Ingo Molnar Tests New BF Scheduler
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more »RRZR Publishes Icons under CC-BY-SA
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more »Trojitá: New Qt-Based IMAP Client
Sep 03, 2009KDE developer Jan Kundrat presents a new IMAP mail client named Trojitá. The Qt4 program developed for his bachelor thesis should be ready for prime time in the next months.
more »Con Kolivas Introduces New BFS Scheduler
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more »Windows Kernel: Unified Kernel Version 0.2.4.1
Sep 01, 2009The Unified Kernel, alias Longene, set itself the goal to natively support Windows programs. The newest version upgrades the Kernel version to 2.6.30.
more »SVG Web: Google Brings SVG Support to Internet Explorer
Aug 25, 2009Microsoft is a true master when it comes to ignoring Web standards. Thanks to Google, that could now change in terms of the SVG vector graphics format.
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Aug 25, 2009The embedded webserver Appweb is available in version 3.0. The new release improves performance, introduces a server-side JavaScript framework and runs on more operating systems than ever before.
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