A Japanese scientist has come up with a fuel cell that is powered by the glucose in your blood. This opens the door to powered implants that don’t need toxic chemicals to run the fuel cell. The current prototype generates 0.2mW. Not a lot but it’s a start.
[ Via IOL ]
Great post on what all the files are in a Sharepoint site and what URL’s they map to. Awesome! I’ve been looking for something like this for ages.
Link: SharePoint Site Definitions – Maping files to pages on a SharePoint site
Interesting article speculating on what direction humanities furture evolution might take. From Unihumans to Cyborgs to Astrans this covers a lot of possibilities. Makes you think…
[ Via MSNBC.com ]
A Taiwanese company has come up with a combined 802.11g/Bluetooth USB 2.0 dongle. Nice!
[ Via Engadget ]
Firefox is starting to make some inroads into Internet Explorer's dominance of the browser market. Found a couple of articles on Slashdot relating to this. The first is about IBM adopting Firefox internally and the second is about IE's usage share dropping below 90% for the first time and Firefox doubling it's share. It still got a long way to go though – it's only at 6.8% 
Link: IBM Backs Firefox In-house
Link: Internet Explorer's Share Dips Below 90%
Very interesting article speculating on the reasons for the popularity and success of DOS when it was first released. Also comes to the same conclusion as I normally come to when thinking about the question of Linux on the desktop and what it needs to do to be successful and oust Windows – simplicity. Linux at the moment for the average user is just too damn hard to get up and running. There have been some great strides made over the last couple of years and there is alot of work going on in this area but the bottom line is it needs to be a damn sight easier to install and use for the average user before it has a show of making a dent in the desktop market.
[ Via Really Linux ]
Appears the CDMA version of the RAZR comes without Bluetooth. What's with that!
Cool! A CDMA version of the RAZR. These are way cool looking phones from Motorola. If there’s a CDMA version in Korea, then maybe there’s a chance of one getting here (hint, hint, Telecom).
[ Via Engadget ]
Next User Group meeting details:
The next Wellington Windows Mobile User Group meeting will be held on Thursday June 9th, 2005. This is a bit sooner than our usual bi-monthly schedule but it is being timed to coincide with recent announcements from Microsoft regarding Windows Mobile 5.0 and upcoming Exchange Server SP2.
Nathan Mercer will be presenting to us on the new features in Windows Mobile 5.0 and a discussion on Exchange Server mobility futures including push-email.
Darryl Burling will be giving us an overview of the new features for developers in Windows Mobile 5.0
Location: Microsoft, Mobil on the Park, Lambton Quay
Date: Thursday June 9, 2005
Time: 6pm – 8pmAgenda:
6:00 pm New features of Windows Mobile 5.0 and future of mobility with Exchange Server ( Nathan Mercer, Microsoft NZ)
6:30 pm New features for developers in Windows Mobile 5.0 (Darryl Burling, Microsoft NZ)
7:00 pm Q & A
7:15 pm Drinks and nibbles
8:00 pm Wrap upAbout the Speakers:
Nathan Mercer (http://blogs.technet.com/nmercer) is a Technology Evangelist from Microsoft WellingtonDarryl Burling (http://www.burling.co.nz) is a Developer Envangelist for Microsoft NZ.
After these sessions, there will be a general Q&A session where we encourage you to ask questions and talk further about more specific scenarios.
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Following the release of Windows Mobile 5.0, HP have announced there will be upgrades made available for the HP iPAQ hx2100, hx2400, hx2700 and hx4700 series of handhelds.
Link: HP Press Release
(Thanks to Kevin Daly for putting us on to this one via the WMUG mailing list)
