KDE 4.3.0 Released.
The KDE Community has announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.3 "Caizen". "KDE 4.3 continues to refine the unique features brought in previous releases while bringing new innovations. With the 4.2 release aimed at the majority of end users, KDE 4.3 offers a more stable and complete product for the home and small office." more... and A first look at KDE 4.3.

CentOS back from brink of death.
CentOS is alive. Two days after a core group of developers posted an open letter to primary admin Lance Davis, threatening to fork the open source OS if he didn't discuss his apparent disappearance from the project, Davis has answered their call - and he seems to have quelled their complaints. more... and Progress at CentOS and Weirdness at CentOS.

Sony open sources digital effects software.
Film effects specialist Sony Pictures Imageworks has released five digital image-manipulation software tools under open source licenses. While Imageworks has released other open source software in the past, the release of five tools at once brings its involvement in open source to a new level, the company said on Monday, in an announcement marking the beginning of the Siggraph computer graphics trade show in New Orleans. more...

BIND 9 denial of service being actively exploited.
Internet Systems Consortium, the developers of the BIND DNS server, is reporting a denial of service vulnerability that is being actively exploited. "Receipt of a specially-crafted dynamic update message to a zone for which the server is the master may cause BIND 9 servers to exit. Testing indicates that the attack packet has to be formulated against a zone for which that machine is a master. more...

A first look at Eclipse 4.
As is already indicated by version 0.9, which has just been released, Eclipse 4 will incorporate several familiar web technologies and put them to new uses. The Eclipse development environment has become a very popular open source project. more...

Skype shutdown: where are free software and free protocols?
The Skype copyright issue: The problem is that when eBay bought Skype, they were in too much of a hurry to read the fine print. Skype’s original owners retained the copyright for some crucial portion of Skype, specifically the peer-to-peer side of it — the same code which is probably responsible of making sure that user A routes packets for user B without his or her knowledge of authorisation. more...

Company Receives Patent for Podcasting.
VoloMedia, a podcast analytics, advertising, and distribution company, just received a patent for "providing episodic media," including podcasts. According to the company, which filed for the patent in November 2003, U.S. Patent 7,568,213 covers all episodic media downloads, not just the RSS-dependent downloads that power today's podcasts. more...

Sweet Home 3D: Open Source, Cross Platform Design Application.
Though Sweet Home 3D tops Google's SketchUp in a number of areas, it's still not much help for someone with no design sense. more...

Misc.
Mono coming to the iPhone.
Open Invention Network starts buying patents
5 Excellent Downloadable eBooks To Teach Yourself Linux.
The grumpy editor's e-book reader.
Lucidor 0.6 E-Book Reader Can Handle Web Feeds.
myTouch 3G: Improved Droid Still Has Some Squeaky Joints.
The Book vs. The Kindle.

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Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal.
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google. Microsoft's Bing search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team for Microsoft's online offering. more... and Do You Bing? Yahooers May Soon Search With Microsoft.

Open-source firmware vuln exposes wireless routers.
The remote root vulnerability affects the most recent version of DD-WRT, a piece of firmware many router users install to give their device capabilities not available by default. The bug allows unauthenticated users to remotely gain root access simply by luring someone on the local network to a malicious website. more...

Life is Better With a Dropbox.
Have you ever gone somewhere and needed some files, only to find that you forgot your flash drive? Well, that can all change with a simple solution: Dropbox. As long as you have a connection to the Internet, your files can be with you wherever you go. Using Windows? No problem. Using a Mac? No problem. Using Linux? Of course, no problem. And soon there will be an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Prices are quite reasonable, and they even offer you a free 2GB account that never expires. more...

Google tosses Android a Donut.
Three months after Google released an "early look" at version 1.5 of its Android mobile operating system, a newer version has made its way into the eager hands of developers. Dubbed Donut, will include system-wide search that can also be accessed by handwriting gestures, text-to-speech, and an API that supports integration with Google Voice Search. MobileCrunch also uncovered screenshots that appear to indicate CDMA and VPN support. more... and Google Android "Donut" will not include multi-touch.

Microsoft Linux Move Puts Pressure on Vmware.
Microsoft's historic embrace of Linux technology could have wide-reaching impacts on the virtualization market and Microsoft's rival VMware. By allowing greater ability to run Linux on the Hyper-V virtualization platform, Microsoft is making a compelling case that it could be the virtualization vendor of choice for consolidation of Windows and Linux applications more... and Microsoft responds to GPL violations and Microsoft and Vyatta rebut reports of GPL violation.

Novell announces SUSE Appliance Program.
Novell has announced the launch of the SUSE Appliance Program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). With the Appliance Program, ISVs can can create software appliances, such as an email server for a small office, using SUSE Linux Enterprise or openSUSE and SUSE Studio, test their appliances and get them to the market. more...

Get started with HomeBank.
With HomeBank you can automate recurring transactions, set reminders for future transactions, assess your future account balance so you can plan your spending sprees and manage your expenses expertly. You see, we work hard for our pay cheques - well, some of us work harder than others - and we spend money on groceries, utilities and, ahem, fun Fridays. more...

Build A Real Time Audio Studio.
Linux is a fantastic platform for audio production. Find out how to build the perfect production environment. Although it might not seem like it, properly dealing with audio requires an intricately tuned PC. The main issue is audio latency, which refers to both the time it takes for a sound to enter your machine and the time it takes for your machine to produce a sound. more...

Misc.
Supreme Court has decided to grant certiorari in the In Re Bilski case.
6 of the Best Free Linux Screencasting Software.
Organize your writing with Writer’s Cafe.
Create Oscar-Worthy Movie Scripts With Celtx.
Bordeaux 1.8.0 for Linux review.
Microsoft Releases Moodle Plugin under GPL.

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