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Lindows becomes ‘Lin–s’ in Europe, 02/17/04
Following court orders barring the Lindows name, Linux vendor Lindows.com has changed its name in several European countries to Lin—s, pronounced Lindash.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0217lins.html?nl
Disney board rejects Comcast offer, 02/17/04
The Walt Disney Co.’s board of directors rejected Comcast’s unsolicited acquisition bid Monday, setting up a potential hostile takeover fight that would be one of the largest in U.S. corporate history.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0217disneboard.html?nl
Sources: EU rejects Microsoft offer, 02/17/04
The European Commission has rejected an offer from Microsoft to settle its long-running antitrust case, said people familiar with the situation on Tuesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0217mseu.html?nl
Cingular wins bid for AT&T Wireless, 02/17/04
Cingular Wireless LLC Tuesday said it has agreed to buy AT&T Wireless for around $41 billion.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0217cinguwins.html?nl
EU restarts investigation of Oracle-PeopleSoft deal, 02/16/04
The European Commission has restarted the clock on its in-depth probe of Oracle’s hostile bid for PeopleSoft, a spokeswoman said Monday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216euresta.html?nl
NetScreen deal may transform Juniper, 02/13/04
Router vendor Juniper, gaining ground against giant Cisco in service-provider data networks, is likely to try to muscle in on the enterprise network business following the NetScreen acquisition it …
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0213netscdeal.html?nl
