Lucasfilm Goes for Trolltech’s Qt
Oct 16, 2007Lucasfilm Limited, famous for its movie projects such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, will be using Qt as the user interface for the development of digital entertainment software in future.
more »Seamstress: Intelligent Image Scaling
Oct 08, 2007The Seamstress image manipulation library promises smaller images without compromising detail. Version 1.0.0 of the software, which was released recently, uses an "energy function" to analyze various areas of the image before compressing and does not change eye-catching areas.
more »Vulnerability Discovered in X Font Server
Oct 04, 2007Two protocol handlers give attackers the ability to inject malicious code into X Font Server (XFS). Linux systems are only vulnerable to local attacks. The X Font Server is not accessible over networks by default.
more »Compiz 0.6.0 improves multi screen support
Oct 04, 2007The new 0.6.0 version of the compositing window manager Compiz now supports multiple x-screens and has new plug-ins.
more »Vulnerabilities in Image Magick Closed
Sep 24, 2007Four bugs have been discovered in the free Image Magick image manipulation Software and classified as highly critical by several security research services. A new version closes the security holes.
more »Open and Closed Source: New Drivers by ATI and Nvidia
Sep 19, 2007AMD has put its money where its mouth is, and published the first free Linux drivers for its ATI R500 and R600 graphics cards in collaboration with Novell. After a lengthy break, Nvidia has also released a new version of its proprietary graphics driver.
more »Jacklab Audio Distribution 1.0 for Media Artists
Sep 18, 2007The Jacklab Audio Distribution (JAD) 1.0 aims to offer what the media artist's heart desires, audio, video and imaging. And it aims to help users migrate from Windows.
more »ATI Wants Open Source Drivers
Sep 07, 2007Following speculation about the graphics card vendor ATI and a free Linux driver, a company representative has now confirmed that ATI will be placing the specifications of the R500 under an NDA.
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