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OSI approves two Microsoft shared-source licenses
The board of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has approved two Microsoft Corp. licenses that allow proprietary source code to be shared, a move that is likely to inspire protest and spur controversy for die-hard open-source proponents.

Google: Urchin analytics software lives
After an almost three-year delay, the next major version of Google Inc.'s Urchin Web analytics server software is entering a beta testing period, at a time when some customers have been openly wondering if the product would be discontinued.

U.S. House approves extension to 'Net tax ban
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to extend an Internet tax moratorium for just four years, despite calls from the tech industry to permanently bar state and local governments from taxing Internet access.

Symbian puts graphics, network improvements in OS
Symbian Ltd. is adding a new graphics architecture as well as enhanced networking capabilities to its mobile OS, the company's CEO said on Tuesday

Microsoft launches unified communications system
Microsoft Corp. described wide industry support during the formal announcement of Office Communications Server in San Francisco on Tuesday.

EQO promises speed by going native on Symbian
EQO Communications Inc. will soon release a faster version of its mobile VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) application for phones running the Symbian OS, the company's CEO said Tuesday.

Google testing YouTube antipiracy system
Google Inc. has unveiled a test version of a much-awaited antipiracy system for its wildly popular yet controversial YouTube video-sharing site.


UNIX TIP

Scanning your messages file for warnings: Take two
By Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld.com

Several weeks ago, I encouraged readers to automate the extraction of warning messages from their /var/adm/messages (or /var/log/messages) files and provided a script to do just that. In this article, we will look at a re-implementation of that script. The new version of this script was written by Jared Still, Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist and author of "Perl for Oracle DBAs".


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E-mail-free Fridays catching on
Sure, you're used to not wearing a tie on Fridays -- but what about not answering your e-mails? Tech companies like Intel and US Cellular aren't exactly banning all e-mail communication on the last day of the workweek, but they are urging employees to use the phone or meet face-to-face to "encourage a more direct, free-flowing communication and better exchange of ideas."


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