Archive for June, 2010

TechDis Accessibility Toolbar demoed at TransferSummit

Friday, June 25th, 2010

At this year’s TransferSummit, Steve Lee demonstrated the JISC TechDis Accessibility Toolbar, an open source, BSD licensed, browser accessibility tool that has just come out of beta
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Mozilla releases Thunderbird 3.1

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Mozilla has released version 3.1 of Thunderbird, a major update to its popular cross-platform email and news client that includes several new features, such as a new Migration Tool and a Quick Filter Toolbar
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MeeGo Conference 2010

Friday, June 25th, 2010

The MeeGo developers have announced that their inaugural MeeGo Conference will take place from the 15th to the 17th of November, 2010 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland
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DNSSEC for .org domains

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Effective immediately, any domain names within one of the big generic top level domains, .org, can be signed via DNSSEC so they are protected from forgeries. The responsible Public Internet Registry plans to enable the extension in July
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Google release Android 2.2 "Froyo" source code

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Google has officially released the source code for version 2.2 of its open source Android mobile operating system, code named "Froyo" and confirmed that it is now activating approximately 160,000 Android devices per day
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Helios: Eclipse 3.6 with Linux Tools, MarketPlace and JavaScript debugging

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Today, the Eclipse Foundation’s "Helios" project released version 3.6 of the development environment as well as 39 projects that include contributions from approximately 490 developers
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Red Hat boosts revenue and profit

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

American Linux distributor Red Hat has announced its first quarter financial results, which show an increase in total revenue and subscription revenue by 20 per cent over same quarter last year
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Firefox 3.6.4 adds crash protection, fixes vulnerabilities

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Following several delays, Mozilla has released version 3.6.4 of its open source Firefox web browser, adding crash protection and addressing four critical vulnerabilities
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Red Hat launches new customer portal

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Enterprise Linux specialist Red Hat has announced the launch of a new global customer portal that provides customers with access to support and downloads for its Linux platform, middleware, virtualisation and cloud solutions
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Jolicloud 1.0 netbook OS to include touchscreen support

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

The Jolicloud developers have confirmed that the upcoming major 1.0 release of their Linux-based netbook operating system will include support for some touchscreen displays out of the box
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