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It's the first update since 2006 for the Commons Validator Java library for validating common forms, codes, numbers, addresses and strings, while Commons Configuration moves to requiring Java 1.5 as a minimum to perform
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Versions 1.7.5 and 2.5.1 of the open source content management system close two information disclosure vulnerabilities; the update to Joomla! 2.5.x also fixes 30 bugs found in the prevoius release
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The Beta channel release of Firefox 11 includes a number of improvements for developers and users alike, such as support for syncing add-ons across platforms and an updated Migration Tool that supports importing data from Google Chrome
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A proposal for push notifications for web browsers and other devices is being designed by Mozilla developers
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Some TRENDnet IP cameras permit anyone to view the rooms being monitored by the camera, whether or not an access password has been created. Lists of openly accessible camera streams are circulating
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Forty-two authors have contributed to a book entitled "Open Advice", which provides details about what they wish they had known when they started out in open source
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The KDE Project has announced that it is seeking submissions for its upcoming annual KDE Community Summit and that registration for the event is now open
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The Wayland display server and protocol is now expected to have a stable release by the second half of this year. The date will be the beginning of the next phase for the graphics technology though, rather than the start of widespread adoption
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Google has officially announced its eighth annual Google Summer of Code event, in which it offers university students stipends to write and develop code for various open source projects
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Anti-virus software, backups, updates, an alternative browser and a healthy level of mistrust are the main components of the German Federal Office of Information Security's (BSI's) PC security concept
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In the last seven days: a critical hole in PHP was closed, Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 arrived and there was controversy around a Busybox alternative. Also Debian 7.0 will use the 3.2 kernel, VLC 2.0 gets ready to bloom and Wayland 1.0 approaches
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The KDE edition of Linux Mint 12 is based on Ubuntu 11.10 and includes version 4.7.4 of KDE as its default desktop environment and a number of new and updated packages
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Can Canonical learn the lesson that Red Hat and SUSE learned? When trying to establish bigger projects, doing it with only your own distribution can be difficult and often unwise
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The eleventh international Samba conference, the Samba eXPerience, will take place from 8 to 11 May 2012 in Göttingen, Germany and its organisers are now accepting submissions for papers, presentations and talks
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The "Spark" tablet is expected to become available in May and appears to be based on "Mer", an operating system that was developed in the MeeGo environment
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ActiveState's development environment now includes collaboration and synchronisation tools as well as code profiling features, and has been integrated with the company's Stackato Platform-as-a-Service product
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The total number of Android devices running versions 2.2 or greater has moved past the 90% mark. Older versions are losing share but the very latest, Ice Cream Sandwich, is only gaining slowly
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Google has disclosed that it has, for the last year, been using a system called Bouncer to scan the Android Market for malware and says there was a 40% decline in downloads of malicious software in 2011
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Aimed at developers and testers, the second alpha of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS includes updates to the Linux kernel, Canonical's custom Unity desktop interface and a beta of LibreOffice 3.5
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The lure was a well-made invitation to a prestigious conference which then injected spyware into employee's computers
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A version of Alfresco on Amazon's EC2 with 10 GB of storage will be free for all, while subscriptions to the service will offer more storage, support and integration options
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In late 2011, the US corporation notified the authorities of several intrusions into its IT systems in 2010. However, no important information is believed to have been stolen
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The PHP developers are working to fix a critical security vulnerability in PHP that they introduced in a previous security patch. The full impact of the problem is not yet known
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Messaging and collaboration specialist Zarafa has announced the launch of git.zarafa.com, which it says should help developers contribute and get real time updates
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Version 2.6.12 of the open source GIMP image editing application will be the final 2.6 stable series update as the developers shift all of their focus to completing work on version 2.8, the project's next major release
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