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bruunb writes “Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for .50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately .4 billion, or .6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt. ‘We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle’s earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP basis in the first full year after closing. We estimate that the acquired business will contribute over .5 billion to Oracle’s non-GAAP operating profit in the first year, increasing to over billion in the second year. This would make the Sun acquisition more profitable in per share contribution in the first year than we had planned for the acquisitions of BEA, PeopleSoft and Siebel combined,’ said Oracle President Safra Catz.”

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The Pirate Bay guys explain in their latest blog post that they do not want donations since they won’t pay those “silly” fines. Instead, they want you to seed a bit more, buy a shirt, and vote!

Global privacy watchdog, Privacy International added its take; claiming that Facebook’s Site Governance Vote is nothing more than a “publicity stunt and a massive confidence trick on its 200 million users.”

When Dark Knight was released,Warner Brothers was ready with an ambitious antipiracy campaign that involved months of planning and steps to monitor each physical copy of the film.Unsurpisingly, the campaign failed miserably.

destinyland writes “Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York is developing flexible nanotubes inserted under the skin to create a handheld display — inside your hand. They wirelessly receive data and display reminders and text messages, and the concept has also been broadened to suggest endlessly programmable digital tattoos, while Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics is also exploring the concept of the body as ‘a platform for electronics and interactive skin technologies’.” That middle link is quite old, but is still loaded with interesting links.

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