Busy schedule this week so I didn't have time to prepare the new format of the Tech News, but I'll do my best do get it up and working next weekend. For now, here is the weekly report:

• Wikipedia may go to print - Entries from Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia written and edited by Internet users, may soon be available in print for readers in the developing world, founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday. He said content from the Web site may also be burned onto CDs and DVDs so computer users in places like Africa, who lack access to high-speed Internet, could consult parts of the reference work offline... Continue reading at CNN.com


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• Firefox gains ground on IE - More than one out of 10 surfers use Firefox as a browser, according to a study by web analytics firm OneStat.com. Although Mozilla-based browsers have a total global usage share of 11.51 percent - an increase of 2.82 per cent since April 2005 - Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates the global browser market with a global share of 85.45 per cent... Continue reading at theregister.co.uk


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• The rootkit of all evil? - Sony is in trouble but we might be the ones who lose out in the end, says technology commentator Bill Thompson.
  Sony BMG, the record company part of the multinational corporation that makes laptops, TVs, movies and many other things, is in trouble this week thanks to a copy protection scheme it has used on a number of its CDs... Continue reading at bbc.co.uk


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• Fatal Flaw Weakens RFID Passports - Before I describe the problem, some context on the surrounding controversy may be helpful. RFID chips are passive, and broadcast information to any reader that queries the chip. So critics, myself included, were worried that the new passports would reveal your identity without your consent or even your knowledge... Continue reading at wired.com


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• Surfing the internet when you cannot see can be expensive - A special braille reader costs up to 12,500 euros. Now a Belgian researcher has developed a new device that could bring the web to visually impaired people at a fraction of the price. From euronews.net, there's a video available!