Qt 4.5 Under Lesser GPL
Jan 15, 2009Nokia will offer its Qt widget collection software under less restrictive LGPL licensing and has opened up its repositories.
more »Palm with Linux at Las Vegas Show
Jan 10, 2009One of the highlights of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just ending in Las Vegas is Palm's offering of its WebOS for mobile devices. A fitting name for its coming attraction in mid-2009 that uses this OS is the Palm Pre, to be offered exclusively through Sprint.
more »Sun Breaks Through Clouds, Acquires Q-Layer
Jan 08, 2009Sun Microsystems has acquired Belgian company Q-Layer, which specializes in cloud computing.
more »Retro 10.0 Brings Forth on Many OSs and Browsers
Jan 06, 2009Retro, the free implementation of a minimalist dialect of Forth, is now available in version 10.0.
more »25c3 Introduces Open Source Tool for PLC Monitoring
Dec 30, 2008Two French developers have introduced a configuration software for Intellon-based Power Line Communication devices (PLC) at the 25c3 in Berlin. Simultaneously, the developers declared the software, called Faifa, as Open Source.
more »Splashtop Insyde BIOS
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more »“Hello World”- Greetings from 64Bit Wine
Dec 15, 2008This year's release of version 1.0 of the free runtime environment Wine is a milestone in itself. Developer Maarten Lankhorst has set another (experimental) stepping stone by getting the first 64Bit Windows program to run.
more »Can Replacing Linux with Windows Save Millions?
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