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+ Open source, and over here: OSS in the UK + Could the Government’s action plan for open source in the UK give the model renewed impetus? Jason Stamper investigates. ...

+ Magnetic conference shows off latest innovation... + As the INTERMAG conference on magnetism came to a close in Sacramento, there was just time to showcase one last innovation: ...

+ Windpower 2009 brain shows off latest invention + Outside the Windpower Expo show in Chicago today, a plucky entrepreneur shows off his latest invention: a kite-based ...

+ Twitter staff meet new Apple colleagues & family: first pics + Twitter staff are relieved to find that not all of their new Apple colleagues and their families are obsessive about the [...] -- the Web telegraph system with a maximum count of 140 characters per 'tweet' -- for up to $700m .] Digg this

+ After Apple buys Twitter.... + Shortly after buying Twitter, Steve Jobs began insisting that Apple stores should stock no more than 140 items at any one [...] 140 characters per 'tweet' -- for up to $700m .] Pic credit: ping ping on Flickr, CC licence. Digg this

+ Foul play at Sun Micro HQ? + Sun's speaker was beginning to think someone may have tampered with her first slide. Thanks to Silveira Neto for ...

+ Ellison does Sun HQ tour: first pics + Larry Ellison was somewhat surprised by some of the unusual offices during his tour of Sun's HQ. Thanks to ...

+ Ellison's new orders at Sun HQ + Oracle chief Larry Ellison is given new orders after visiting Sun's HQ. Thanks to Cimexus on Flickr for the pic ...

+ Did Oracle acquire Sun to stop Microsoft buying it? + So after all the rumours, it is Oracle that has picked up Sun Microsystems, for $5.6bn net of cash. While the speculation [...] I have tended to disagree. It occurred to me that a great acquirer would have been Microsoft. Click continue reading for more.

+ Q&A: James Gosling on Sun-IBM, cloud, SOA, and of course Java + James Gosling, VP and Sun Microsystems Fellow, is better known as the Father of Java – he did the original design of the Java [...] and partners; what are some of the key themes you have been discussing? [click continue reading for more on this entry]...

+ Father of Java warns of ‘culture clash’ if IBM buys Sun + James Gosling, Sun Microsystems vice president, said in an exclusive interview with Computer Business Review (CBR) that there [...] Sun Microsystems, the software, systems and services vendor, for $6.5bn...[click continue reading for more on this entry]...

+ Google Chrome, Forefox incognito modes not so secret + Please follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/jasonstamper Google Chrome’s incognito mode is meant to keep any sites that [...] the streaming media issue was brought to light. Digg this Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/jasonstamper

+ IBM near to Jonathan Schwartz blog acquisition? + Speculation is rife that IBM is closing in on a $6.5bn deal to acquire Jonathan Schwartz’s blog. If it happens it will become the [...] Let's put aside for a moment the fact that Schwartz has just described Sun's server business at the bursting of the Internet bubb

+ Red Alert: Has Red Hat's Whitehurst got what it takes? + Part 2 [Part 1 is here .] Red Hat’s CEO Jim Whitehurst wants to get Red Hat to the $1bn revenue mark by 2011. So has the [...] reading for The 451 group analyst Matthew Aslett's view of Whitehurst's strategy, and how CBR sums up Whitehurst's progress so far.

+ Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 to land next week + Novell's much-anticipated SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES) 11 is looking like being launched on March 24th, CBR has learned. [...] virtualisation, interoperability, 'green' computing and even desktop Linux...[click continue reading for more on this news story]...