Digital Restrictions: FSF Campaign to Free Kindle Software
Jul 28, 2009The Free Software Foundation started an online campaign in the Amazon forum to free the Kindle code. Supporters already number more than 650.
more »Calibre 0.6 Adds More E-Book Formats
Jul 28, 2009Developer Kovid Goyal introduced many new features in version 0.6.0 of his Calibre e-book suite. With the 0.6.1 update, he also fixed numerous bugs.
more »When Push Comes To Shove: Microsoft's EU Proposals
Jul 27, 2009Microsoft has promised the European Commission a "significant change" in attitude and publishes its proposal for the marketing of Internet Explorer in Windows 7. Additionally there's news regarding the GPL publishings.
more »Linux4Afrika Integrates Sugar Desktop and WLAN
Jul 27, 2009The Linux4Afrika development help project that is active in a number of east African countries has released the next verson of its software distribution. The donated used hardware will be expanded by new functionality.
more »Adobe Flash Player and Reader with Critical Security Advisory
Jul 24, 2009Adobe announced a critical vulnerability for its Flash Player 9.0.159.0 and 10.0.22.87 and earlier, along with the authplay.dll component in its Reader and Acrobat 9.x., that goes across platforms in Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris.
more »Firefox 3.0.12 Fixes Five Critical Security Issues
Jul 23, 2009Mozilla recommends its updated Firefox 3.0.12 version for its new 3.0 series in that it removes a few critical security issues.
more »34-Nanometer Flash Solid State Drives from Intel
Jul 23, 2009The chipmaker announced its new consumer series of 34-nanometer solid stated drives (SSDs), resulting in a significant flash memory price reduction.
more »Microsoft Releases Moodle Plugin under GPL
Jul 22, 2009Microsoft has again released code under GPLv2, this time the Live Services plugin Moodle.
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