[Blackpool] Fwd: The H Open Source news
Les Pounder
lespounder at gmail.com
Wed Feb 22 07:35:54 UTC 2012
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From: "The H Open Source" <newsletter at listserv.heise.de>
Date: Feb 22, 2012 6:43 AM
Subject: The H Open Source news
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*The H Open Source news* 22/02/2012
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*Overview of the news from the past seven days* * The H Open
Source features * *What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-5-8-1439890.html>
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The H takes a look at the eighth minor revision of the RHEL[ ]5 Linux
distribution RHEL[ ]5, its bug fixes, improved hardware support and the new
virtualisation and power management features. Also we look at the future
for the five year old OS
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-5-8-1439890.html>
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*The H Half Hour: CASH Music's Maggie
Vail<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/The-H-Half-Hour-CASH-Music-s-Maggie-Vail-1437882.html>
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It raised $30,000 in 72 hours on Kickstarter with its plan to disrupt the
music industry using open source, but what is the CASH Music project about?
The H talked with co-executive director Maggie Vail to find out
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/The-H-Half-Hour-CASH-Music-s-Maggie-Vail-1437882.html>
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*From open source to sourcing
openly<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/From-open-source-to-sourcing-openly-1434057.html>
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Glyn Moody looks at calls to open up the source code of medical implants
and finds they logically lead to recreating, in the image of open source,
how we create new digitally controlled devices
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/From-open-source-to-sourcing-openly-1434057.html>
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*Kernel Log: Apple streamlines
CUPS<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Apple-streamlines-CUPS-1435991.html>
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CUPS 1.6, which is currently in development, will no longer include some
features used in many Linux distributions. An Intel developer has presented
patches that may allow the kernel to use an efficient power management
feature by default
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Apple-streamlines-CUPS-1435991.html>
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*The H Open Source news * *Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-5-8-released-1439896.html>
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As well as bug fixes and improved hardware support, the eighth minor
revision of Linux distribution RHEL[ ]5, which was first released in 2007,
also includes new virtualisation and power management features
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-5-8-released-1439896.html>
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*Canonical announces Ubuntu for Android
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-announces-Ubuntu-for-Android-1439874.html>
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An Ubuntu Unity desktop running on a smartphone is Canonical's new approach
to the mobile handset space, with phones offering a pointer-optimised
desktop when docked into a monitor, keyboard and mouse
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-announces-Ubuntu-for-Android-1439874.html>
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*Clustered NoSQL database Riak gets administration
console<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Clustered-NoSQL-database-Riak-gets-administration-console-1439718.html>
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The new administration console is an open sourced version of the console
previously only available with the commercial version of the Riak NoSQL
database
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Clustered-NoSQL-database-Riak-gets-administration-console-1439718.html>
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*WebKit browsers learn to calculate with CSS
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/WebKit-browsers-learn-to-calculate-with-CSS-1439635.html>
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The developers behind the open source WebKit engine, used in browsers such
as Chrome and Safari, have added support for the calc function specified in
CSS3
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/WebKit-browsers-learn-to-calculate-with-CSS-1439635.html>
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*Apache HTTP Server 2.4 aims for the
clouds<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-HTTP-Server-2-4-aims-for-the-clouds-1439469.html>
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With better scalability and numerous other improvements, the new release of
the massively popular Apache HTTP Server is described as "ideally suited
for Cloud environments"
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-HTTP-Server-2-4-aims-for-the-clouds-1439469.html>
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*Will KDE drop support for older graphics
chips?<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Will-KDE-drop-support-for-older-graphics-chips-1438760.html>
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KWin's lead developer is considering dropping support for graphics hardware
that is only capable of OpenGL 1.x if alternatives prove to perform well
enough
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Will-KDE-drop-support-for-older-graphics-chips-1438760.html>
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*TryStack offers a free OpenStack
sandbox<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/TryStack-offers-a-free-OpenStack-sandbox-1438677.html>
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OpenStack community members are providing "156 cores, 1040GB memory and
59.1TB of disk storage" so that developers can get a feel for the OpenStack
platform at no cost
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/TryStack-offers-a-free-OpenStack-sandbox-1438677.html>
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*New package format in Tiny Core Linux 4.3
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-package-format-in-Tiny-Core-Linux-4-3-1438628.html>
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"Self Contained Mountable applications" (SCMs) can now be used to mount
extensions for the lightweight distribution
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-package-format-in-Tiny-Core-Linux-4-3-1438628.html>
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*ActiveMQ Apollo optimises messaging for
multicore<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ActiveMQ-Apollo-optimises-messaging-for-multicore-1438621.html>
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A new threading model allows the messaging platform to scale well on
multicore systems; Apollo may be integrated into ActiveMQ in the future
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ActiveMQ-Apollo-optimises-messaging-for-multicore-1438621.html>
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*OpenJFX gets JavaFX testing
framework<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenJFX-gets-JavaFX-testing-framework-1438577.html>
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JavaFX's open source version, OpenJFX, now has a functional testing
framework in the form of JemmyFX
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenJFX-gets-JavaFX-testing-framework-1438577.html>
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*Chrome may get a password
generator<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-may-get-a-password-generator-1437966.html>
*
Google's Chrome may take away the problem of generating passwords by
integrating a password generator in the browser, though when this feature
will appear is not clear
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-may-get-a-password-generator-1437966.html>
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*Debian Project announces a patent
policy<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Debian-Project-announces-a-patent-policy-1437915.html>
*
The free software project has put together an official position on patents
and how the Debian community should handle patent related issues
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Debian-Project-announces-a-patent-policy-1437915.html>
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*HijackThis now open
source<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/HijackThis-now-open-source-1437743.html>
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Trend Micro's malware analysis tool is now available as open source, but
the company will continue to maintain the Visual Basic application
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/HijackThis-now-open-source-1437743.html>
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* Linux Mint developer releases Cinnamon 1.3
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-Mint-developer-releases-Cinnamon-1-3-1437599.html>
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All panel elements are now applets that can be removed or repositioned as
required, allowing even more flexibility in the up and coming alternative
to the GNOME shell
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-Mint-developer-releases-Cinnamon-1-3-1437599.html>
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*Oracle commutes end of life on Java
6<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-commutes-end-of-life-on-Java-6-1437594.html>
*
Java 6 gets an extra four months before being publicly end-of-lifed by
Oracle. The company has also revised its end of life policy for future
versions of Java
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-commutes-end-of-life-on-Java-6-1437594.html>
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*The Document Foundation finally incorporated -
Update<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-Document-Foundation-finally-incorporated-Update-1437538.html>
*
The Document Foundation has now been legally established in Germany, with
boards of directors and trustees and a management committee. Meanwhile, the
foundation launched a new answer site for LibreOffice users.
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-Document-Foundation-finally-incorporated-Update-1437538.html>
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*VLC Player 2.0
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/VLC-Player-2-0-released-1437386.html>
*
The Mac OS X version of the popular free video player has a new look. There
have also been some major behind the scenes changes
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/VLC-Player-2-0-released-1437386.html>
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*Oracle withdraws patent claim and demands less compensation
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-withdraws-patent-claim-and-demands-less-compensation-1437328.html>
*
In the court case against Google about alleged patent infringements by
Android, Oracle has withdrawn one patent claim, foregoing the entire
patent. The company has also submitted a new expert report on the damages
incurred
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-withdraws-patent-claim-and-demands-less-compensation-1437328.html>
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*CyanogenMod project appeals for help -
Update<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/CyanogenMod-project-appeals-for-help-Update-1437204.html>
*
Loss of access to a large compute cluster means the project is unable to
create the more than 50 builds a day it makes of its open source Android
platform. The project is now appealing for donations so it can acquire new
hardware
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/CyanogenMod-project-appeals-for-help-Update-1437204.html>
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*JBoss 7 AS now fully certified for Java EE 6
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/JBoss-7-AS-now-fully-certified-for-Java-EE-6-1437195.html>
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The JBoss 7 Application Server, which was previously only certified for the
Web Profile of Java Enterprise Edition 6, has now achieved "Java EE 6 Full
Profile" certification with the release of version 7.1
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/JBoss-7-AS-now-fully-certified-for-Java-EE-6-1437195.html>
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*New EU-level spat over open
standards<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-EU-level-spat-over-open-standards-1437191.html>
*
The EU parliament is currently consulting on draft European Commission
legislation on European standardisation which would, according to critics,
pave the way for standards which have poor compatiblity with open source
software
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-EU-level-spat-over-open-standards-1437191.html>
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*The H Roundup for the week ending 18
February<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-18-February-1436721.html>
*
In the last seven days: the first "real release" of Wayland arrived, Debian
was valued at £12.1 million, LibreOffice 3.5 and a security update for
Mozilla software were released. Also, hackers had free rein at Nortel and
Apple will streamline the CUPS printing system
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-18-February-1436721.html>
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*Fedora puts back Btrfs deployment yet
again<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-puts-back-Btrfs-deployment-yet-again-1436704.html>
*
Fedora 17 will not, as planned, use Btrfs as its default filesystem, but
will stick with ext4
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-puts-back-Btrfs-deployment-yet-again-1436704.html>
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*openSUSE 12.2 reaches first
milestone<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/openSUSE-12-2-reaches-first-milestone-1437030.html>
*
The first milestone of version 12.2 of openSUSE includes version 4.8 of the
KDE desktop environment, an upgraded Firefox web browser and updated artwork
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/openSUSE-12-2-reaches-first-milestone-1437030.html>
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*Vulnerability in libpng prompts Firefox and Thunderbird
updates<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Vulnerability-in-libpng-prompts-Firefox-and-Thunderbird-updates-1436810.html>
*
Shortly after Google updated its Chrome browser, Mozilla has released new
versions of Firefox and Thunderbird to address an integer overflow in an
open source graphics library that could be exploited to remotely execute
arbitrary code
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Vulnerability-in-libpng-prompts-Firefox-and-Thunderbird-updates-1436810.html>
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*Yahoo opens development of YSlow page analysis
tool<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Yahoo-opens-development-of-YSlow-page-analysis-tool-1436702.html>
*
Yahoo has released its YSlow performance analysis tool under a BSD licence
and made the source code available on Github as a means of opening up
development
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Yahoo-opens-development-of-YSlow-page-analysis-tool-1436702.html>
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*Blender 2.62 gets new UV editing
tools<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Blender-2-62-gets-new-UV-editing-tools-1436489.html>
*
Version 2.6.2 of the open source 3D content creation suite includes new UV
Tools, support for layers and passes in the Cycles render engine, and a new
Remesh modifier tool
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Blender-2-62-gets-new-UV-editing-tools-1436489.html>
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*Google previews Dartium - Chromium with Dart virtual
machine<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-previews-Dartium-Chromium-with-Dart-virtual-machine-1436525.html>
*
Dartium allows developers interested in Google's JavaScript alternative to
use the language within a browser without a separate compilation step
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-previews-Dartium-Chromium-with-Dart-virtual-machine-1436525.html>
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*Qt Labs introduces replacement for
qmake<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Qt-Labs-introduces-replacement-for-qmake-1436425.html>
*
The Qt Build Suite is intended to one day replace the unfavoured qmake
Makefile generator and offer even more features. An experimental version
has now been introduced in Qt Labs
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Qt-Labs-introduces-replacement-for-qmake-1436425.html>
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*Canonical refreshes "Lucid Lynx" with
10.04.4<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-refreshes-Lucid-Lynx-with-10-04-4-1436085.html>
*
Ubuntu 10.04.4 refreshes the installation media of the long-term support
edition of the Linux distribution for the last time. Changes include a
recent edition of Firefox and other updated packages and bug fixes on an
up-to-date CD and DVD images
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-refreshes-Lucid-Lynx-with-10-04-4-1436085.html>
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*Deltacloud becomes an Apache Top Level
Project<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Deltacloud-becomes-an-Apache-Top-Level-Project-1436027.html>
*
After incubating since 2010, Deltacloud becomes the second cloud management
platform to ascend to the status of Apache Top Level Project
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Deltacloud-becomes-an-Apache-Top-Level-Project-1436027.html>
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*Piwik 1.7 adds new reports, improves
security<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Piwik-1-7-adds-new-reports-improves-security-1435848.html>
*
Version 1.7 of the open source web analytics suite brings performance
improvements and adds a number of new features and analytics reports. The
major update also improves security, closing security holes and allowing
users to force SSL use
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Piwik-1-7-adds-new-reports-improves-security-1435848.html>
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*SUSE working on new base layer for YaST and allied
programs<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SUSE-working-on-new-base-layer-for-YaST-and-allied-programs-1435483.html>
*
YaST++, written in Ruby, is set to replace the base layer used by current
YaST variants based on Qt, GTK+ and ncurses
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SUSE-working-on-new-base-layer-for-YaST-and-allied-programs-1435483.html>
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*Scientific Linux 6.2
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Scientific-Linux-6-2-released-1435477.html>
*
Following CentOS and Oracle, the Scientific Linux project development team
has also released its free Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 clone
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Scientific-Linux-6-2-released-1435477.html>
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*MySQL Cluster update brings improved
performance<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MySQL-Cluster-update-brings-improved-performance-1435397.html>
*
Version 7.2 of the cluster variant of the MySQL open source database is
reported to process queries up to 70 times faster than its predecessor.
Oracle has achieved this by adding intelligence to the data nodes
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MySQL-Cluster-update-brings-improved-performance-1435397.html>
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*Flash Player update plugs exploited
hole<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Flash-Player-update-plugs-exploited-hole-1435494.html>
*
Updates to Flash Player close seven critical holes, one of which has been
found in use in the wild. A new version of the Chrome browser has also been
released with the Flash fixes
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Flash-Player-update-plugs-exploited-hole-1435494.html>
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*Debian announces "Wheezy" artwork
contest<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Debian-announces-Wheezy-artwork-contest-1435165.html>
*
The Debian Project has announced that it is seeking submissions from
contributors for artwork and graphics to be included in the upcoming 7.0
release of its Linux distribution, code-named "Wheezy"
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Debian-announces-Wheezy-artwork-contest-1435165.html>
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*Java SE updates fix critical security
holes<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Java-SE-updates-fix-critical-security-holes-1435043.html>
*
Older versions of Java SE allow attackers to use specially crafted WebStart
applications or web services to install malicious code on computers running
flawed Java releases
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Java-SE-updates-fix-critical-security-holes-1435043.html>
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*New web browser for HP's Open webOS
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-web-browser-for-HP-s-Open-webOS-1434848.html>
*
Along with the release of a new web browser for the webOS mobile operating
system, HP has also announced governance details for the mobile platform
that is soon to be fully open source
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-web-browser-for-HP-s-Open-webOS-1434848.html>
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*Google Wallet PIN brute-forcing now without
rooting<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-Wallet-PIN-brute-forcing-now-without-rooting-1434908.html>
*
As Google restores Google Wallet prepaid cards services, security
researchers show that an earlier PIN brute force attack doesn't actually
need a rooted phone and could be executed remotely
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-Wallet-PIN-brute-forcing-now-without-rooting-1434908.html>
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*Vimeo adds support for browsing CC licensed
videos<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Vimeo-adds-support-for-browsing-CC-licensed-videos-1434865.html>
*
As part of its recent platform revamp, Vimeo has added support for browsing
and searching for videos made available under a Creative Commons licence,
along with a new CC Vimeo portal for signed-in users
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Vimeo-adds-support-for-browsing-CC-licensed-videos-1434865.html>
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*Google announces Code-in 2011 grand prize
winners<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-announces-Code-in-2011-grand-prize-winners-1434811.html>
*
Google has announced the grand prize winners for its 2011 Google Code-in
contest, in which pre-university students were introduced to open source
software development. Winners will be flown to Google's campus later this
year
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-announces-Code-in-2011-grand-prize-winners-1434811.html>
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*Developer values Debian at £12.1
billion<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Developer-values-Debian-at-Lb12-1-billion-1434751.html>
*
According to an analysis by James Bromberger it would cost £12.1 billion to
develop the software that is included in Debian from scratch
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Developer-values-Debian-at-Lb12-1-billion-1434751.html>
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*Sourcefabric introduces Booktype for writing and publishing
books<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Sourcefabric-introduces-Booktype-for-writing-and-publishing-books-1434771.html>
*
A partnership between Sourcefabric and FLOSS Manuals has resulted in the
release of the Booktype book creation, collaboration and publishing platform
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Sourcefabric-introduces-Booktype-for-writing-and-publishing-books-1434771.html>
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*Readium: EPUB 3 reference implementation with WebKit
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Readium-EPUB-3-reference-implementation-with-WebKit-1434646.html>
*
With Readium, the International Digital Publishing Forum is working on an
open source reference implementation of its HTML5-based EPUB 3 e-book
standard
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Readium-EPUB-3-reference-implementation-with-WebKit-1434646.html>
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