New Warsow 0.5 Seeks Demo Shooters
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more »When Push Comes To Shove: Microsoft's EU Proposals
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more »Scientific Linux 4.8 with SquashFS and UnionFS
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more »Adobe's Latest Open Source Project
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more »Launchpad is Free at Last
Jul 22, 2009The developer team at the Ubuntu firm Canonical has finally released the complete source code of its hosting and collaboration tool Launchpad to the community.
more »Hacker Group to Release OpenSSH Exploit and Worm: "Give us 48 Hours"
Jul 21, 2009After rumors of an OpenSSH exploit vulnerability got out, an anonymous hacker group intends to release the exploit code and an accompanying worm "within 48 hours."
more »Mozilla Design Challenge Winners Announced
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