KDE 4.3.5 Repairs Directory Issues

Jan 27, 2010

For the fifth bugfix and translation update for the KDE Software Compilation 4.3, developers tackled among other things some hideous directory manifestations.

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Lucidor 0.9 with OPDS and Full Screen Mode

Jan 27, 2010

Lucidor, the free program for reading and organizing ebooks, now available in version 0.9 comes with the ability to read OPDS catalogs.

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SourceForge Denies Service for "Rogue" Nations

Jan 26, 2010

SourceForge, the hosting and communication platform for many free software projects, is bowing to U.S. regulations and denying service to users from nations on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list.

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Cold War at the Eighth KDE PIM Gathering

Jan 15, 2010

The eighth annual KDE PIM developer meeting in Osnabrück, Germany started out with an extended snowball fight among the Scottish, German and Dutch contingencies. That actual work was being done was evidenced by enhancements to Akonadi, KDE 4.4 and 4.5, and planned further development of the Kontact groupware client.

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Ted Ts'o Joins Google and Helps with Ext4 Migration

Jan 15, 2010

Formerly kernel and file system developer at the Linux Foundation, Theodore Ts'o has been working at Google since January. His first project: The migration of the file system ext4.

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Android Platform 2.1 for Developers

Jan 13, 2010

Google's latest release, Android 2.1, comes not only with the mobile operating system but also a developer kit.

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Symbian 3 and 4 Progress

Jan 12, 2010

Development is moving forward on Symbian, a mobile phone operating system that is largely under free licensing. Version 3 should show all its planned features by the first quarter of 2010.

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FFII: EU Trade Agreement with Korea Endangers Developers

Jan 10, 2010

The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) perceives the free trade agreement of the EU with Korea as a massive competitive disadvantage to the EU and a danger to software developers, free software projects and small and mid-sized companies.

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