Ebola accident
A microbiologist at the Vector laboratory in Novosibirsk, Siberia, has died after being accidentally infected with the Ebola virus while experimenting on guinea pigs. Hospital staff who tried to save her are being kept under close surveillance.
Rights and writing
PalmOne has won a seven-year legal battle with Xerox over the handwriting recognition software used on its hand-held computers. On 21 May, a New York court declared a patent held by Xerox invalid, because its method of turning hand-sketched symbols into text was not unique. PalmOne abandoned its Graffiti handwriting recognition software as the dispute started.
Overheating Arctic…
