[Blackpool] Fwd: The H Open Source news
Les Pounder
lespounder at gmail.com
Wed Apr 25 08:41:56 UTC 2012
Hello everyone, I thought this might be of interest, I get it every week.
It's a good round up of the open source news stories.
Les
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From: The H Open Source <newsletter at listserv.heise.de>
Date: Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:40 AM
Subject: The H Open Source news
To: lespounder at gmail.com
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*The H Open Source news* 25/04/2012
www.h-online.com/open [image: [please load
images]]<http://www.h-online.com/open/>
*Overview of the news from the past seven days* * The H Open
Source features * *The Serious Business of Open Source,
Inc.<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/The-Serious-Business-of-Open-Source-Inc-1545623.html>
*
Glyn Moody imagines what "Risk Factors" a hypothetical Open Source
Incorporated would put into the regulatory filings that corporations file
every year, and gets a little insight into what the communities of Open
Source should be prepared for
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/The-Serious-Business-of-Open-Source-Inc-1545623.html>
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*HealthCheck Fedora - Where's the
beef?<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/HealthCheck-Fedora-Where-s-the-beef-1520194.html>
*
Richard Hillesley examines Red Hat's early history and the genesis of the
Fedora distribution. With "Beefy Miracle" due to be released soon, a look
backwards grants insight on where Fedora is headed in the immediate future
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/features/HealthCheck-Fedora-Where-s-the-beef-1520194.html>
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*The H Open Source news * *Firefox 12 released - can now update
itself<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-12-released-can-now-update-itself-1546370.html>
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In the twelfth version of Firefox, Mozilla has introduced a Windows service
that will make it easier for users to update to new releases of the open
source web browser. An updated New Tab page is also included, but is
disabled by default
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-12-released-can-now-update-itself-1546370.html>
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*UK Government Open Standards Consultation closes
soon<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/UK-Government-Open-Standards-Consultation-closes-soon-1557823.html>
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As the the UK Government's Open Standards Consultation nears its end, the
Open Rights Group is asking members of the community to respond to the
consultation before it closes
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/UK-Government-Open-Standards-Consultation-closes-soon-1557823.html>
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*Apache Cassandra 1.1 release comes to
pass<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-Cassandra-1-1-release-comes-to-pass-1557837.html>
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The highly-scalable, column-oriented, distributed NoSQL database gets an
update with a revised CQL (Cassandra query language), improved caching and
support for multi-column primary keys
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-Cassandra-1-1-release-comes-to-pass-1557837.html>
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*W3C to develop HTML5 and its successor in
parallel<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/W3C-to-develop-HTML5-and-its-successor-in-parallel-1557563.html>
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The W3C HTML Working Group has released its roadmap for finalising the
HTML5 draft as a standard. It will start work on the next version of HTML
in parallel with this effort
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/W3C-to-develop-HTML5-and-its-successor-in-parallel-1557563.html>
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*Internet Hall of Fame: awards for "open internet"
work<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Internet-Hall-of-Fame-awards-for-open-internet-work-1557434.html>
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To mark its 20th anniversary, the Internet Society has honoured 33
individuals who were instrumental in the design and development of the
internet. In future, new members will be added to the Internet Hall of Fame
on an annual basis
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Internet-Hall-of-Fame-awards-for-open-internet-work-1557434.html>
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*Miso project begins open source
releases<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Miso-project-begins-open-source-releases-1557509.html>
*
A joint project from The Guardian and Bocoup, Miso, aims to build an open
source visualisation toolkit and has now released DataSet for client side
data management
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Miso-project-begins-open-source-releases-1557509.html>
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*New version of ROS robot operating system
arrives<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-version-of-ROS-robot-operating-system-arrives-1556550.html>
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Version "Fuerte Turtle" of the robot operating system offers fully
rewritten libraries and new versions of the Gazebo simulator, the RViz
visualisation tool and the PCL
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-version-of-ROS-robot-operating-system-arrives-1556550.html>
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*Google Summer of Code 2012: accepted students
announced<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-Summer-of-Code-2012-accepted-students-announced-1556356.html>
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More than 1,200 students have been accepted to participate in this year's
Google Summer of Code event, which offers university students stipends to
write and develop code. In response to demand, the KDE project has also
setup a similar scheme called Season of KDE
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-Summer-of-Code-2012-accepted-students-announced-1556356.html>
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*Appcelerator launches Titanium
2.0<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Appcelerator-launches-Titanium-2-0-1542281.html>
*
Version 2.0 of the application framework and runtime platform for creating
mobile apps adds support for Appcelerator's Cloud Services and also sees
the arrival of a release candidate for its mobile web SDK for creating
HTML5 web apps
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Appcelerator-launches-Titanium-2-0-1542281.html>
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*NGINX 1.2.0 stable update improves proxy
support<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/NGINX-1-2-0-stable-update-improves-proxy-support-1546568.html>
*
The developers of the open source web server have released version 1.2.0
which improves HTTP proxy support, regular expression performance, and
memory use of long-lived connections, and offers more flexible throttling
options
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/NGINX-1-2-0-stable-update-improves-proxy-support-1546568.html>
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*Eclipse Community Survey 2012: participants
wanted<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Eclipse-Community-Survey-2012-participants-wanted-1546883.html>
*
The Eclipse Foundation has called on developers to participate in the open
source organisation's annual survey that documents the requirements and
trends within the Eclipse community
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Eclipse-Community-Survey-2012-participants-wanted-1546883.html>
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*Long-term maintenance for Linux
3.2<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Long-term-maintenance-for-Linux-3-2-1546065.html>
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A Debian developer plans to maintain Linux 3.2, which will be used in
Debian 7.0 Wheezy and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, as a long-term kernel
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Long-term-maintenance-for-Linux-3-2-1546065.html>
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*Open source adoption on the rise in the French
government<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-source-adoption-on-the-rise-in-the-French-government-1546061.html>
*
France is currently spending 15 per cent of its annual governmental IT
budget on open source software. Both president Sarkozy and his challenger
Hollande expect this figure to increase in the future
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-source-adoption-on-the-rise-in-the-French-government-1546061.html>
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*Ubuntu 12.10 named as "Quantal
Quetzal"<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-12-10-named-as-Quantal-Quetzal-1546055.html>
*
The challenge of coming up with a code name for the successor to Ubuntu
12.04 LTS, "Precise Pangolin", has been met by Mark Shuttleworth announcing
the new name and denying any plans to change from Upstart to Systemd
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-12-10-named-as-Quantal-Quetzal-1546055.html>
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*IBM announces Linux servers with POWER7
CPUs<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/IBM-announces-Linux-servers-with-POWER7-CPUs-1545572.html>
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Computers with IBM's POWER7 have been available for the AIX, IBM i
(formerly OS/400) and Linux operating systems, but now IBM has announced
the first servers with the POWER7 hardware that only run with Red Hat or
SUSE Linux
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/IBM-announces-Linux-servers-with-POWER7-CPUs-1545572.html>
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*Meteor framework changes
licence<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Meteor-framework-changes-licence-1545935.html>
*
The automatically synchronised JavaScript framework changes licence from
GPL to MIT to ensure it is "part of a robust ecosystem"
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Meteor-framework-changes-licence-1545935.html>
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*US Patent Office declares Oracle patent valid after
reexamination<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/US-Patent-Office-declares-Oracle-patent-valid-after-reexamination-1545901.html>
*
The US Patent Office has reexamined one of the Sun patents that was
initially invalidated and has declared it as valid. Oracle now has three
patents in its arsenal for its dispute with Google over Java and Android
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/US-Patent-Office-declares-Oracle-patent-valid-after-reexamination-1545901.html>
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*Enterprise improvements in Neo4j graph database
update<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Enterprise-improvements-in-Neo4j-graph-database-update-1545850.html>
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Version 1.7 of the NoSQL graph database includes improvements for dealing
with high-volume requests in enterprise deployments, and adds new
mathematical functions to the Cypher query language
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Enterprise-improvements-in-Neo4j-graph-database-update-1545850.html>
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*Development of systemd continues
apace<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Development-of-systemd-continues-apace-1545570.html>
*
Lennart Poettering has blogged about recent changes in the systemd init
daemon. The project has changed its licence to the LGPL and gained many new
abilities such as being able to watchdog processes
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Development-of-systemd-continues-apace-1545570.html>
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*"Super duper program update release" of Parted
Magic<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Super-duper-program-update-release-of-Parted-Magic-1545502.html>
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The new update to the open source, multi-platform partitioning tool
upgrades more than 25 of the bundled programs and utilities to their latest
versions, adds new command line options and includes fixes for resizing
FAT16/32 partitions
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Super-duper-program-update-release-of-Parted-Magic-1545502.html>
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*Google drops "Linux
Picasa"<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-drops-Linux-Picasa-1545522.html>
*
Google drops its support for Picasa for Linux as part of its spring
cleaning of projects and products
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-drops-Linux-Picasa-1545522.html>
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*Smalltalk inspired Pharo project releases version 1.4
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Smalltalk-inspired-Pharo-project-releases-version-1-4-1545422.html>
*
With 860 "treated issues" this major update to the reference platform for
Seaside includes a new Ring code model and improvements to the server and
tools
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Smalltalk-inspired-Pharo-project-releases-version-1-4-1545422.html>
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*Version 1.2 of the Pinta Paint.NET clone
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Version-1-2-of-the-Pinta-Paint-NET-clone-released-1545393.html>
*
The new version of the simple painting application includes an "AutoCrop"
function and special mouse cursors for the built-in tools. An updated
gradient tool can now take advantage of multiple CPU cores, improving
rendering time
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Version-1-2-of-the-Pinta-Paint-NET-clone-released-1545393.html>
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*WordPress fixes file upload security
problems<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/WordPress-fixes-file-upload-security-problems-1545416.html>
*
The WordPress developers have released version 3.3.2 of their software to
fix three security problems with the software's file uploading libraries.
Several other security issues have also been fixed
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/WordPress-fixes-file-upload-security-problems-1545416.html>
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*The H Roundup for the week ending 21
April<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-21-April-1544513.html>
*
In the last seven days: Oracle accidentally released a MySQL DoS proof of
concept, the Q.bo robot went up for pre-order and a beta of Fedora 17
arrived for testing. Also, The H published a speed guide to Lua and the
latest HealthCheck took a look at Red Hat's Fedora Project
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-21-April-1544513.html>
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*JavaScript library qooxdoo reinvents
itself<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/JavaScript-library-qooxdoo-reinvents-itself-1544681.html>
*
1&1's qooxdoo JavaScript library is becoming more flexible. The tool has
received new components for web site, mobile and server-side deployment
alongside its classic desktop version
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/JavaScript-library-qooxdoo-reinvents-itself-1544681.html>
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*Oracle and Google trial: day
4<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-and-Google-trial-day-4-1544607.html>
*
During the fourth day of the trial, Tim Lindholm struggled to explain how
his email - that Google had repeatedly tried to keep out of court - did not
mean that Google should have acquired a Java licence from Sun
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-and-Google-trial-day-4-1544607.html>
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*Ruby 1.9.3 update fixes RubyGems security problem -
Update<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ruby-1-9-3-update-fixes-RubyGems-security-problem-Update-1544248.html>
*
Version 1.9.3-p194 of the open source programming language fixes a number
of bugs and addresses a security hole in RubyGems that caused SSL server
verification to fail for remote repositories
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ruby-1-9-3-update-fixes-RubyGems-security-problem-Update-1544248.html>
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*Apache announces Huawei, GoDaddy and Twitter as new
sponsors<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-announces-Huawei-GoDaddy-and-Twitter-as-new-sponsors-1544067.html>
*
Huawei and GoDaddy have become the Apache Software Foundation's newest
Silver sponsors, while Twitter has become the non-profit organisation's
latest Bronze sponsor with its annual donation of $5,000
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-announces-Huawei-GoDaddy-and-Twitter-as-new-sponsors-1544067.html>
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*Ubuntu to add OpenStack fast track to 12.04
LTS<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-to-add-OpenStack-fast-track-to-12-04-LTS-1544147.html>
*
The only way isn't (OpenStack) Essex for Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS users,
with the announcement of the Ubuntu Cloud Archive which will offer
supported and current OpenStack versions to LTS users
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-to-add-OpenStack-fast-track-to-12-04-LTS-1544147.html>
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*Linux Mint 13 named, Fedora 18 name goes to
vote<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-Mint-13-named-Fedora-18-name-goes-to-vote-1544121.html>
*
While Fedora Project members are called to vote on the code name for Fedora
18, Linux Mint 13 has been named "Maya". Also, Linux Mint 10 has now
officially reached end of life status
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-Mint-13-named-Fedora-18-name-goes-to-vote-1544121.html>
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*Oracle and Google trial: day
3<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-and-Google-trial-day-3-1543537.html>
*
On the third day of court proceedings, Google CEO Larry Page testified.
Page claimed to have negotiated with Sun about a technical partnership
concerning Java but that the talks had broken down
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-and-Google-trial-day-3-1543537.html>
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*HP to certify Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server on select ProLiant
systems<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/HP-to-certify-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Server-on-select-ProLiant-systems-1543362.html>
*
Canonical has announced that HP will certify the next server edition
release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, 12.04 LTS, for its ProLiant
systems and provide hardware warranty support
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/HP-to-certify-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Server-on-select-ProLiant-systems-1543362.html>
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*Linus Torvalds now a Millenium Technology Prize
laureate<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linus-Torvalds-now-a-Millenium-Technology-Prize-laureate-1543357.html>
*
Torvalds is being recognised for his creation of Linux and is one of two
laureates for the Technology Academy Finland's 2012 Millennium Technology
Prize, which has a prize pool of over a million euros
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linus-Torvalds-now-a-Millenium-Technology-Prize-laureate-1543357.html>
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*Universal IPSec VPN client for Android
4.0<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Universal-IPSec-VPN-client-for-Android-4-0-1543230.html>
*
A German firm is in the process of releasing a VPN client for Android 4.0
that supports all IPSec variants and is designed to function with any
gateway; the company has published a free preview to the Google Play market
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Universal-IPSec-VPN-client-for-Android-4-0-1543230.html>
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*Q.bo open source robot now available to
pre-order<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Q-bo-open-source-robot-now-available-to-pre-order-1542895.html>
*
After several years of development, Spanish firm TheCorpora has completed
its 45 cm tall Q.bo robot. It is available in various configurations, from
a do-it-yourself Basic Kit to a fully assembled Complete Pro version
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Q-bo-open-source-robot-now-available-to-pre-order-1542895.html>
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*Morphlabs launches OpenStack-based cloud
rack<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Morphlabs-launches-OpenStack-based-cloud-rack-1542911.html>
*
Morphlabs has released a Dell PowerEdge C2100-based server rack that comes
pre-loaded with NexentaStor and OpenStack "Essex". The mCloud Rack E is
targeted at companies deploying a private cloud based on OpenStack
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Morphlabs-launches-OpenStack-based-cloud-rack-1542911.html>
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*Lisp dialect Clojure udpated to version
1.4<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Lisp-dialect-Clojure-udpated-to-version-1-4-1542857.html>
*
Version 1.4 of the dynamic programming language for the Java Virtual
Machine includes various performance enhancements and introduces several
new features
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Lisp-dialect-Clojure-udpated-to-version-1-4-1542857.html>
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*ProjectForge 4 arrives with redesigned
UI<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ProjectForge-4-arrives-with-redesigned-UI-1542834.html>
*
Version 4.0.0 of ProjectForge, the open source project management system,
sports a completely rewritten user interface. The web application provides
time and issue tracking, charting and many other functions
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ProjectForge-4-arrives-with-redesigned-UI-1542834.html>
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*Mozilla blocklists Java on older Mac OS X
systems<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-blocklists-Java-on-older-Mac-OS-X-systems-1542769.html>
*
With no updates forthcoming for Mac OS X 10.5 and earlier, Mozilla has
blocked the Java plugin on those systems, but a bug in Firefox 11 is
preventing the safe blocking of vulnerable versions on Mac OS X 10.6 and
later
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-blocklists-Java-on-older-Mac-OS-X-systems-1542769.html>
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*Third beta of Mageia 2
released<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Third-beta-of-Mageia-2-released-1542737.html>
*
Mageia 2 beta 3 has been released for testing and sees the developers push
the final release back further as they are working to fix remaining bugs.
Beta 3 includes a new kernel and an updated version of KDE
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Third-beta-of-Mageia-2-released-1542737.html>
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*First update for GNOME 3.4
arrives<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/First-update-for-GNOME-3-4-arrives-1542711.html>
*
The GNOME Project has released version 3.4.1 of its Linux and Unix desktop
environment, which includes minor improvements, bug fixes and new
localisations
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/First-update-for-GNOME-3-4-arrives-1542711.html>
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*FreeBSD 8.3 introduces new
features<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/FreeBSD-8-3-introduces-new-features-1542674.html>
*
The fourth stable 8.x branch release of FreeBSD updates KDE to version
4.7.4 and introduces some new features as well as changes to hardware
support and networking
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/FreeBSD-8-3-introduces-new-features-1542674.html>
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*Oracle and Google trial: day
2<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-and-Google-trial-day-2-1542343.html>
*
On the second day of court proceedings, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified
making the argument that Java's APIs constitute a significant work in
themselves. In his opinion, Google should have bought a Java licence for
Android
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-and-Google-trial-day-2-1542343.html>
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*Google's SPDY module accelerates
Apache<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-SPDY-module-accelerates-Apache-1542308.html>
*
A new module teaches the Apache web server Google's SPDY protocol. While
this is meant to significantly reduce web page loading times, browser
support is still limited
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-SPDY-module-accelerates-Apache-1542308.html>
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*Open source Transport Tycoon Deluxe clone updated to version
1.2<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-source-Transport-Tycoon-Deluxe-clone-updated-to-version-1-2-1541774.html>
*
Version 1.2.0 of the OpenTTD urban planning and simulation game adds
support for game scripts and a new zoom option
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-source-Transport-Tycoon-Deluxe-clone-updated-to-version-1-2-1541774.html>
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*GIMP 2.10 will use 16-bit colour depth
throughout<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/GIMP-2-10-will-use-16-bit-colour-depth-throughout-1542186.html>
*
Two GIMP developers took a few weeks off and successfully ported many of
the program's features to the GEGL library. The current plan is to have
GIMP completely ported over to GEGL by the time version 2.10 is released
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/GIMP-2-10-will-use-16-bit-colour-depth-throughout-1542186.html>
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*Sonar 3.0 helps keep source code
clean<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Sonar-3-0-helps-keep-source-code-clean-1542015.html>
*
The newest version of the code quality assurance tool adds an integrated
code review workflow and the ability to detect duplicate code. The system
also lets users spot quality violations and review test coverage more easily
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Sonar-3-0-helps-keep-source-code-clean-1542015.html>
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*New CyanogenMod project build servers now
online<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-CyanogenMod-project-build-servers-now-online-1541908.html>
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Following an appeal for help two months ago, the CyanogenMod project, which
produces popular alternative ROMs for Android-based devices, has announced
that its new build servers are now online
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/New-CyanogenMod-project-build-servers-now-online-1541908.html>
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*Chrome for Android beta adds desktop
view<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-for-Android-beta-adds-desktop-view-1541805.html>
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A new beta of the Chrome web browser for Android-based smartphones and
tablets adds a number of features requested by users, such as support for
requesting the desktop version of a site and bookmark shortcuts
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-for-Android-beta-adds-desktop-view-1541805.html>
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*Twitter introduces Innovator's Patent
Agreement<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Twitter-introduces-Innovator-s-Patent-Agreement-1541809.html>
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The microblogging company is introducing a patent agreement in-house that
aims to ensure engineers keep control of their patents while allowing them
to be used for defensive purposes by the company
*›* Read article<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Twitter-introduces-Innovator-s-Patent-Agreement-1541809.html>
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