Moonlight 2.0: Microsoft and Novell Loosen Agreement
Dec 21, 2009In close collaboration with Microsoft, a Novell team behind developer Miguel de Icaza has released version 2.0 of its Silverlight clone Moonlight.
more »Qt Applications as Browser Applets
Dec 21, 2009"Qt Everywhere" is the motto of Nokia's GUI toolkit smiths. Now developer Morten Sorvig has transplanted Qt apps into the Firefox browser.
more »Microsoft China Rips Off Competitor’s Code
Dec 17, 2009Once again, Microsoft have lifted from outside sources for their own product without paying heed to license restrictions. However, this time they have taken from proprietary code.
more »Microsoft and EU Resolve Browser Argument
Dec 17, 2009Following the legal action taken by Opera, Microsoft and the EU have agreed that a separate dialogue offering a choice of alternative browsers will appear by the installation of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
more »Cyberthreat Forecasts for 2010: More Complex with New Targets
Dec 16, 2009Russian security experts Kaspersky ventures a forecast for malware development in 2010 and sees new types of attacks coming our way.
more »Bada: New Mobile Platform from Samsung
Dec 10, 2009Following a rather vague announcement in November, Samsung has now released details about their open smartphone development platform bada to the Web.
more »Malicious Screensaver: Malware on Gnome-Look.org
Dec 10, 2009A screensaver from Gnome-Look.org at closer look revealed itself to be malware.
more »Thunderbird 3 Provides Tabs, Better Search and Archiving
Dec 09, 2009The carrier pigeon has arrived. After almost two and a half years in development, the new version 3 of the popular Thunderbird e-mail program is now available.
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Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.04
After a brief pause because of the XZ vulnerability, Ubuntu 24.04 is now available for install.
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TUXEDO Computers Unveils Linux Laptop Featuring AMD Ryzen CPU
This latest release is the first laptop to include the new CPU from Ryzen and Linux preinstalled.
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XZ Gets the All-Clear
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Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
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Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released
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Linux Usage Increases in Two Key Areas
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Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
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Fedora 40 Beta Released Soon
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