After completing the community beta phase, SugarCRM has now released Version 5.0 of its Open Source CRM as a commercial package.

Version 1.0 of Bazaar, a software for decentralized version control has just been released.

Apple developer Maciej Stachowiak has announced a new policy for developers of the HTML rendering library Webkit. It will close the gap between Apple developers and external programmers.

Red Hat today announced the global availability of JBoss Developer Studio, the first open source, Eclipse-based, integrated development environment combining tooling with runtime. JBoss Developer Studio provides a simple, powerful and easy-to-use solution for developers utilizing JBoss Enterprise Middleware. The solution provides a stable end-to-end, lifecycle environment for application development and deployment, enabling enterprises to respond more quickly and efficiently to rapidly changing business requirements.

Version 6.0 of Netbeans, an IDE sponsored by Sun has just been released.

Following accusations by a US-based blogger that Asus had contravened the GPL, Asus quickly responded by publishing the missing sources.

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution has just launched its "Launchpad Personal Package Archive Service" for developers on the Canonical "Launchpad" platform.

3DLABS Semiconductor has today announced the immediate availability of its Linux 2.6.21 based Software Development Kit (SDK).