Microsoft Plans Port of Silverlight to Moblin
Oct 01, 2009Among the countless announcements in the Intel Developer Forum regarding Moblin was a joint press release from Intel and Microsoft. In it is announced that Microsoft wants to port Silverlight to Moblin.
more »Android in Sight: MIPS Technologies Joins Open Handset Alliance
Oct 01, 2009The Open Handset Alliance supporting the Android operating system has won a new member in MIPS Technologies.
more »Kernel 2.6.32 Enters Final Test Phase
Sep 29, 2009Linus Torvalds has announced RC1 for Linux Kernel 2.6.32.
more »Wine Improves 3D and MAPI Support
Sep 29, 2009This past weekend the Wine project released a new version of its Windows emulator. Apart from the numerous obligatory bug fixes, the release includes improvements to the Direct3D 10 API and an initial support for the Open Audio Library (OpenAL).
more »Bazaar 2.0.0 Based on New Repository Format
Sep 28, 2009The Bazaar version control system largely developed by the Ubuntu company Canonical is available in version 2.0.0 and has a new repository format.
more »Coverity Finds Fewer Defects in Open Source Software
Sep 28, 2009The code analysis specialists Coverity attest to a quality improvement in the open source software they tested.
more »GroundWork Monitor 6.0 Has New GUI
Sep 24, 2009The GroundWork Open Source firm has upgraded its network monitoring suite to version 6.0. Next to an Enterprise subscription edition it also provides, as before, its free Community edition.
more »Intel Starts Program for Atom Developers
Sep 23, 2009Mobile applications, popularized by iPhone and Android, are getting some further encouragement from chipmaker Intel and its Atom platform.
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KDE for People Initiative Calls for AI Ban in Plasma
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KDE Sets Ambitious Goals for 2026 and Beyond
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AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
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