Daily Archives: 5 May 2008
Ubuntu Linux takes on enterprise server market with new OS
With its release this Thursday of its Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server Edition, Linux vendor Ubuntu is firmly aiming its long-awaited, enterprise-ready server operating system at the world of business computing.Technically, this isn’t Ubuntu’s first server release — that one came two and a half years ago — but this is the first … Continue reading
Will investors punish Yahoo?
Now that Microsoft has withdrawn its unsolicited buyout bid, Yahoo investors who are outraged and seeking to extract some pain may gear up to engage in several actions, ranging from gunning for a board seat to voting “against” re-electing the company’s slate, say proxy solicitors and M&A attorneys. Eric Jackson, a Yahoo shareholder activist, falls … Continue reading
Toilet seats are cleaner than keyboards
Computer keyboards, can be home to more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, says UK consumer watchdog, Which. Tests on 33 keyboards at the organisation’s offices found four that posed a health hazard and one playing host to five times more germs than the office’s toilet seats. It was ordered to be removed, quarantined and … Continue reading
