New LiMo Handsets Hit Japanese Market
Aug 12, 2009The Linux Mobile (LiMo) Foundation has announced the release of the new NEC and Panasonic LiMo-compliant handsets onto the Japanese market.
more »VMware Acquires SpringSource
Aug 11, 2009Virtualization provider VMware has purchased open source firm SpringSource for $420 million.
more »Microsoft Contract for Samba Developer
Aug 10, 2009Samba Project developer Chris Hertel has clinched a contract with Microsoft to write protocol documentation.
more »Stable Clutter: GUI Library Achieves Version 1.0.0
Jul 31, 2009The Clutter project has made available version 1.0.0 of its user interface library. Clutter is not only the basis for the Moblin GUI, but the foundation for the upcoming GNOME 3.0 interface.
more »New Release of Open Virtual Client Desktop
Jul 30, 2009The new version 2.0 of the virtual desktop solution Verde now comes with offline access. Manufacturer Virtual Bridges, together with IBM and Canonical, want to market the software as Open Virtual Client.
more »DoS Attack Exploit in BIND 9
Jul 29, 2009A specially crafted dynamic update message to a DNS zone for which the server is a master can raise havoc in BIND 9. An active remote exploit is already "in wide circulation."
more »Citrix Receiver Now Also for Android Smartphones
Jul 29, 2009At its iForum conference in Singapore on July 28, the Xen owner Citrix announced that its Citrix Receiver software for virtulized Windows systems would be extended to the Android platform. Until now it was available only in iPhone mobile devices.
more »Google Wave: Framework and Prototype
Jul 28, 2009Google developers are giving out about 40,000 lines of Java code for two components of the Google Wave browser software.
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