Outlook under the Apache licence. Writing to come:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/24/microsoft_outlook_open_source_tools/
Google's online Powermeter real-time electricity monitoring system is now available in NZ - if you have an ENVI meter:
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/56E73222ECCADBF6CC25772E00140864
Chrome 5.0 is released for Windows Mac and Linux - the first time all platforms have had a stable release:
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Google-releases-Chrome-5-0-for-Windows-Mac-OS-X-Linux-1007527.html
Secure communications apps start to appear for Android mobiles. VoIP and SMS can be encrypted in transit and in stored messages:
http://blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/05/25/android-app-aims-to-allow-wiretap-proof-cell-phone-calls/
The Amazon Kindle gets a lot of flack in college. Students love it for reading novels, but treat textbooks in a very different way:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011938870_kindle24.html
US GPS System to get a US$8 billion upgrade to make it more accurate as competition hots up from Galileo and GLONASS:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/23/business/la-fi-gps-20100523
Open Source systems making significant gains in the 3D printing market:
http://www.designnews.com/article/509073-Open_Source_Systems_Emerge_in_3D_Printing.php
And finally. Auckland trumps Wellington as the world's most livable city in the Mercer 2010 survey. Dorkland was 4th, Welly 12th:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3739128/Wellington-less-livable-than-Auckland
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