NetBSD 5.0 Better on Multi-CPU Systems
Apr 30, 2009The NetBSD project has released version 5.0 of its free UNIX derivative. The release above all improves performance and scalability on multiprocessor and multicore systems.
more »Xesam and Nepomuk Desktop Ontologies Merge
Apr 30, 2009Sebastian Trüg has announced that the Xesam vs. Nepomuk issue is settled and that they will merge into a single desktop ontology.
more »Apple Wants to Muzzle Tinkerers - EFF filing suit
Apr 29, 2009Apple has warned operators of a wiki about airing discussion about circumventing Apple's coupling of its iPod and iPhone hardware with iTunes. Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation is filing suit against Apple.
more »Big Losses at Sun as Sales Fall
Apr 29, 2009Following the announcement of the takeover by Oracle, Sun Microsystems' latest financial report shows a drastic drop in sales and a huge rise in company losses.
more »FAT Patents Invalid? Open Invention Network Initiates Prior Art Review
Apr 29, 2009The Open Invention Network (OIN) has publicized on Post-Issue.org the three patents involving the FAT filesystem that were used by Microsoft in a lawsuit against TomTom, so that the OIN might gather evidence from the community about prior art.
more »Webconverger 4.7 with Firewall and Adobe Reader
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more »Faster Aptitude 0.5.2
Apr 27, 2009Debian's Daniel Burrows has released a new version of the Aptitude standard package manager that ratchets up performance of the dependency solver, among other things.
more »Qt Updates: Qt 4.5.1, Creator 1.1 and Plugin for Visual Studio
Apr 24, 2009The Qt Software division of Nokia has fixed problems in Qt 4.5.1 and is releasing an improved Qt Creator 1.1. Also new is a plugin to integrate Qt with Microsoft's Visual Studio.
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Plasma Bigscreen Returns
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Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features
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Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
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Linux Kernel 6.17 Drops bcachefs
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