After 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.

The 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).

Intel developer Arjan van de Ven is working on a new tool named Timechart that records Linux system performance in detailed graphics.

A Russian Web developer has found a network of a couple of hundred Linux servers that could distribute malware to Windows systems.

The Open vSwitch open source project has announced development of a sofware switch for virtual environments.

Thin client specialist Igel Technology offers a new installation method: its Universal Desktop Converter (UDC) is a USB stick that installs a homegrown Linux version on thin clients of various manufacturers as well as old PCs.

The new version of the Red Hat Satellite server expands functionality, including in the areas of client management and the API.

Digium, makers of Asterisk telephony solutions, and VoIP provider Skype have announced a one-year development period for a Skype plugin to the free telephony service.