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The KDE PIM Team has asked users to help test the third beta version of the KDE PIM Suite, whose components use the new Akonadi framework for storing data
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A second Python 3.2 alpha brings numerous bug fixes, enhancements and an implementation of PEP 391
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The Plex developers have announced a new partnership with LG Electronics to bring their open source media centre to LG HDTVs and confirmed that a Windows version will be available "later this year"
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The Ruby web framework's older edition gets an update to further ease the transition to the recently released Rails 3.
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The Debian Project has released the sixth maintenance update to Debian 5.0. The updated version includes a number of updates and addresses several bugs and security issues found in the 5.0.5 release from the end of June
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Canonical released a beta for Ubuntu 10.10, version 3.0 of Ruby on Rails arrived, Google released Chrome 6 and a number of companies released open source-based tablets aimed at competing with Apple's iPad. India gave RIM two more months, IBM revised its X-Force security report and the source code for hacking PS3 game consoles arrived online
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The next version of Debian's GNU/Linux distribution to come after the forthcoming Debian "Squeeze" 6.0 has been given its name: Wheezy
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Nuxeo have announced that, as part of the IKS european project, they are working with partners in the project to develop an open source semantic engine with a RESTful interface, dubbed fise
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The tool allows users and IT professionals to harden existing software against known attacks - without the need to recompile
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Mozilla Labs renames the Bespin cloud-based IDE as Skywriter and moves development of a new "all JavaScript" version over to GitHub
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Three months after the previous update, the Songbird project has released version 1.8.0 of its open source media player, adding support for USB mass storage device class (also known as USB MSC or UMS) on Mac OS X systems and a number of new devices
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The openSUSE project has released the first milestone release for version 11.4 of the openSUSE operating system. The development preview features a updated, faster package management system
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Canonical has released a beta for version 10.10 of Ubuntu, code-named "Maverick Meerkat". The development milestone is the first and only planned beta and will be followed by a release candidate at the end of the month
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Intel and the 4tiitoo developers have confirmed that their upcoming WeTab tablet will run the Linux-based MeeGo mobile operating system
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The Android tablets are coming as Toshiba plans to release its Folio 100 in the fourth quarter of this year and to give it its own software store
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Google Wave's legacy will be "Wave in a Box", an open source Wave server and client for real time collaboration
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On the second anniversary of the release of the first version of Chrome, Google has released version 6 of its Chrome web browser into the stable and beta channels which also closes critical holes
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VMware and Novell have announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for VMware, building on the companies' expanded partnership announced earlier in June of this year
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Source code which can be used on programmable developer boards to circumvent the Playstation 3's security systems, analogous to a PS3 Jailbreak, has been released under the name PSGroove
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The Galaxy Tab is smaller and lighter than the iPad but intended for the same areas of use. Its opulent set of features and components is matched by the high price Samsung has stipulated
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The Apache Software Foundation has announced that registration is now open for this year's ApacheCon North America conference taking place from the 1st to the 5th of November in Atlanta, Georgia
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The Wireshark project has released version 1.4.0 of its open source, cross-platform network protocol analyser, adding and updating a number of new features and dropping support for Windows 2000 systems
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Mongrel2 is a language agnostic web server capable of routing web requests to applications written in any one of ten languages
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All of the holes are contained in WebKit and can be exploited to compromise systems
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New database connectivity, more GUI toolkits supported and cryptographic libraries are added to ActivePython's capabilities
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