Grant goes toward development of ARM-optimized video codec

Media player programs that bear a "substantially similar" appearance are subject to change

Songbird considers itself an iTunes alternative and while the project has had some success in that regard, not so much under Linux.

Radio Free Deutschland: For Document Freedom Day, March 31 2010, a couple of European radio stations were granted awards for using open standards.

Just missing the beta deadline, Ubuntu has today placed the version 10.04 of the new Music Store online for testing.

Music seems to be a viable income stream also under Linux. After Amarok and Rhythmbox have earned at least a few hundred bucks with Magnatune, Ubuntu is now breaking into the market as well.

Chat, instant messaging and video communication: the KDE Real Time Communication and Collaboration (RTCC) project wants to improve the integration of real time communication into the desktop environment.

The iPad presented in San Francisco by Apple chief Steve Jobs has enraged the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It seems Apple is increasingly compromising user freedom by imposing Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the tablet.