I know that a whole lot of people are alergic to a whole lot of things, be it dust mites, woolen jumpers, milk or even Pets. OOps. Did I say Pets? Seems that this might not be so much of a problem in the future with a company in the USA breeding a Hypo-Allergenic Cat. The company, Allerca, originally tried to use genetic engineering to produce cats that have a certain gene that produces cats that produce lower allergic responses. But for unknown reasons (except maybe they were playing God, and God won), Genetic Engineering did not work.

So they went for Plan B. They bred cats, and then tested to find the ones with gene, and then bred those together, and so on. Over many generations, the cats produced were actually hypo-allergenic. The cats will be available in the USA early next year, for the bargain price of only US$4000. Small price to pay for those who until now have been stopped from having a pet.

Also today comes news that Microsoft has announced the .NET framework 3.0. Well, this is actually .NET Framework 2.0 with some add-ons that mostly still exist, so it is a majority marketing. Still, nice to see things moving forward.