News today that the
CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) has won a legal battle against Buffalo Technology which confirms a patent from 1996 which apparently forms the basis to 802.11a/g wifi technology.
"The patent, granted to CSIRO in 1996, encompasses elements of the 802.11a/g wireless technology that is now an industry standard.
It stems from a system developed by CSIRO in the early '90s, "to exchange large amounts of information wirelessly at high speed, within environments such as offices and homes", said a CSIRO spokeswoman."
CSIRO wins landmark legal battle - Wireless & BroadBand - Connectivity
Following this court case, the CSIRO have to back up and face the same challenges against Intel, Dell, Microsoft, HP and Netgear but could end up scoring a royalty against any wifi device that utilises 802.11a/g.
I guess it will give them more money to develop things like the
"Air Guitar Shirt" - yep - it's true... a shirt that reacts to your air strumming to "create" the music associated with your "freakin' flicks"!
so.. everyone knows about summer in Sydney right? heading off to Bondi Beach to hang out in the 30+ degree heat, the faint smell of bacon in the air as the sun scorches down on varying levels of the unprotected skin of tourists with nothing better to do than sit by the surf...
umm... well.. yeah... today - not so much...
Welcome to Australia in Summer today - freezing temperatures, icy winds, snow and hail... oh... don't worry.. we still have a couple of bushfires marching on - all within a couple of hundred kilometres of each other! Nevermind though, it will all be back to usual on the weekend - edging back towards the high 20's and maybe a 30-degree day on Sunday...
usual service will have been restored...