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At a Loss for Words

01/04/2008  
Relevance: 7.92
It's not often I find myself at a loss for words when I read something, but this is one of those times. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that it isn't really necessary for me to add any words to the following news, other than to characterize them with a Latin phrase lawyers use: Res ipse loquitor, which translates as"the thing speaks for itself."
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Novell Posts Profit vs. Year-Earlier Loss

12/06/2006  
Relevance: 6.99
Business software maker Novell posts a preliminary quarterly profit, bouncing back from a year-earlier loss when it took a$38 million restructuring charge.
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Novell’s Linux Business is Booming

08/31/2008  
Relevance: 6.71
On a superficial level, Novell’s third quarter, which ended July 31, 2008, didn’t look that good. A closer look reveals though that Novell did quite well in general and extremely well with its Linux business. According to the company press release, “For the quarter, Novell reported net revenue of $245 million.” This wasup from Novell’s net revenue of $237 million for the third fiscal quarter 2007. “Income from operations for the third fiscal quarter 2008 was $1 million, compared to a loss from operations of $10 million for the third fiscal quarter 2007. Loss from continuing operations in the third fiscal quarter 2008 was $15 million, or $0.04 loss per share, due to a $15 million impairment charge related to our auction-rate securities.”
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Adding a UPS to a desktop Linux machine

02/29/2008  
Relevance: 6.27
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) will allow your computer to continue to function for a period of time when mains power is lost. This can help you to smooth over short-term (1-5 minute) loss of power by running from the UPS battery. When the UPS battery is running low, the UPS can signal your computer to shut down cleanly. With a UPS you can avoid lengthly filesystem or RAID checks due to abrupt power loss. Here are some tips on UPSes in general and how to set one up to protect a Linux machine, even if the model you have lacks explicit Linux support.
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PAM: The missing (password) link

04/15/2008  
Relevance: 5.08
Several PAM modules exist which incur loss of information whenever the password is no longer available. The problem is presented and a possible solution is suggested.
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DRM won't last: Zimmermann

03/15/2007  
Relevance: 4.98
Crypto guru Phil Zimmermann speaks to us about the potential loss of our heritage to digital rights management. Tomorrow's archaeologists will have plenty of DVDs from our era, and no way of reading them.
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Mp3's Loss, Open Source's Gain

02/24/2007  
Relevance: 4.96
Alcatel-Lucent isn't the only winner in a federal jury's $1.52 billion patent infringement award against Microsoft this week. Other beneficiaries are the many rivals to the MP3 audio-compression format.
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The‘Cost' of GPLv3 is the Loss of All Threats to Free Software

07/23/2007  
Relevance: 4.91
We continue to explore the Linspire/Microsoft affairs and we identify some discomforting facts. As we stated before, personal benefits were possibly (even probably) part of all those recent deals.
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Credit Suisse Writes Off Novell

11/25/2006  
Relevance: 4.89
Apparently they believe the damage Novell will sustain from the loss of the community will outweigh any sustainable benefit from MicroSoft(R). Accordingly, Novell has been downgraded to"Underperform".
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Preaching to the unconverted

04/25/2007  
Relevance: 4.65
The alternate licensing scheme for content, Creative Commons, still has a long way to go in South Africa. Government in particular is resistant to change, risking the loss of South Africa's culture, says iCommons head Heather Ford.
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