Mozilla Firefox Blocks Microsoft Add-Ons -- Temporarily
Oct 20, 2009Mozilla added Microsoft's .NET Framework Assistant to its add-ons blocklist over the weekend. The blocklist blocks programs with evident security vulnerabilities. Before the weekend was over, the app was stricken from the list again.
more »Qi Hardware Working on GTK for Mini-Handhelds
Oct 20, 2009A new firm from the ranks of revered OpenMoko enterprises is experimenting with running GTK+ apps on top of DirectFB for their NanoNote device running on OpenWRT announced for their fall 2009 release.
more »Statistics: Web Grows, Apache Profits
Oct 19, 2009Web statistics specialist Netcraft measured over 230 million websites in its webserver survey for October 2009.
more »Banshee 1.5.1: Support for Endless Play and More Phones
Oct 19, 2009Banshee is an audio video player for Gnome. The latest version 1.5.1 of the Mono program is regarded as stable and brings numerous new features.
more »Qt Dev Days 2009 in Pictures
Oct 15, 2009To give an impression of the Qt Developer Days 2009 in Munich, Germany, we have some pics of the N900, Nyström, Knoll and others.
more »First Plasma Widgets Ported to Maemo 5
Oct 15, 2009At the Maemo Summit in Amsterdam Nokia gave away 300 N900 Internet tablets to KDE and Qt developers. The result is the first porting of KDE programs to Maemo 5.
more »WikiReader: Plan B of OpenMoko Realized
Oct 14, 2009As OpenMoko CEO Sean Moss-Pultz was announcing his departure from the mobile phone project, he mentioned as an aside that we was indeed working on yet another project. His Plan B has now been completed.
more »Qt Dev Days 2009: Qt Roadmap Provides Graphic Effects for an Array of Platforms
Oct 13, 2009Boss of development from Qt Development Frameworks, Lars Knoll, places emphasis on attractive user interfaces.
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