Underdog

After years of litigation, David has slain Goliath. The CSIRO's legal action against, well, every major computer hardware company in the world over the intellectual property underlying WiFi technology has come to an end. The CSIRO has triumphed. Needless to say, the total value of the settlements remain confidential, but it will undoubtedly be a substantial sum.

Ave, Preston!

I was fortunate enough to pick up one of CSIRO's Julius Career Awards just before the Christmas break, which opens up a slush fund for me over the next three years to do (more or less) as I will, including a bit of globe-trotting.

Ecos

For a relatively brief article on the benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation, see the latest edition of Ecos, in which Roger and I have an article summing up work from the Energy Futures Forum and other sordid tidbits.