In this issue:
- BEA counters Oracle: $21 a share sounds better
- Inside Leopard: Spotlight (product review)
- Facebook chooses Microsoft over Google
- OLPC experiments with cow-powered laptops ... seriously
- Study: Tech jobs NOT among the most depressing
- Gadget giveaway ends soon. Enter now!
IN THE NEWS
BEA counters Oracle: $21 a share sounds better
BEA Systems Inc.'s board of directors has named an acquisition price to competitor and suitor Oracle Corp.: $21 a share, $4 more than Oracle's initial offer.
Facebook chooses Microsoft over Google
Facebook will sell a $240 million minority stake to Microsoft, which as part of the deal will also expand the advertising services it provides to the social networking phenom.
OLPC experiments with cow-powered laptops ... seriously
The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) is toying with a novel source of power for its low-cost XO laptops: cows.
Symantec earnings show lackluster enterprise growth
Symantec's latest quarterly earnings show that the company's consumer business is growing faster than its enterprise group.
Opera improves bookmark synching in browser beta
Opera Software ASA has released a beta of its upcoming desktop browser, code-named Kestrel, which can synchronize bookmarks between a PC and a mobile device.
EMC profit propelled by VMware's growth, IPO
Storage maker EMC Corp.'s profit increased dramatically compared to last year's third quarter, lifted again by continued growth of its VMware Inc. subsidiary and EMC's recent sale of a slice of the company.
Poll: Internet video should be regulated
More than half of U.S. residents want the government to regulate Internet video in some way, according to a poll released Wednesday.
PRODUCT REVIEW
Inside Leopard: Spotlight
Mac users upgrading to Leopard will find a different Spotlight waiting for them. OS X 10.5 refines the search technology in several significant - and welcome - ways. This revamped Spotlight can conduct phrase searches that actually produce useful results; it also supports a new feature in Leopard called Quick Look.
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ITWHIRLED
Think your job's depressing? Try changing diapers
IT workers may like to kvetch about their work, but engineers and other techies actually fell into the category that had the lowest rate of depression among full-time workers, according to a recent study. The highest rates were among personal care workers -- like those who take care of infants, the disabled, and the elderly. In general, those who had a job -- any job -- had lower rates of depression than the unemployed. ...read more
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