Monday, September 19, 2005

Worm spoofs Google on infected PCs. Malware practices Jedi Mind tricks [The Register] 9:50:17 PM    comment [] Starting an Asset Management Theme here U.S. Coast Guard deploys Belarc's IT management system. The U.S. Coast Guard is deploying the BelManage IT management system to help it keep track of software license contracts, hardware and security patches. [Computerworld News] 9:49:09 PM    comment [] HP Acquisition HP to acquire Peregrine Systems for $425M. In a bid to position itself as a market leader in asset management software, Hewlett-Packard Co. is acquiring IT asset and service management software vendor Peregrine Systems Inc. in a cash deal worth $425 million. [Computerworld News] At The Register, the HP Acquisition article's headline is "HP throws scandal-dogged Peregrine a future." 9:47:58 PM    comment [] Free as in Puppy Who originally said "Open Source Software (OSS) is free like a puppy is free"? I researched back to an blog entry discussing some of Stallman's stances, entitled "Free as in Puppy" but stopped when I encountered a comment as follows: I live in Longview Tx. and I wanted to get a new puppy. My little puppy was just stollen from us. If you could please get in touch with me my name is Jennifer and my phone # is ... I hope Jennifer replaced her stolen puppy, but also has learned that posting comments on German Microsoft blogs from a "Developer Evangelist Microsoft Germany" isn't a great idea. On the web, don't take things too literally. 9:44:33 PM    comment []

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