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Firefox 3.0 approaches end-of-life

Firefox logo Mozilla has confirmed that, following the release of version 3.0.19 of its popular open source Firefox web browser, there will be no more updates to the 3.0.x branch more »

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Interview: Eben Moglen - Freedom vs. the Cloud Log

cloud icon Free software has won: practically all of the biggest and most exciting Web companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter run on it. But it is also in danger of losing, because those same services now represent a huge threat to our freedom as a result of the vast stores of information they hold about us, and the in-depth surveillance that implies more »

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17 March 2010
Novell and Ingres announce SUSE Appliance Program agreement

Novell Logo Novell and Ingres have announced a new cooperative agreement under which the Ingres database is now available within SUSE Studio as part of the SUSE Appliance Program more »

17 March 2010
Mozilla officially drops support for SeaMonkey 1.x

SeaMonkey Logo Mozilla has announced that it is officially discontinuing support for the 1.x branch of its SeaMonkey "all-in-one internet application suite", the successor to the old Netscape Communicator and Mozilla Application suites more »

17 March 2010
Alert!Security vulnerability in SpamAssassin filter module

SpamAssassin logo Attackers are attempting to take control of mail servers, in particular those running Postfix and SpamAssassin, by exploiting a security vulnerability in the SpamAssassin Milter plug-in more »

17 March 2010
Google Code celebrates 5th birthday

Google Logo Five years ago today, Google announced the launch of its Google Code project hosting site, which, today, hosts 800 of its own open source projects, including Android, Chrome, the Chrome OS and the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) more »

17 March 2010
Pinta 0.2 simple paint application for Gtk released

Pinta Logo Novell open source programmer Jonathan Pobst has released version 0.2 of his simple Pinta painting application for Gtk modelled after Paint.NET, adding a number of new features, including 5 new tools, 5 new adjustments and 5 new effects more »

17 March 2010
Ruby 1.9.2 expected in August

Ruby Logo The next version of the Ruby scripting language has been rescheduled for release in mid August. The final release will be preceded by several previews and release candidates more »

17 March 2010
Mozilla announces Firefox Mobile add-on challenge

Firefox Logo The Mozilla Foundation has launched a new Firefox Mobile competition for add-on developers aimed at encouraging them to create innovative and compatible mobile add-ons more »

17 March 2010
GNOME and KDE to co-locate 2011 Desktop Summit

Desktop Summit Logo Following the success of last year's Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. Boards have announced that they have decided to once again co-locate their flagship conferences, Akademy and GUADEC, in 2011 more »

17 March 2010
Microsoft to take active role in jQuery JavaScript Library development

Microsoft Logo Microsoft has announced that it will be taking a more active role in the development of the open source jQuery JavaScript Library, including contributing code, such as a templating engine more »

17 March 2010
Botnet with integrated copy protection

Virus Teaser The current version of the commercial ZeuS botnet server software uses a licence management system to prevent pirate copying more »

16 March 2010
SpringSource launches new Tomcat community portal

SpringSource Open source Java framework specialist SpringSource has launched a new community portal for the Apache Tomcat open source implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies aimed at enterprise users more »

16 March 2010
Squeak 4.0 released - now under MIT/Apache license

Squeak logo Four years of collecting agreements from numerous contributors has allowed the Squeak Smalltalk environment to be re-licensed as MIT/Apache code more »

16 March 2010
Magento receives $22.5 Million for e-commerce software

Magento Logo Open source e-commerce software specialist Magento has announced that it has secured its first investment. According to the SEC regulatory filing, the company has received a cash injection of $22.5 million more »

16 March 2010
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.1 released

Mandriva Logo Mandriva has released its first major point update to version 5 of its Mandriva Enterprise Server commercial Linux distribution. According to the company, in addition to all of the previous updates, the latest update focuses on virtualisation and improves integration of Kernel-based Virtual Machine technology more »

16 March 2010
VMware hires key Redis developer

Redis logo VMware invests in "NoSQL" databases in the cloud by hiring the lead developer of the open source Redis key/value database more »

16 March 2010
Amarok 2.3.0 "Clear Light" released

Amarok Logo The Amarok Project developers have released version 2.3.0 of their popular open source music player for the KDE desktop, code named "Clear Light". In addition to the usual bug fixes, the latest update features a completely redesigned main toolbar and a rewritten file browser more »

16 March 2010
Fluendo announce Media Center for Linux

Fluendo logo Fluendo has announced Fluendo Media Center, a €40 package which integrates the company's DVD player for Linux and other codecs into a single application. more »

16 March 2010
Vodafone UK to refresh Android line up

Android Logo Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has confirmed that it will be releasing four new highly anticipated and top of the line Android-based smartphones, including the HTC Desire and Google's Nexus one, in the coming months more »

16 March 2010
OpenSocial 1.0 specification published

OpenSocial logo Modular social networking gadget specifications now allow use beyond pure social networking applications, offering both a core and social set of data models, APIs and gadgets more »

16 March 2010
EuroPython 2010: Call for Papers

Python icon This year's EuroPython event will take place from the 17th to the 24th of July in Birmingham, UK and the conference organisers are currently seeking submissions from attendees for talks, papers and tutorials that cover all aspects of Python more »

16 March 2010
Red Hat Summit and JBoss World agenda posted

Red Hat Logo Red Hat has published the agenda for this year's Red Hat Summit and JBoss World event taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from the 22nd to the 25th of June, 2010 more »

15 March 2010
FeatureTracking down malware

Malware on the couch Criminals use various methods to camouflage the traces of their malicious software on the internet. However, their paths can be retraced using special tools to identify the vulnerability the malware exploited to enter a system more »

15 March 2010
GeeXboX 2.0 Alpha 2 released

GeeXboX Logo The GeeXboX developers have released the second alpha of version 2.0 of their small embedded Linux distribution aimed at Home Theatre PCs (HTPC) and media centres, correcting a number of bugs from last month's first alpha and adding the latest Linux kernel more »

15 March 2010
Skype publishes SILK audio codec source code

Skype Logo Skype has announced that it has published the source code for its SILK audio codec, introduced last year, which the company uses in its internet telephony applications for Windows and Mac OS X more »

15 March 2010
Simple workarounds for latest IE security vulnerability

Microsoft Logo Two fix-it tools from Microsoft help users set-up workarounds which prevent exploitation of a critical security vulnerability in Internet Explorer more »

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