January
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Jan 31, 2011
Alfresco CMS becomes more social
Alfresco has embedded social networking capabilities into its open source content management system. Alfresco Enterprise 3.4’s redesigned Share interface adds status updates — like those of Facebook and Twitter — to its collaboration and document management platform. It also features distributed content replication, content activity streams, enhanced search and folder-based actions for basic workflow, Alfresco announced recently. Executives [...] read more...
Oracle, LibreOffice: ideally a co-opetition, not competition
Choice is great. It’s one of the key selling points of open source — a guarantee that no one company can monopolize a software category, at least illegally. It’s what enabled the first official release today of LibreOffice 3.3, a version of OpenOffice sponsored by the recently formed Document Foundation. The foundation was formed in September [...] read more...
Jan 26, 2011
First LibreOffice Release arrives
LibreOffice 3.3, the first version of the OpenOffice fork, is now available for your office work pleasure. read more...
Firefox 4 betas 10, 11 planned
The Firefox team is playing it safe. There will be at least two more beta releases before a Firefox 4 release candidate is distributed, says one Firefox developer. “We will release beta 10 as soon as possible during the week of the 24th … we will release beta 11 as soon as possible during the week of the [...] read more...
Jan 24, 2011
Ubuntu opts for LibreOffice over Oracle's OpenOffice
The popular Linux distribution has elected to go with the new LibreOffice office suite over Oracle’s OpenOffice. read more...
With Page as CEO, Open Source is stronger than ever at Google
Google’s management is changing, but its support for open source will only grow stronger. read more...
Jan 20, 2011
The EU won't stand in the way of Microsoft & Friends acquiring Novell's patents
CPTN Holdings-a Microsoft-led group that also includes Apple, EMC, and Oracle–has the European Union’s blessing to acquire Novell’s patents, but there’s still obstacles in the proposed deal’s way. read more...
Canonical and Shuttleworth add Qt to Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu has long been a stronghold for the GNOME Linux desktop, but now, besides changing to Unity, the distribution will be incorporating KDE’s Qt libraries. read more...
Jan 19, 2011
Robust Firefox 4 prepped for release next month
Mozilla’s most recent Firefox 4 beta — version 9 — continues to improve vis a vis Chrome, the other open source browser. Most notably, beta 9 — which was released on January 14 — offers a faster startup time and bookmarking and overall performance gains. That, combined with the Panorama feature and full HTML5 support, gives [...] read more...
WebOS: The Other Smartphone/Tablet Linux
We already have numerous desktop Linuxes; and Android and MeeGo for smartphones and tablets; now HP wants to make webOS popular. read more...
Jan 17, 2011
Microsoft delivers version 1.0 of its open-source CMS platform
January 13 is the launch of Microsoft’s WebMatrix open-source-friendly Web-development tool bundle. But that’s not the only new open-source Microsoft deliverable that’s hitting today. read more...
I, for one, welcome our Linux Penguin, Jeopardy Overlords
So far, Watson, the Linux-powered supercomputer, is beating the top humans at Jeopardy. read more...
Jan 13, 2011
CPTN Holdings is still trying to buy Novell's patents
Contrary to some stories going around, CPTN Holdings–aka Apple, EMC, Microsoft, and Oracle–is still trying to buy several hundred of Novell’s patents. read more...
Will iPhone-Verizon deal, ChromeOS slow Android's momentum?
One has to wonder if the fallout of the Verizon-iPhone deal includes a slowing down of Android’s momentum. There’s no doubt that Verizon’s strong endorsement of Android-based smartphones has been a big boon for Google’s open source mobile operating system. In the Northeast, at least, customers often go with the Droid or other Android devices simply because Verizon’s [...] read more...
Jan 12, 2011
Black Duck gets Bigger
Black Duck Software, once known better for legal advice to companies considering using open-source software is becoming a one-stop, open-source business advisor for enterprises. read more...
Black Duck lists rookie open source projects to watch in '11
One open source watcher has identified 10 rookie projects worth watching in 2011 – and roughly half are cloud related. Some in Black Duck Software’s list are heavily promoted, such as Diaspora, while others, such as ownCloud, are lesser known. At the top of the list (although no order is stated) is Diaspora, which is [...] read more...
