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Palm Reveals New Name
dmehus writes "Milpitas, Calif. based Palm Inc. announced Sunday afternoon the new name and moniker for its handheld hardware business. After almost two years in the planning and focus group stages, the company's Board of Directors and executives decided on PalmOne. PalmOne's ticker symbol will change from the current PALM to PLMO. Sister company PalmSource, which will be the operating system business, takes ticker symbol PSRC. According this report by CNET News.com's Ina Fried, the two companies will be publicly traded, but they will also be controlled by a new holding company. In addition, the Spring 2004 line of handhelds will adopt the PalmOne moniker. Devices that run the Palm OS can continue to say "Palm powered." The new ticker symbols and corporate name changes will take affect some time in late September or early October, once the Palm buyout of rival HandSpring is complete."
Is BeOS still under the wings of Palm? Why don't they use the thing, or simply open the source?
I am changing my name, i will need a new Slashdot handle shortly. Will let you all know.
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Europe Suffering Values Crisis, Pope Says Sun Aug 17, 9:55 AM ET
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope John Paul (news - web sites) II said Sunday that Europe is suffering a crisis in values and expressed hope that the addition of 10 more countries to the European Union (news - web sites) next year would be an occasion for the continent's renewal.
The pontiff in recent weeks has decried what he calls a movement away in Europe from its Christian roots.
"You can't deny, that in these times of ours, Europe is going through a crisis in values, and it is important that it recovers its true identity," John Paul told pilgrims and tourists in the courtyard of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, a town on a hill near Rome.
"The process of European Union enlargement to other countries cannot deal only with geographical and economic aspects," the pope said, "but must translate into a renewed harmony of values to be expressed in law and life."
He urged prayers so that the continent "be always aware of its own spiritual vocation and contribute to building solidarity and peace within its own borders and in the entire world."
Of the 10 nations scheduled to join the European Union next year, some, like Malta, Slovakia and the pope's native Poland, are heavily Roman Catholic.
The Vatican has mounted a campaign to persuade EU leaders to include a reference to Christianity's role in Europe in the Union's new constitution, which is being prepared.
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But, alas the economy is in a malaise, the war for Hearts and Minds (Registered trademark of the Bush strategy) in Iraq is turning rapildy into the kind of mess Mogadishu became (for pretty damn much the exact same reasons his papa went in there.) and peoples expectations just aren't up to the pre-2000 HYPE. We're all a bit over-dazzled and need to return to more mundane, oatmeal and beans kind of approach. Nothing too fancy, we don't trust it anyway, after WorldCon, GlobalDoubleCrossing and ENSCAM, Wall Street appreciates a company with an unimaginative name. That they took years and focus groups and probably spent millions of dollars, simply shows the right approach. At least that money isn't being thrown away in stock options to the worker-bees.
Now all they execs have left to do is pat themselves on the back for such an intelligent, careful move and give themselves big fat raises.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
The new ticker symbols and corporate name changes will take affect some time in late September or early October
That would be "effect", not "affect".