Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

Mike Davis

	Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World
	Published: July, 2002
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	Author: Mike Davis

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Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

Microsoft, Novell expand alliance with $100M deal (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_novell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/r2521860420.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=KBIt68lqafVAv35aGDlaIQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld comments on the induction of the "puffy shirt" into the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in this November 18, 2004 file photo. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in Microsoft Corp's $300 million advertising campaign aimed at changing its image, the Wall Street Journal said on August 21, 2008, citing people close to the situation. Seinfeld, known for his eponymous television sit-com, will appear in ads with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and will receive about $10 million for the work, the report said. REUTERS/Shaun Heasley/Files (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp., expanding on an alliance with Novell Inc., has agreed to buy as much as $100 million more for subscription certificates for Novell's Linux products, Novell said Wednesday.

Microsoft to pay Novell $100 million more for Linux support (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/microsoft_novell_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/r2521860420.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=KBIt68lqafVAv35aGDlaIQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld comments on the induction of the "puffy shirt" into the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in this November 18, 2004 file photo. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in Microsoft Corp's $300 million advertising campaign aimed at changing its image, the Wall Street Journal said on August 21, 2008, citing people close to the situation. Seinfeld, known for his eponymous television sit-com, will appear in ads with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and will receive about $10 million for the work, the report said. REUTERS/Shaun Heasley/Files (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to pay software maker Novell Inc up to $100 million in additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell's open-source Linux software that partners with Microsoft's proprietary Windows software.

Microsoft, Novell expand controversial interop pact (InfoWorld)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080820/tc_infoworld/109635"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/r2521860420.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=KBIt68lqafVAv35aGDlaIQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld comments on the induction of the "puffy shirt" into the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in this November 18, 2004 file photo. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in Microsoft Corp's $300 million advertising campaign aimed at changing its image, the Wall Street Journal said on August 21, 2008, citing people close to the situation. Seinfeld, known for his eponymous television sit-com, will appear in ads with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and will receive about $10 million for the work, the report said. REUTERS/Shaun Heasley/Files (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>InfoWorld - Microsoft on Wednesday is expanding its agreement to supply Linux support certificates from Novell, which originally was part of a controversial arrangement set in late 2006.

Google Releases Android SDK, Version 0.9 (NewsFactor)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080819/bs_nf/61423"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_15t035940_450x430_us_tmobile_android.jpg?x=130&y=124&q=85&sig=gneRJu4Lmau9_JaRgbyeOg--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="A prototype of the Google Android mobile by Qualcomm is on display at the Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress) in Barcelona, February 11, 2008. (Albert Gea/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>NewsFactor - A new beta software development kit is out for Android, the open-source mobile operating system backed by Google. Version 0.9 of the SDK was announced Monday on the Android Developers Blog.

Ubuntu sponsor joins Linux Foundation (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has joined the Linux Foundation, the foundation said Monday.

Court Ruling Upholds Open-Source Copyrights (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Commercial software developers, listen up: If you think open source is a free toolkit from which you can borrow at will, take a good look at Wednesday's legal ruling. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in New York City, where many intellectual-property cases are heard, overturned a Northern California court decision in Jacobsen v. Katzer, a pivotal case in open-source and Creative Commons law.

Open-source pact subject to copyrights law: court (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that the holder of a copyright to a computer programming code made available for free public download can enforce an "open-source" copyright license to control future use of the work.

Judge: Even 'Free' Open-Source Code is Licensed (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - The open source community – and tech-savvy model railroad enthusiasts – were handed a victory Wednesday when an appeals court ruled that people who use open source content can be found guilty of copyright infringement if they do not adhere to the license terms set out by the creator.

Sun releases beta of NetBeans IDE (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - A beta release of the open source NetBeans 6.5 IDE is being offered by Sun Microsystems on Wednesday.

EIC Squared: Olympics, LinuxWorld, and Google cookies (CNET)

CNET - On this week's EIC Squared podcast, ZDNet's Larry Dignan and I talk about the big story of this month--the Olympics.

HTC Android Phones May Be Delayed Until 2009 (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - According to a Web report, there may be some problems with integrating the Google-led open-source mobile platform Android into devices, delaying the release of an Android phone until early next year.

Netbooks A Linux Stronghold? (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Petite laptops with small screens and even tinier price tags may do more than shake up the computer hardware industry: They might loosen Microsoft's grip on the computer operating system.

IBM Urges Better Linux Design, More Business Focus (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Years ago, the Linux open-source operating system seemed ready to offer a nonproprietary alternative to Microsoft Windows. But "Linux on the desktop" never took off.

Mozilla Announces Snowl Messaging Project (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - The developers of Firefox have unveiled an experimental project, Snowl, designed to gather all your inbound communications, whether they're in the form of email, RSS, Twitter, or social network updates.

IBM Touts 'Microsoft-Free' Alliance with Linux Vendors (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - IBM is joining forces with Linux OS vendors Novell, Red Hat and Canonical, the distributor of Ubuntu, in a global effort to deliver what they tout as a "Microsoft-free" computing experience.

Linux on Servers? Great. On PCs? Not So Much (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - PC OEMs offered a halfhearted endorsement of the Linux desktop on Wednesday, claiming that the operating system was mainly suited for low-cost appliances and PCs designed for education.

Mozilla's Aurora Shows Concepts for Future Browsers (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Like cars, buildings and airplanes, browsers can have concept models. That's the idea behind Aurora, a new "concept browser" from the Mozilla Foundation.

AT&T Jumps Into Cloud Computing With Synaptic Hosting (TechWeb)

TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/209903400/28480845/SIG=1374ftn2d/*http://www.intelligententerprise.com/;jsessionid=WIOUAPQSSWMLGQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">Intelligent Enterprise</a> - Synaptic Hosting will allow companies to host Windows Server or Linux client-server applications and Web apps in AT&T's data centers, rather than in their own data centers.

LiMo Adds New Members and Mobile Technologies (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - The Linux Mobile Foundation has announced that 11 new companies have joined the global consortium for the open-source mobile platform.

Linux Mobile Adds Products, Members In Bid To Match Symbian (TechWeb)

TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/209902714/28467624/SIG=131v0ku4f/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=YFT0Z1150VN30QSNDLQSKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - The group announced Monday that it has signed 11 new member companies in recent weeks and said that the number of mobile devices running the LiMo OS now totals 21.

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