Android: Open Apps Success Story
Nov 03, 2008Just one week since Google opened Android Market for external applications, and already the medialets blog has announced 167 downloaded apps.
more »Linux Foundation: Sympathy for Microsoft
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more »Picasa 2.7 Picasa 2.7 image manager
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more »Quarrel over TWiki - Friendly Takeover by Founder?
Oct 31, 2008The free wiki project TWiki is currently embroiled in a contentious dialogue. The TWIKI.NET venture is undergoing a new governance model that many developers consider a hostile takeover. Without further ado, developers have decided to launch their own, separate NextWiki.org project.
more »Better Printing with Gutenprint 5.2.1
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more »Of Money Mules and Cyber Criminals
Oct 27, 2008A new article by Roel Schouwenberg, Senior Antivirus Researcher at the Kaspersky Lab, has drawn attention to the increased use of malware in cyber attacks on financial institutions.
more »Microsoft Works on PHP and Open Source
Oct 27, 2008Microsoft Corporation has opened an Open Source Interop Technology Center near Munich, Germany that should promote open source software on Windows and improve the relationship of its products with the free software community.
more »4.0r5: Security Update for Debian 4.0 Etch
Oct 24, 2008Along with its ongoing work on Lenny, the Debian project is still attending to its version 4.0 called Etch. Its now fifth update includes bug fixes and security patches.
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Kernel 6.10 Available for General Usage
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Linux Mint 22 Stable Delayed
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