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* CNet [reports][5] that Red Hat will ship the next version of its premium Linux OS on February 28. The release was originally scheduled for the end of the year, but has been pushed back slightly.
[5]: http://news.com.com/Red+Hat+updates+premium+Linux/2100-7344_3-5576507.html
* Best reason to add learning GPG to your resolutions this year: the government may not need a warrant to search your e-mail. Ars Technica has [more details][1].
[1]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061227-8504.html "Government may not need a warrant to search your email"
* Oh the lists, the lists. Another of my favorite lists the BBC's [100 things we didn't know last year][2]. Number one: Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in Portuguese."
[2]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2006/12/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_2.shtml "100 things we didn't know last year"
* If you're a young single woman looking to holiday in Jamacia with a total stranger, there's an [eBay auction][4] with your name on it. It may not be as creepy as it sounds, Reuters [reports][3] that 39 year-old Adam Croot had planned the holiday to propose to his partner, but then she dumped him. Ouch.
[4]: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160067295942 "Holiday with Adam Croot"
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-28T164844Z_01_L28711685_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-HOLIDAY.xml&src=rss "EBay Janacia vacation"
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