Software Freedom Day comes round again on Saturday, with teams around NZ and the world holding events promoting Free and Open software:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2008/sofwarefreedomday-events
Opposition to the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is rising with 100 groups openly voicing their concerns:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080916-100-groups-demand-to-see-secret-anticounterfeiting-treaty.html
Radio New Zealand extends its use of the Free OGG audio format to Media Watch and Morning report after succesful trials:
http://s0.tx.co.nz/at/tep34n864113j191842i277986f2c280148a4t9s4z
Samsung launches a hostile takeover bid for SanDisk, hoping to aquire its lucrative solid-state storage business:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=akjbGjRImQjs&refer=asia
The Fon free wireless network now has 1 million members and 400,000 wifi hotspots world-wide:
http://blog.fon.com/en/archive/foneros/fon-wifi-community-welcomes-1000000th-member.html
Nvidia get ready to push 3D glasses into the Windows gaming market:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/everything_you_need_know_about_nvidia’s_3d_goggle_gamble
Peru will be the first to trial the OLPC with Microsoft Windows XP on it, but supporting XP will make the US$100 price tag harder to reach:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1608976459
And finally. For those needing to destroy hard drives quickly, it's hard to beat that old incendiary favouite - thermite:
http://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/how-to-thermite-based-hard-drive-anti-forensic-destruction/#more-2507
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