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Submission + - Novell to Be Bought by Attachmate for $2.2 Billion (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by polyp2000 on Monday November 22, 2010 @01:10PM

polyp2000 writes: I just read that Novell is to be aquired by Attachmate.Novell investors will get $6.10 a share, Attachmate, a software company owned by private-equity firms including Golden Gate Capital Corp., said today in a statement. That’s 9.1 percent more than Novell’s closing price on Nov. 19. Novell will also sell some intellectual-property assets to a group of technology companies led by Microsoft Corp. for $450 million. The question on every bodies lips is what happens to the ownership of their UNIX IP — will that be part of the IP sold to the Microsoft — led group of companies. Slashdotters ... Discuss....

Submission + - Flying penguins found by BBC programme

Submitted by polyp2000 on Tuesday April 01, 2008 @03:52AM

polyp2000 writes: Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands. BBC1 viewers will see the penguins not only take flight from the Antarctic wastes, but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rainforest to find winter sun. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml

Submission + - Million Pound Jukebox Taking on The Music Industry

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polyp2000

on Friday February 02, 2007 @07:19AM

polyp2000 writes: "Alex Tews Million Dollar homepage has spawned a multitude of imitators and few are enjoying Alex Tew's success. However, I stumbled across this interesting twist on the idea. Social networking site Bandwagon launched today an offshoot project called millionpoundjukebox.com, which promises £500,000 given away to unsigned bands; and 20 bands will receive smaller cash payouts of £25,000 each.
This looks like quite a nice idea — I wondered if anyone else has come across any other interesting twists on the Million Dollar Homepage of note? Hands up to them though, and its nice to know that Artists will be getting their fair share instead of the MCPS and Labels!"

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