Hands on: Songbird 1.0 music app soars.
In a desktop media realm dominated by iTunes and Windows Media Player, Songbird is an open source player that dances to its own beat. Built on Mozilla technology, Songbird offers a very customizable interface and integrates a pleasant variety of web services that offer everything from artist bios, lyrics, music store integration, and much more. more... and Songbird plus Mozilla, the ultimate media mashup for your music and Songbird 1.0 Poised to Rule the Jukebox Roost.

Supercharging a home network with Amahi.
Many network-attached storage (NAS) devices, in addition to offering network storage, offer features such as VPN access, calendaring, wikis, and even an iTunes server. The open source Amahi Linux Home Server provides all of that and more in a complete NAS box integrated with a Fedora 9 base. more...

Collabora funds development of open source video editor PiTiVi.
Open source multimedia specialist Collabora is hiring developers to work on the nonlinear video editor PiTiVi. The Cambridge, UK-based company contributes heavily to the GStreamer media framework and other GStreamer-dependent projects, so PiTiVi is a natural fit -- and it fills a sorely needed niche on the Linux desktop. more...

WPA Vulnerability Discovered.
The flaws in WEP encryption are well-known, but last week, security researchers announced that they’d found a way to crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard commonly relied upon to protect data on both home and business wireless networks. more...

Shuttleworth on Dell, Greg KH, More.
Last week, during Ubuntu's OpenWeek, Mark Shuttleworth joined in for a two hour Q&A session, where he answered a wide range of questions regarding Ubuntu and its parent company, Canonical. They ranged from questions regarding Canonical's relationship with Dell, all the way up to Shuttleworth's response to Greg Kroah-Hartman's criticism of Canonical. more...

Misc.
Automated processing tools for better digital pictures.
Diebold faces GPL infringement lawsuit over voting machines.
Where to find royalty-free cliparts for OpenOffice.org?
WINE 1.1.8 Released, Improved Memory Management.
Kdenlive Builder Wizard 0.7.0.

How To Tips.

How To Convert Flac To Ogg Vorbis In Three (Easy) Steps.
How To ccd2iso - Convert CloneCD disc image (.img) format to standard ISO (.iso).
How To Back Up An Ubuntu 8.10 System With SystemImager.
How To Use Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).
How To VMware Server 1.0.7 on Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid” (2.6.27-7-generic).
How To Capture Sound With Audacity On CentOS 5.x.
How To Set Up a VNC Server In Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

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