UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                        Commission File Number 000-26565

                              Liberate Technologies
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          310 University Avenue, Suite 201, Palo Alto, California 94301
       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
               code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Common Stock, par value $0.01
                        per share (Title of each class of
                        securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
       (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                 reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

           Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   [X]      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  [X]
           Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]
           Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)  [ ]
           Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ]
                                          Rule 15d-6           [ ]

       Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification 
                                or notice date:

               Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share: 25 holders


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Liberate Technologies has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

                                           LIBERATE  TECHNOLOGIES



Date:  December 20, 2005                   By:       /s/  Gregory S. Wood     
                                               -------------------------------
                                           Name:    Gregory S. Wood
                                           Title:   Chief Financial Officer