[Blackpool] Fwd: The H Open Source news
Les Pounder
lespounder at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 07:47:19 UTC 2011
Yay, they finally printed my ucubed interview!
Les
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Date: Jul 13, 2011 6:40 AM
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*The H Open Source news* 13/07/2011
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*Overview of the news from the past seven days* * The H Open
Source features * *To defend Android, Google must attack software
patents<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/To-defend-Android-Google-must-attack-software-patents-1276948.html>
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Android is under serious threat. Not so much commercially, where it
continues to trounce its rivals and take an ever-larger market share around
the world, but through legal threats. Glyn Moody looks at what Google should
do to defend it
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/To-defend-Android-Google-must-attack-software-patents-1276948.html>
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*UCubed: Running an Ubuntu/Debian
unconference<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/UCubed-Running-an-Ubuntu-Debian-unconference-1276009.html>
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UCubed, the Ubuntu & Upstream Unconference, is a compact unconference which
brings together Ubuntu and Debian users - The H talked with organiser Les
Pounder about the event
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/UCubed-Running-an-Ubuntu-Debian-unconference-1276009.html>
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*Kernel Log: Coming in 3.0 (Part 3) -
Infrastructure<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3-0-Part-3-Infrastructure-1275463.html>
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Six years later than originally expected, the kernel now contains all the
essential components for Xen Dom0 operation. In Linux 3.0, the developers
are tackling various problems in the ARM code, reboot code and UEFI code;
however, Torvalds has slightly disappointedly given up on the code size
optimisations
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-3-0-Part-3-Infrastructure-1275463.html>
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*OpenOffice - splits and
pirouettes<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html>
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Following the acceptance of OpenOffice as an Apache Incubator project,
Richard Hillesley takes a look at how the controversies surrounding
LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org have highlighted issues with the licensing
and corporate governance of open source projects and communities
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html>
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*The H Open Source news * *Parallel programming: OpenMP 3.1 API
specification released
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Parallel-programming-OpenMP-3-1-API-specification-released-1278171.html>
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OpenMP defines an interface for programming parallel processes on multi-core
architectures. Just over three years after the previous specification,
version 3.1 of the OpenMP API has been released
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Parallel-programming-OpenMP-3-1-API-specification-released-1278171.html>
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*JBoss 7 with improved memory use and faster
startup<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/JBoss-7-with-improved-memory-use-and-faster-startup-1277961.html>
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Thanks to a more modular architecture, the default configuration of the new
version of the Java Application Server is significantly leaner and faster.
However, the certification for Java EE 6 is still missing
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/JBoss-7-with-improved-memory-use-and-faster-startup-1277961.html>
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*Firefox 5.0.1 brings fixes on Mac OS
X<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-5-0-1-brings-fixes-on-Mac-OS-X-1277753.html>
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The maintenance update to Firefox 5 addresses problems with Apple's upcoming
Mac OS X Lion operating system that could cause the browser to crash, as
well as issues caused by the latest Apple Java update
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-5-0-1-brings-fixes-on-Mac-OS-X-1277753.html>
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*Mandriva joins the CompatibleOne
consortium<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mandriva-joins-the-CompatibleOne-consortium-1277734.html>
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Mandriva has joined the CompatibleOne consortium and will contribute towards
its effort to provide cloud systems based on open standards and
interoperable open-source technologies
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mandriva-joins-the-CompatibleOne-consortium-1277734.html>
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*Final Sabayon Linux 6 spins
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Final-Sabayon-Linux-6-spins-released-1277732.html>
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The Sabayon Linux development team has released three new spins of its Linux
distribution featuring the lightweight Enlightenment 17 (E17), LXDE and Xfce
desktops - the developers note that these will be the final spins of Sabayon
Linux 6
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Final-Sabayon-Linux-6-spins-released-1277732.html>
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*Nortel patent sale
approved<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Nortel-patent-sale-approved-1277688.html>
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The "Rockstar" consortium gets approval from the bankruptcy courts to take
the Nortel patents, but some are voicing competition concerns
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Nortel-patent-sale-approved-1277688.html>
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*KDE SC 4.7 approaches with RC2
release<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/KDE-SC-4-7-approaches-with-RC2-release-1277677.html>
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The KDE development team has issued a second and final release candidate for
version 4.7 of the KDE Software Compilation. The developers ask users to
test the release and report any bugs they find so that they can be fixed
before the final release later this month
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/KDE-SC-4-7-approaches-with-RC2-release-1277677.html>
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*W3C calls for prior art on Apple
patent<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/W3C-calls-for-prior-art-on-Apple-patent-1277545.html>
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The W3C are looking for prior art related to content distribution and access
request policies as part of the process of handling Apple's claim that the
patent is essential to a W3C specification
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/W3C-calls-for-prior-art-on-Apple-patent-1277545.html>
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*Oracle defends Java
patent<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-defends-Java-patent-1277340.html>
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In a response to the US Patent and Trademark Office, Oracle objects to the
non-final rejection of nearly all the claims in a Java patent. The patent in
question is one of seven Oracle patents that Android vendor Google has
allegedly infringed
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-defends-Java-patent-1277340.html>
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*Patent FAQ published by Debian
Project<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Patent-FAQ-published-by-Debian-Project-1277342.html>
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An FAQ on US patent law from the free operating system project sets out to
help developers and contributors understand how patents work
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Patent-FAQ-published-by-Debian-Project-1277342.html>
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*Experimental add-on allows Mozilla web apps to share
services<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Experimental-add-on-allows-Mozilla-web-apps-to-share-services-1277168.html>
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With the announcement of a new version of its experimental Firefox add-on,
OpenWebApps, Mozilla has introduced interoperability between web
applications, allowing them to communicate and share services
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Experimental-add-on-allows-Mozilla-web-apps-to-share-services-1277168.html>
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*Jenkins specialist CloudBees joins the Eclipse
Foundation<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Jenkins-specialist-CloudBees-joins-the-Eclipse-Foundation-1277161.html>
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Platform as a Service provider CloudBees has announced that it has joined
the Eclipse Foundation as a solutions member. At the same time, the company
also released its CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse plug-in
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Jenkins-specialist-CloudBees-joins-the-Eclipse-Foundation-1277161.html>
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*From C++ to HTML5: Opera ports game with web
standards<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/From-C-to-HTML5-Opera-ports-game-with-web-standards-1276984.html>
*
Even before the introduction of WebGL, it was already clear that browsers
can be a suitable platform for games. Now, instead of using programming
languages such as C++, developers can create games using web standards:
Opera's Emberwind is set to offer proof
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/From-C-to-HTML5-Opera-ports-game-with-web-standards-1276984.html>
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*Barrelfish: Microsoft's free multi-core
OS<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Barrelfish-Microsoft-s-free-multi-core-OS-1277016.html>
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Designed for research into a many-core future for computing, Microsoft and
ETH's experimental Barrelfish operating system has been released as open
source
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Barrelfish-Microsoft-s-free-multi-core-OS-1277016.html>
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*Scientific Linux 5.6 Live
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Scientific-Linux-5-6-Live-released-1276856.html>
*
Just over two weeks after the official release of Scientific Linux 5.6, the
Scientific Linux developers have made the LiveCD and LiveDVD variants of
version 5.6 of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone available to download
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Scientific-Linux-5-6-Live-released-1276856.html>
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*Python 3.2.1 now
available<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Python-3-2-1-now-available-1276854.html>
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The first bug fix release for February's Python 3.2 brings more than 120
corrections to the dynamic scripting language
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Python-3-2-1-now-available-1276854.html>
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*CentOS 6.0 released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/CentOS-6-0-released-1276781.html>
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More than half a year after the release of RHEL[ ]6, the CentOS project has
released its clone of Red Hat's Linux distribution; however, the original
has already moved on - the current version of RHEL is 6.1
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/CentOS-6-0-released-1276781.html>
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*VirtualBox 4.1 Beta 2 gains PCI passthrough
support<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/VirtualBox-4-1-Beta-2-gains-PCI-passthrough-support-1276788.html>
*
The latest development preview for VirtualBox 4.1 sees the addition of
experimental PCI passthrough support for Linux hosts and now shows the CPU
cap in the virtual machine details page
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/VirtualBox-4-1-Beta-2-gains-PCI-passthrough-support-1276788.html>
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*Firefox 5 for Mac to get a minor
update<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-5-for-Mac-to-get-a-minor-update-1276792.html>
*
With Mac OS X 10.7 Lion around the corner, Mozilla fixes a downloadable font
issue; Firefox 3.6 users will get an update too - one that disables
downloadable fonts on Lion
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-5-for-Mac-to-get-a-minor-update-1276792.html>
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*Firefox 6 arrives in Beta
Channel<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-6-arrives-in-Beta-Channel-1274620.html>
*
Firefox 6 moves forward in the new rapid release process, entering the Beta
channel. The Beta release adds more control of personal information,
WebSockets, and a JavaScript scratchpad for developers to the open source
browser
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-6-arrives-in-Beta-Channel-1274620.html>
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*The H Roundup for the week ending 9
July<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-9-July-1276186.html>
*
In the last 7 days: Vsftp backdoors, Android patents, JavaScript pdf
rendering and more - the most read news, the security alerts and open source
releases, and the essential feature articles that have appeared on The H
this week
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-9-July-1276186.html>
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*Web app test framework Selenium 2.0 now
available<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Web-app-test-framework-Selenium-2-0-now-available-1276422.html>
*
Eighteen months after the last release, Selenium 2.0 has arrived. Now the
framework is powered by WebDriver, allowing for richer control of web
application tests
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Web-app-test-framework-Selenium-2-0-now-available-1276422.html>
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*Qt Quick components arrive for
Symbian<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Qt-Quick-components-arrive-for-Symbian-1276378.html>
*
Nokia has released Qt Quick components for Symbian to give developers access
to a common look and feel for QML-based Symbian applications
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Qt-Quick-components-arrive-for-Symbian-1276378.html>
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*Firefox 7 enters Aurora
Channel<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-7-enters-Aurora-Channel-1276332.html>
*
The Mozilla Project has released version 7 of Firefox into the open source
web browser's Aurora Channel. The developers say that the preview of Firefox
7 focuses on "delivering performance enhancements and optimizing memory
utilization"
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-7-enters-Aurora-Channel-1276332.html>
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*Mozilla releases SeaMonkey 2.2 based on Firefox
5<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-releases-SeaMonkey-2-2-based-on-Firefox-5-1276082.html>
*
The latest stable release of the SeaMonkey "all-in-one internet application
suite" introduces new features such as support for CSS animations, and
addresses several security vulnerabilities that had already been fixed in
Firefox 5
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-releases-SeaMonkey-2-2-based-on-Firefox-5-1276082.html>
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*CERN launches Open Hardware Licence
1.1<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/CERN-launches-Open-Hardware-Licence-1-1-1276096.html>
*
Taking their inspiration from Linux development and community feedback, CERN
engineers have updated their Open Hardware Licence
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/CERN-launches-Open-Hardware-Licence-1-1-1276096.html>
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*Open-Xchange releases Facebook friends from
lock-in<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-Xchange-releases-Facebook-friends-from-lock-in-1275968.html>
*
An extension to Open-Xchange's Social OX software allows Facebook friend
data to be united with appropriate email addresses and then exported for
services like Google+
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-Xchange-releases-Facebook-friends-from-lock-in-1275968.html>
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*KDE SC 4.6.5 update
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/KDE-SC-4-6-5-update-released-1275985.html>
*
The KDE project has released the fifth point update to version 4.6 of the
KDE Software Compilation, a maintenance update that addresses several bugs
and includes various translation updates
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/KDE-SC-4-6-5-update-released-1275985.html>
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*Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 2 arrives for
testing<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-11-10-Alpha-2-arrives-for-testing-1275451.html>
*
Canonical and the Ubuntu development team have announced the release of a
second alpha version of Ubuntu 11.10, code-named "Oneiric Ocelot"
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-11-10-Alpha-2-arrives-for-testing-1275451.html>
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*Chrome 13 tightens up WebGL
security<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-13-tightens-up-WebGL-security-1275536.html>
*
Chrome 13, currently in beta, will block cross domain textures, like Firefox
5. It has added CORS support to match the latest WebGL specification
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-13-tightens-up-WebGL-security-1275536.html>
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*First release candidate for JDK
7<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/First-release-candidate-for-JDK-7-1275076.html>
*
Provided that no major flaws pop up and the JCP executive committee gives
the go-ahead as expected for JSR 336 in JDK 7, the next Java version is due
to be released on 28 July
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/First-release-candidate-for-JDK-7-1275076.html>
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*Cell phone carrier provides its own Android
update<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Cell-phone-carrier-provides-its-own-Android-update-1275306.html>
*
US phone company Cincinnati Bell routes around Motorola's lack of updates
for the Milestone XT720 and supplies its own custom ROM update to Android
Froyo
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Cell-phone-carrier-provides-its-own-Android-update-1275306.html>
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*Conversation view add-on for Thunderbird now
stable<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Conversation-view-add-on-for-Thunderbird-now-stable-1275066.html>
*
The "Thunderbird Conversations" add-on, which emulates Google's Gmail user
interface, is now available as a stable release that is compatible with the
latest Thunderbird 5.0 release
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Conversation-view-add-on-for-Thunderbird-now-stable-1275066.html>
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*Brazilian government signs up to develop OpenOffice and
LibreOffice<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Brazilian-government-signs-up-to-develop-OpenOffice-and-LibreOffice-1275068.html>
*
The Brazilian government has signed a letter of intent to work with both The
Document Foundation and the Apache OpenOffice.org community to develop the
Office Suite platforms maintained by both communities
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Brazilian-government-signs-up-to-develop-OpenOffice-and-LibreOffice-1275068.html>
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*Twitter acquires
BackType<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Twitter-acquires-BackType-1274589.html>
*
Twitter has acquired real-time analytics specialist BackType, known for its
social analytics platform, in order to gain the company's expertise which
could be used to improve the profiling of tweets
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Twitter-acquires-BackType-1274589.html>
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*Report: Microsoft wants $15 for each Samsung Android
device<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Report-Microsoft-wants-15-for-each-Samsung-Android-device-1274600.html>
*
Microsoft wants $15 royalty payment for Samsung's Android-based smartphones,
according to reports
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Report-Microsoft-wants-15-for-each-Samsung-Android-device-1274600.html>
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*Update for BIND DNS server reduces crash risk
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Update-for-BIND-DNS-server-reduces-crash-risk-1274300.html>
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An update fixes two DoS vulnerabilities that can be exploited to crash the
server
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Update-for-BIND-DNS-server-reduces-crash-risk-1274300.html>
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*Lightspark gets support for
Grooveshark<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Lightspark-gets-support-for-Grooveshark-1274295.html>
*
The Lightspark project has made a release candidate for version 0.5.0 of its
open source Flash player available, with initial support for the Grooveshark
online music streaming service and a number of "under the hood" improvements
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Lightspark-gets-support-for-Grooveshark-1274295.html>
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*Toyota joins Linux Foundation as Gold
member<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Toyota-joins-Linux-Foundation-as-Gold-member-1274176.html>
*
The Linux Foundation has announced that Japanese automobile manufacturer
Toyota has become its newest Gold Member, the second-highest corporate
membership tier
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Toyota-joins-Linux-Foundation-as-Gold-member-1274176.html>
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