Shuttleworth denies Ubuntu-Microsoft deal

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News: Shuttleworth denies Ubuntu-Microsoft deal
Related Reading: Microsoft interoperability team: Bring on Red Hat
News: ClearCube blade PCs work at long distance
News: Barclays exits Indian BPO joint venture
News: HP FORUM: Virtual computing can be a real hassle
News: Developer expectations run high for Google Gears
News: EBay attempts to welcome back store owners
News: Red Hat Linux gets top government security rating
News: Safari for Windows: All about the money?
Go Figure: Online crime group logs millionth complaint
ITWhirled: PowerPoint comedy


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Shuttleworth denies Ubuntu-Microsoft deal
Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth has made it clear that Ubuntu isn't interested in forming a deal with Microsoft along the lines of those recently reached by Linspire, Xandros and Novell.

Related Reading: Microsoft interoperability team: Bring on Red Hat
Leaders of Microsoft Corp.'s strategy to make its products more interoperable with competitive technologies said the company still hopes to strike a Linux pact with Red Hat Inc. similar to the partnerships it's forged with Linux vendors Novell, Xandros and Linspire.


ClearCube blade PCs work at long distance
ClearCube Technology Inc. launched a long-distance version of its thin client PC system on Monday, hoping to win over users who have complained they have to keep their desktop clients too close to the back-room PC blades.


Barclays exits Indian BPO joint venture
Barclays Bank PLC is selling off its stake in Intelenet Global Services Pvt. Ltd., a business process outsourcing (BPO) services provider that it owns jointly with India's Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd (HDFC).


HP FORUM: Virtual computing can be a real hassle
For a technology that's supposed to make computing easier, virtualization is becoming quite complicated.


Developer expectations run high for Google Gears
Developers have big plans for Gears, the Google Inc. browser plug-in designed to provide offline access to Web-hosted applications.


EBay attempts to welcome back store owners
EBay Inc. is wooing store owners after a series of decisions by the online retail giant frustrated some merchants.


Red Hat Linux gets top government security rating
Red Hat Linux has received a new level of security certification that should make the software more appealing to some government agencies.


Safari for Windows: All about the money?
The debate is still on about why Apple Inc. decided to develop a version of its Safari browser for Windows.


GO FIGURE

1,000,000
The number of complaints that Internet users have logged with watchdog group IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center).
SOURCE: IDG News Service


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PowerPoint comedy
Anyone in the corporate world has sat through one too many awful PowerPoint presentations; heck, even the good ones aren't really much of a treat. In this video, a stand-up comedian offers his opinions on what not to do in your PowerPoint presentation -- presented in PowerPoint form, of course.