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SpringSource release train delivers Grails 1.2

The web application framework for Java and Groovy is updated with improved Spring integration, named query support and a new testing infrastructure more…

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New life for dead software

Pong If you yearn for the operating systems or arcade games of the past, and are willing to make the effort to bring them back to life, free and open source software is definitely the way to go. Green screens and might-have beens, operating systems and games, BeOS, Amiga OS or DOS can be relived and replayed through a host of emulators, simulators or rewrites in varying stages of completion more…

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24 December 2009
Microsoft promises not to press charges against Moonlight users

Moonlight Logo A new patent agreement gives users of Moonlight, a Silverlight implementation, more legal security. But the situation for Linux distributors will probably not improve more…

24 December 2009
Users bypass Kindle restrictions

Unlocked A hacker uses Amazon's Kindle software for Windows to simplify a DRM hack for Kindle e-books that has been around for quite a while. Technology magazine Wired, on the other hand, demonstrates how to use an international Kindle to access Amazon's US Kindle shop and a fully functional browser more…

24 December 2009
New Google CAPTCHAs now cracked

reCaptcha An initial analysis found that Google's distorted letter images could be automatically detected, but the search engine giant countered that only outdated versions could. Now, the author has taken a closer look at current CAPTCHAs more…

24 December 2009
US Patent Office sets up new hurdle for software patents

United States Patent and Trademark Office Seal The US Patent Office's Board of Patent Appeals has put a further stop to the granting of patents for mathematical formulae and software "per se" more…

24 December 2009
Sabayon Linux 5.1 "Gaming" Edition arrives

Sabayon Logo Just in time for Christmas, Sabayon Linux founder Fabio Erculiani has announced the availability of a "Gaming" Edition of version 5.1 of his popular Linux distribution, featuring a number of free and open source games more…

24 December 2009
Cygwin 1.7.1 released

Cygwin Logo The Cygwin developers have announced the availability of version 1.7.1 of their Linux-like environment and command-line interface for Windows, adding support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 more…

23 December 2009
Vienna: Windows and Linux to coexist

Seal of the city of Vienna For the time being the municipal authority of the Austrian capital has decided against switching entirely to open source. Instead, the city has chosen a two-track system: administrative staff can choose between Windows and Linux, between MS Office and its open source counterpart, OpenOffice more…

23 December 2009
VideoLAN Project to launch VLMC video editor - Update

VLMC Logo The VideoLAN Project developers behind the popular open source VLC Media Player are expected to officially announce the addition of a new video editing project called the VideoLAN Movie Creator more…

23 December 2009
OSCON 2010 Call for Papers

OSCON Logo Next year's O'Reilly Open Source Convention will take place from the 19th to the 23rd of July, 2010 in Portland, Oregon and the organisers are now accepting proposals more…

23 December 2009
Firefox 4.0 for Windows mock-ups updated

Firefox logo Mozilla contributor Stephen Horlander has revealed a number of new design mock-ups for the Windows version of Firefox 4, including a new "application button" more…

23 December 2009
Conceptual design of OLPC XO-3 tablet revealed

OLPC Logo The XO-3 laptop will be a minimalist tablet that will feature an 8.5 by 11 inch touch screen, a virtual keyboard and a camera on the back. The device is targeted for release in 2012 more…

22 December 2009
New US National Cybersecurity Coordinator introduced

White House Logo The US Government has announced Howard A. Schmidt as its new US National Cybersecurity Coordinator. The former police officer previously held executive security positions, such as Chief Security Officer at Microsoft and eBay more…

22 December 2009
Groovy 1.7 goes final

Groovy logo Groovy 1.7, the open source dynamic has been released with more "Java friendliness", enhanced annotations and improved assertions more…

22 December 2009
Beware of Christmas presents with non-volatile memory

Generic virus logo While USB flash drives and digital photo frames are popular presents, recipients are advised to treat them with distrust. These devices may already be loaded with malware more…

22 December 2009
Open source media player Songbird 1.4.2 released

Songbird Logo The Songbird developers have released version 1.4.2 of their open source media player (a rapid bug fix of 1.4.1) adding support for Mass Storage Class devices and CD ripping more…

22 December 2009
OpenOffice 3.2 RC1 arrives

OpenOffice Logo The OpenOffice developers have announced the first release candidate for what will become version 3.2 of their free open source office suite, improving its start up time and adding several new features more…

22 December 2009
digiKam 1.0.0 is ready

digiKam Logo In version 1.0.0, of the digiKam photo management tool the developers have added new features and fixed numerous bugs found in the beta more…

22 December 2009
Firefox 3.5 edges out IE7 in browser statistics

Firefox logo According to StatCounter, Firefox 3.5 is the most used browser version, narrowly beating Internet Explorer 7 more…

21 December 2009
Despite increasingly frequent attacks, no update for Adobe's Reader

Adobe Logo Although the first websites are already exploiting the hole in Adobe Reader, Adobe does not plan to release an "emergency patch" before January 12, 2010. The vendor says that other holes would remain open if it did so more…

21 December 2009
KDE SC 4.4 Beta 2 released

The KDE project has released the second beta for what will become version 4.4 of the KDE Software Compilation, adding a number of new features and applications to the popular open source desktop, applications and development platform more…

21 December 2009
Qt applications in your browser

A port of the Qt toolkit to Google's Native Client allows Qt applications to run as applets in a browser more…

21 December 2009
Collectd 4.9 system statistics collection daemon released

collectd logo The collectd developers have released version 4.9 of their open source tool for collecting, transferring and storing system performance statistics, adding a number of new features and plugins more…

21 December 2009
NetBeans 6.9 will aim to be a better platform

Early plans for NetBeans 6.9 include major enhancements to the NetBeans Rich Client Platform for Java developers more…

21 December 2009
OTRS AG to float on German stock exchange

OTRS Logo Bad Homburg-based OTRS AG, the company behind open source help desk system Open Ticket Request System, will go public on the stock exchange on 23rd December more…

21 December 2009
Tiny Core Linux 2.7 arrives

Tiny Core Logo The Tiny Core developers have released version 2.7 of their popular minimal Linux distribution, reducing its overall size to just 10.1 MB more…

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