[Reuters] Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom.

The whole article here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5885PM20090909

Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80 km (50 miles) from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card was strapped to his leg.

 

Including downloading, the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds -- the time it took for only four percent of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line.

[SUN] Migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org or StarOffice 9.

This brief (16-page PDF) whitepaper from Sun Microsystems is designed to assist IT professionals and system integrators who want to move an organization from Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP/2003 to OpenOffice.org (OOo) or StarOffice (SO). The whitepaper provides a general framework for a migration to OOo/SO, including a discussion of the key technical aspects of migration planning and file conversion. The basic information that is needed to plan for contingencies during the critical pre-conversion and post-conversion stages of the migration is also provided.

Get it here: http://www.sun.com/offers/docs/Migration_Overview.pdf

[TR] Radiation threats: The 10 most potentially hazardous smartphones.

The said list is for US phones. Your phone not listed? The "GSM" counterpart of the said models should be the same.

Based on new research, learn the 10 smartphones that emit the most radiation, the 10 that emit the least radiation, and a few quick safety tips.

The whole article here: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=2888&tag=nl.e101

The full list: http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/Get-a-Safer-Phone?allphones=1

8 Safety Tips (PDF): http://www.ewg.org/project/2009cellphone/EWGguide-cellphoneradiation.pdf