Google has launched a fresh attack on Microsoft鈥檚 dominance. Last week, the search giant released online software geared to the corporate market. While consumers already use free versions of the applications, which include email, instant messaging, word processing and spreadsheets, the $50 Google Apps Premier Edition can be integrated with businesses鈥� own systems, enabling remote, web-based access.
When a passenger jet depressurises at altitude, the lack of oxygen can sometimes make the crew pass out before they realise what is happening. Now Boeing has filed a patent (US 2007/0043482) on an emergency descent system that automatically brings an aircraft down to an altitude where there is enough oxygen to revive the crew, by linking an air-pressure sensor to the autopilot.
