Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 for Public Testing (NewsFactor)NewsFactor - Mozilla's Firefox 3.1 beta 1, now available for public download, is loaded with new features that once again put the Firefox developer community on the cutting edge of browser development. Full text |
OpenOffice 3 Available for Mac, Windows and Linux (NewsFactor)
Firefox Plug-In Updated To Fight Clickjacking Attacks (NewsFactor)
Red Hat boosts open source SOA (InfoWorld)
IBM Shifts Focus To Cloud Computing with New Services (NewsFactor)
Mono 2.0 lets .Net apps run on Linux (InfoWorld)
Skype to be integrated into Asterisk PBXs (CNET)
Oracle, Red Hat spar over Linux (InfoWorld)
Mac OS 10.5.5 packs fixes for slew of security flaws (CNET)
Browser Wars Heat Up as Firefox Adds 'Privacy Mode' (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Taiwan-based VIA Technologies has released a new hardware design for a low-cost laptop computer, making it available under an open-source license. Called the OpenBook, the company said its design "introduces a host of new innovations," including more advanced computing and multimedia features, an 8.9-inch screen, and video-playback support. Full text
TechWeb - Red Hat's just delivered the 5.2 version of their venerable Red Hat Enterprise Linux, right on the heels of the version 9 release of the equally-venerable Fedora. I took some time out to talk with Daniel Riek, Product Manager for RHEL, about what was new. The best new stuff all involves the "V"-word: virtualization. Full text
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Both Red Hat and Novell says the upgrades cover things like virtualization, management, hardware support, and security. Full text
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Coverity is challenging long-held software development ideas after looking at 55 million lines of code in 250 open source projects. Full text
Reuters - Microsoft said on Wednesday that starting some time next year it will make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office. Full text
InfoWorld - Winners of this year's Codie awards, given by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIAA) Tuesday evening, include some familiar names in software as well as some lesser known and new companies. Full text
PC World - Customers and partners of open-source CRM (customer relationship management) vendor SugarCRM will be able to deploy and manage... Full text
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Want to run Linux any time, any place? Here's what to do with popular distributions like Puppy Linux, Ubuntu, and Fedora, so you can boot up directly from your thumb drive. Full text
InfoWorld - A code analysis of popular open source software projects has revealed that the quality and security of open source software continues to improve. Full text
NewsFactor - Mozilla has rolled out Firefox 3 release candidate 1 to testers in advance of a full release in the weeks ahead. According to the program's developers, RC1 features more than 14,000 updates, "including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability." Full text