Friday, January 21, 2011

21-Jan-2011 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Two NZ Open Source companies make the CIO list of those thriving on disruptive change; Ingress and Catalyst IT:
http://cio.co.nz/cio.nsf/specials/259284F8F3D2F03CCC25781D0004FF39

Twitter is sued for violating a patent on letting famous people talk to mere mortals:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/20/twitter-lawsuit-vs-technologies/

Vodafail.com sumbits a 30 page report and 12,000 complaints from Australian Vodafone users to the Australian watchdog committees:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/4564891/Vodafail-submits-damning-Vodafone-report

The first "dead drop" appears in NZ. Basically it's a USB stick cemented into a wall for people to share files through:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4550538/New-Zealands-first-Dead-Drop-kicks-off

And finally. How to build a toaster from scratch, as in ore, oil etc. I prefer the fire & fork method myself, but here's to hi-tech:
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch.html

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

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