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After a lengthy, albeit fledgling stay in the digital music distribution biz, Sony has reportedly decided to cut its losses and disconnect the Connect service. We’d already seen the service get shuffled around in an effort to strengthen the division, but it seems like it has finally succumbed to the competition. According to reports from an internal meeting, some 20-plus employees were told that their jobs were being “phased out” as the Connect resources were being shifted to handle the needs of the PlayStation group. Interestingly, it was noted that the eBooks segment would still remain alive and well to service the Sony Reader demands, but Steve Banfield, the head of the Sony Connect division, would be “leaving within the next few weeks.” Farewell Connect, it seems we all barely knew you.

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I’ve never written much about my personal life in the three years, three months, and two weeks since I started Engadget, but for this Father’s Day I wanted to talk about the person who inspired my love of technology: my father Federico Rojas, who passed away very unexpectedly this past Wednesday.

My father wasn’t a exactly a geek — he was just a physician whose interests ranged far beyond medicine — but he was most definitely a classic early adopter when it came to anything related to electronics, and I remember being in awe as a young boy whenever he’d bring home his latest discovery. Whether it was an 8-bit computer, an HDTV, a Laser Disc player (and then a DVD player), a surround sound system, etc, while I was growing up he was always consistently ahead of the curve and constantly wowing me with whatever new toy he was installing.

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Server2Go is a Webserver that runs out of box without any installation. That means it is a webserver that can run directly from cdrom, usb stick or from any folder on harddisk.

Dell has decided to sell computers with Linux pre-installed. Great move! But for the moment, it only concerns the US… Outside the US, we can’t wait to buy a pre-installed Linux Dell PC! Please vote for the availability of those PCs all around the globe.

No sooner than Sony Ericsson goes and makes the K850 and K530 (amongst many others) official, it looks like there’s already been some hands-on action with a pair. Reportedly snapped at the recent Sony Ericsson product launch in Hong Kong, the five-megapixel K850 cameraphone was oohed and ahhed over, but the not-exactly-soft soft keys and lack of backlighting seemed to be a bit of a drag. The K530 was admittedly in early prototype mode, so not much was known other than it still sported the generic model designation of SE123. But hey, at least the photos waiting after the jump will somewhat quell your insatiable desire for more details about these mobiles.

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