Novell shares soared 28 percent in after-hours trading today after institutional stockholder Elliott Associates offered to purchase the entire company for $5.75 a share in cash, or $1 billion.
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Watching the Sun Set
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If you click on www.sun.com, you get redirected to www.oracle.com. Sun is no more. The network is no longer the computer. The "Dot" in .COM is now a database. I'm really sorry to see Sun go. I have a long and varied history with Sun. What went wrong?
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New Ubuntu Design, Themes and Logos
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The new style of Ubuntu is driven by the theme "Light". We've developed a comprehensive set of visual guidelines and treatments that reflect that style, and are updating key assets like the logo accordingly. The new theme takes effect in 10.04 LTS and will define our look and feel for several years.
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Build a Netbook NAS With Linux
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Is your netbook nearing the end of its usefulness as a portable? Are you desperate for some network storage? Kill two birds with one stone.
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New Zealand seeks to restrain ACTA
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New Zealand appears to be at odds with the US in the secret international Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) talks.
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Who Needs Exchange Anyway?
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Good things come to those who wait. It took about 12 months now, but I've reached my personal goal: Getting the Zarafa Open Source Collaboration into Fedora.
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Linux is doing just fine on servers
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My good buddy Preston Gralla would have it that "Windows doesn't just dominate the desktop, but the server market as well." Eh... I don't think so.
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Novell May be Going Private, Hedge Fund Has Cash
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Novell is having a "SCO moment" as takeover seems likely, courtesy of a funding pool whose money could come from anywhere
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Ubuntu One Music Store is Coming to Rock Your World
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The news has been confirmed. Ubuntu One Music Store is how it is going to be called. And it will be there by default in Rythmbox Music Player in Ubuntu Lucid 10.04. And that is NOT welcome because most of us don't use Rythmbox at all. But hold on, Ubuntu One Music Store is going to have a plug-in support as well. That is sweet!
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KDE SC 4.4.1 Out Now
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KDE has released an update to the 4.4 series of our Software Compilation. Among other improvements, this update includes a fix for KMail hanging when sending emails that just missed the deadline for 4.4.0 and a number of fixes.
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Stewart Rules on Daubert Motions: SCO's Experts Can Testify
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Judge Ted Stewart has denied all three Novell motions for Daubert hearings. In essence, he says, let the jury decide. Novell can cross-examine them to highlight any flaws.
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Minting the Girlfriend
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A few weeks back the girl I have been dating for awhile now had idly made a complaint about her laptop being poky at certain tasks. I like this girl a lot and figured it was time to take that next step in our relationship: I offered to put Linux on her laptop.
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Google adds new privacy controls to Chrome
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Great timing from Google as Microsoft is forced to start giving European Windows users the choice to switch from IE, it releases a new beta version of Chrome with hugely uprated privacy controls.
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Novell president's pay goes down to $5.7m
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Novell president and CEO Ron Hovsepian's total compensation fell 17% in 2009, amid declining annual revenue and a wider net loss.
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Sudo Axes Escalation Glitch
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Sudo versions 1.7.2p4 (now superseded by 1.7.2p5) and 1.6.9p21 patch the vulnerability. Mandriva, Red Hat, and Ubuntu have already pushed updated versions out to users.
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