Apple vs KHTML, Sun is healthy (honest), Linux drives TCO down, wireless heart and USB massages

Last day of the month and therefore the last round up from May as we stare June right in the face trying to see what it has in store for us. We start off with an interesting piece from InfoWorld discussing the issue arising from Apple and the KHTML open source team. One the KHTML team members is asserting that Apple isn't playing the game in terms of sharing back its innovations/changes, but as the author points out, the licence in which KHTML is released under means Apple is doing nothing wrong. The moral of this tale we think, is to really read the small print, both as a composer and as a user! Becareful how you want others to use your open source creations.

In other news, Sun has decided it is tired of being cited as the company with the falling stock price and has no future. It is spending some $50B of its war chest to promote harmony (not Apache Harmony mind you) and the fact that using Sun's software companies can network and share more easily. Its that time of the year when Sun's marketing people must get itchy and come out with these radical ideas. A couple of years ago at this time, Mr Schwartz stood up and announced to JavaOne delegates there was to be a huge marketing campaign to put Java logo's on cell phones; although I have yet to see a single Java "inside" logo.

LinuxPlanet reports with no great surprise to readers here that Linux lowers the Total Cost of Ownership for both desktop and server alike. While not startling news, it is good to hear this drum being continually beat.

Fans of the X-FILES series know only too well the inherient dangers of letting the government implant chips in the back of your neck. However the X-FILES chips weren't connected to anything, they operated on their own. Reality leaps Science Fiction, as we hear that we have wireless chips that can monitor and feedback heart information. Now I wonder if you will have to turn off your heart when you fill up at the gas station!

Finally, this one was simply too good to let slip by. Gizmodo found a great USB mouse that not only acts as a mouse, but translates the movement you make on screen into electrical pulses to massage and tone your muscles. Just how cool, nay, useless is that?! USB, the interface for everything .. including the human!

• Is Apple a Good Open Source Citizen?
• Sun Moves To Transform Its Image
• LinuxWorld Summit: Linux Lowers TCO
• USB Electrical Muscle Stimulation mouse
• Zarlink introduces wireless chip for in-body communication

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