Oracle Proposal to Acquire BEA Systems Expires  —  REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — On October  —  9th, Oracle proposed to acquire BEA for $17 per share.  That offer expired today, October 28th, at 5:00 pm.  The BEA shareholders should not assume

Source:   PR Newswire
Link:   http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104…

Apple iPhone launching on Rogers December 7th?  —  If this leaked shot of a Roger’s ad turns out to be legit, we shall see the iPhone hit Canada on December, 7th.  It should sell for $499CAD on a 3-year contract, and we’re guessing it will be the 8GB model.

Source:   The Boy Genius Report
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Kremlin Seeks To Extend Its Reach in Cyberspace  —  MOSCOW — After ignoring the Internet for years to focus on controlling traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Kremlin and its allies are turning their attention to cyberspace, which remains a haven for critical reporting …

Source:   Washington Post
Link:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article…

Another Yahoo Exec Departs  —  If Lloyd Braun, former Yahoo exec in charge of juicing entertainment who left under a cloud could poach a few execs from the troubled Internet giant, so can former sales head Wenda Harris Millard, who also left Yahoo earlier this year after a rocky goodbye with management.

Source:   BoomTown
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Some Leopard upgraders see ‘blue screen of death’  —  ‘Archive and Install’ option fixes the problem; users blame APE  —  A significant number of Mac owners upgrading to Leopard on Friday reported that after installing the new operating system, their machines locked up, showing only an interminable …

Source:   Computerworld
Author:   Gregg Keizer
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