Thursday, July 1, 2010

01-Jul-2010 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Urgent ACTA communique endorsed by 90 academics and public interest groups points out that all assurances given to date are flawed:
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/acta-communique

Even plastics are going Open Source. This one is a bio-sourced resin suitable for injection moulding:
http://www.natureworksllc.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2010/06-08-10-open-source-3801x.aspx

Another Sony mass recall. Not batteries this time, but Vaio laptops are overheating. Sony don't want to call it a recall:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10466317.stm

Even Microsoft wants users to ditch IE6:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3872378/Microsoft-begs-users-to-ditch-IE6

And finally. It's a boat! It's a plane! It's the Pentagon's latest shape-shifting robot prototype:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7863181/Morphing-cars-and-planes-closer-as-Pentagon-develops-shape-shifting-robot.html

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