Open-source video and music player Miro 4.0 syncs to Android phones and tablets and works with your iTunes library.

Red Hat's community distribution Fedora is available in version 15, which includes many new features.

Thomas Leonard announces the release of Zero Install (0install) version 1.0, a system for software installation without root privileges.

Intel Corporation's global investment organization announces US$24.5 million in U.S. computing investments.

Today the MeeGo project announced the release of MeeGo 1.2. "This release provides a solid baseline for device vendors and developers to start creating software for various device categories on Intel Atom and ARMv7 architectures," the announcement says.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 boasts enhancements, patches, and security updates.

Faced with the decision to publish kernel 2.6.39 now or wait until after the upcoming LinuxCon, Linus Torvalds announces the immediate release of the new Linux kernel.

In a mailing list post today, Fedora Program Manager Robyn Bergeron announced that Fedora 15 is ready for release on May 24, 2011.

Today BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat and SUSE announced the formation of the Open Virtualization Alliance. The announcement says that the consortium will "promote examples of customer successes, encourage interoperability and accelerate the expansion of the ecosystem of third-party solutions around KVM, providing businesses improved choice, performance and price for virtualization."

In a blog post on May 16, Miguel de Icaza announced Xamarin, a new Mono-based product company.