Thursday, May 27, 2010

27-May-2010 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Air New Zealand to introduce SMS and e-mails in-flight, if they can convince the CAA that mobiles on planes are OK after all:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10647696

Whitcoulls launch their own ePub reader, the Kobo eReader, for a paltry NZ$295. ePub file apps are also available for mobiles:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3745917/Whitcoulls-launches-eReader http://www.koboereader.com/

NZ Govt. says NZ/Oz roaming charge price transparency is inadequate, consumer awareness of prices low, prices high. Seeks feedback:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10647811

3D Printers are now printing atomic force microscopes capable of manipulating matter one atom at a time:
http://www.biophysik.physik.uni-muenchen.de/projects/plastic-afm

And finally. The Rubik's Cube is 30 years old today:
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/rubik-s-cube-celebrates-milestone-3568848

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