Oracle buys SPL WorldGroup ... MS closes photo sharing development project

HIGHLIGHTS
News: Oracle buys SPL WorldGroup for public sector business
News: Microsoft closes Max photo sharing development project
News: Linux advocates wary of Novell-Microsoft tie
News: FCC delays decision on AT&T-Bellsouth merger again
Unix Tip: Filename completion
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Wondermark

NEWS UPDATES

Oracle buys SPL WorldGroup for public sector business http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2428/061103oraclespl/index.html
Oracle Corp. Friday said it acquired SPL WorldGroup in an effort to better target public sector utility companies. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed. SPL develops revenue and operations management software for utilities, and tax management software for government agencies.

Microsoft closes Max photo sharing development project http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/061103msmax/index.html
Microsoft Corp. has closed a project to develop a tool, Codename Max, for sharing photos with friends and reading RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, among other functions.

Linux advocates wary of Novell-Microsoft tie http://open.itworld.com/4917/061103novellms/page_1.html
Novell Inc. investors may be cheering the Linux vendor's historic partnership with Microsoft Corp., but Linux advocates had an entirely different reaction Thursday, expressing concerns that the deal may hint at future patent lawsuits and possibly even violate Linux's software license.

FCC delays decision on AT&T-Bellsouth merger again http://www.itworld.com/Man/2697/061103attfcc/index.html
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again delayed its decision on AT&T Corp.'s proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp. The agency was scheduled to consider the acquisition on Friday, but on Thursday it deleted the agenda item regarding the acquisition from its Friday schedule.

Microsoft unwraps Zune site, makes changes to MSN music http://www.itworld.com/Tech/5051/061103zune/index.html
Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new Web site that describes features of the upcoming Zune music store and also revealed that MSN Music won't continue to sell digital songs.

Oracle to acquire Stellent for $440 million http://www.itworld.com/App/4108/061103oraclestellant/index.html
Oracle Corp. Thursday continued its string of acquisitions, announcing it will buy content management software company Stellent Inc. for about $440 million.

Security threat changing, says Symantec CEO http://security.itworld.com/4337/061103securitythreat/page_1.html
The threat posed to computer users and companies by hackers is shifting from attacks on the computers to attacks on electronic transactions, according to the head of one of the world's largest security software vendors.

HP now offers cluster computing on Windows http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1181/061103hpcluster/index.html
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cluster computing products can now run a Microsoft Corp. cluster operating system, which should be helpful to end users familiar with the ubiquitous Windows operating system.


UNIX TIP

Filename completion
By Sandra Henry-Stocker

A number of readers have recently asked how they set up and use filename completion in a variety of Unix shells. Since file completion does not work the same in every shell, we will examine how you can use this great time saving feature in csh (tcsh), bash and ksh.

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http://open.itworld.com/5040/nlsunixfile061102/page_1.html


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Geek Comic of the Week: Wondermark
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Would it be possible to create endless amusement from clip art Victoriana? David Malki illustrates that this is in fact the case in the sublime Wondermark. Find out how to defend your thesis -- from ninjas -- and why some people need to be put in jail for "felony podcasting."