various NEWS

A conversation with Martin Michlmayr
by Sam Varghese
Martin Michlmayr is one of those highly intelligent people who tend to
make us ordinary humans feel like some lower form of life.
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Juniper blasts into the enterprise switching market
by Stuart Corner
Juniper Networks has moved to challenge dominant player Cisco in the
enterprise switching market: a move which will more than double the
value of its addressable market.
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Microsoft consent decree extended
by Stephen Withers
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered an extension of the consent
decree settling the anti-trust action against Microsoft until November
12, 2009.

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Money, money, money... and FOSS
by Sam Varghese
Open source software is developed for a variety of reasons, with the
starting point often being the need to fill a need which the creator
of a package faces. It's known as scratching your own itch.

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Firefox flaw re-rated as high severity
by Stephen Withers
A Firefox security flaw originally judged to be of low severity has
been upgraded to high, but a fix is on its way.

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Gaming consoles get Civilised
by Mike Bantick
Long the bastion of PC gaming, make way for Civilization Revolution
for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo DS. Click on for details and
DS screen shots.

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New CEO for ACS
by Stephen Withers
The Australian Computer Society has appointed Kim Denham as its chief
executive officer.

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Passage - A journey through time (with or without a wife)
by Tony Austin
What is it that makes software -- and any other sort of product, for
that matter -- usable and popular, or in other words a success? A
superficially simple game by Jason Rohrer sets you thinking about such
deeper matters.
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What iPhone needs to meet Apple's 2008 target, ask Wozniak
by Stan Beer
The coming 11 months will see Apple's landmark smartphone product the
iPhone enter new markets around the world and probably with a new
generation of the product. Apple will be trying its heart out to meet
its stated objective of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008 to capture
1% of the global market. Most analysts agree that in order to do that
iPhone 2.0 will need features not present in the current model, so
what are they? Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has already provided
most of the answers.
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NASA says shuttle Atlantis is just about ready for Feb 7 mission
by William Atkins
According to a just released NASA statement, NASA has given the �Go�
for space shuttle Atlantis to launch at 2:45 p.m. EST on February 7,
2008, as long as a bent hose is found to be ok.
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Mercury data surprises scientists
by Stephen Withers
Data received from NASA's MESSENGER Mercury probe has delivered some
surprises for scientists studying the solar system's innermost planet.

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PSP Skype arrives
by Stephen Withers
Version 3.90 firmware for the PlayStation Portable has been released,
bringing Skype to the device as promised earlier this month.
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MacBook Air ships
by Stephen Withers
The first deliveries of the MacBook Air - the ultra-slim notebook
announced by Apple at Macworld Expo earlier this month - have begun.

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O2 customers get iPhone tariff break
by Stephen Withers
New tariffs effective February 1 mean iPhone users on the UK's O2
network will get more time and texts for their money.

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