Desktop & Productivity Software
Firefox update fixes Mac security issue
Mozilla has released an update to Firefox, its popular Web browser. The update is available for download either from the Firefox Web site or through Firefox itself, if you select "Check for Updates" from the Help menu.
Open source quality tester out in alpha
The Software Quality Observatory for Open Source Software (SQO-OSS) project has released an alpha version of Alitheia Core,
an open-source software quality-checking tool.
More companies back Symbian Foundation
The Symbian Foundation is growing, with another nine companies joining the organization, including mobile operators 3, América
Móvil and TIM.
IBM software enhances Web accessibility for the blind
IBM launched on Tuesday an application that seeks to harness the power and time of Internet users around the globe to make
the Web more accessible to the visually impaired.
Study: Unpatched Web browsers prevalent on the Internet
Only 59.1% of people use up-to-date, fully patched Web browsers, putting the remainder at risk from growing threats from diligent
hackers, according to a new study published by researchers in Switzerland.
OOXML projects bolster Microsoft's interoperability efforts
Microsoft on Monday unveiled projects to improve data portability between Office 2007 and other document file formats, including
the design of a new translator for exchanging OOXML (Office Open XML) and HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) documents.
Cognos business intelligence software ported to System z
IBM's Cognos 8 business intelligence software is now generally available for System z mainframes running Linux, the company
announced Monday.
Microsoft on Symbian's open source move: Good luck with that
A Microsoft product manager predicts Symbian is embracing the problems, as well as the opportunities, of open sourcing its
mobile-phone code.
Mobile Linux groups join forces
After steadily losing membership this year, one of the earliest mobile Linux groups will close and join another faster growing
initiative.
Wine pops its cork after 15 years
After 15 years of "pain" and "despair," open-source developers on Tuesday celebrated the release of version 1.0 of the Wine
emulation software by, you guessed it, opening a few bottles of wine.
JBoss joins Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2
Red Hat on Tuesday made its JBoss Java middleware available through Amazon.com's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service, eight
months after it gave customers access to its Enterprise Linux on its technology partner's computing infrastructure.
IBM supercomputer dual-boots Windows and Linux
IBM has demonstrated one of the highest profile supercomputers yet to run Windows as well as Linux - the Akka system, installed
at the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) in northern Sweden.
Firefox 3 'Download Day' cripples Mozilla site
Mozilla's big plan on Tuesday to set a world record for downloads with the Firefox 3 browser hit a snag when its Web site
would not work properly.
Mozilla sets June 17 for Firefox 3 'Download Day'
Mozilla will release the next version of its Firefox browser on Tuesday and attempt to set a Guinness World Record for software
downloads.
Red Hat settles patent suits with Firestar, DataTern
Red Hat has settled patent infringement claims brought against it by Firestar Software and DataTern, the company announced
Wednesday.
• Judge rules against SCO in Novell case
• Xandros buys Linspire, says ex-CEO
• A Red Hat packed with dynamite
• Deposition challenges Trend Micro patent
• HP throws Tru64 code open
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo San Francisco, August 4-7, 2008.
Linux Plumbers Conference Portland, OR, Sept. 16-19, 2008.
FreedomHEC Santa Monica, November 8-9, 2008.
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