KDE: Project Silk Should Integrate Web
Sep 22, 2009The KDE project's Sebastian Kügler dreams of a desktop that melts, like silk, into the Web. In a writeup to KDE developers he promotes Project Silk for better Web integration.
more »New PowerPoint Import for KOffice
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more »GPLv2 Less Popular
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more »Faster, Stable Google Chrome 3
Sep 17, 2009After a year's development, a new, stable version 3.0 of Google's open source Chrome browser is now available. Developers promise "significant speed improvements," although current beneficiaries are Windows Vista and XP users only.
more »Android 1.6 with More Bells and Whistles
Sep 17, 2009The new Android version code-named Donut comes with Kernel 2.6.29, more applications and usability improvements. Developers now have more possibilities with the new hardware capabilities of the software development kit (SDK).
more »New SV1T Eee Videophone with Touchscreen (gallery)
Sep 11, 2009ASUS's 7" display is now touch-sensitive. The source code for the Linux device's Qt interface is downloadable.
more »Flumotion Streaming Media Server Moves to Python 2.6
Sep 10, 2009Flumotion, a free server for video and audio streaming over the Internet, was made compatible with Python 2.6 in version 0.6.1 .
more »Highlight Learns F#
Sep 10, 2009The new version of Highlight, the software that highlights numerous program codes in color, supports amongst other languages, F#.
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