KDE hackers have been working on polishing the new features, desktop integration, and documenting and translating the packages. Several bugfixing sessions have been held and squashed bugs in the beta software. Testing and feedback on this release is appreciated and needed to make the final KDE 4.1 release in late July 2008 a splash.
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Speaking at a conference in New York, Microsoft
’s chief architect, Ray Ozzie, said open source is a bigger threat to the software juggernaut than Google is. He says open source developers are not restricted by the best interests of shareholders and potentially are, therefore, a stronger market force.
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Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own will be approximately EUR 264 million.
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Twitter just announced yet another sum of funding, this including money from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezo’s fund Bezos Expeditions. The company says the money will be spent on building up its infrastructure and reliability to become the communications utility it needs to be before it can become profitable.
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You already know about Firefox 3’s marquee new features, but now it’s time to dig deep and unearth the shortcuts, tweaks, and even Easter eggs that Mozilla marketing doesn’t mention. In honor of today’s official release of Firefox 3, let’s dive in past it’s most talked-about feature-set into its lesser-known power uses, tricks, and customizations.
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Vista: Tweaked, Tuned, and Hacked presents over 30 nifty tweaks and tricks to make Vista run better, faster, and less annoying. Learn how to boot faster, get rid of annoying prompts, customize your bootscreen, activate the hidden “super-admin” account, and even use YOUR video clips as an animated wallpaper (no third-party apps needed!)
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Fifteen years in the making, everyone’s favorite software to run Windows programs on Linux and Unix, Wine, is almost ready for its 1.0 release.If all goes well, Alexandre Julliard, Wine’s lead developer, says that Wine 1.0 should appear on June 20, two weeks after the program’s fifteenth birthday.
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It has been 41 days since we released GNOME Do 0.4.2, and today I
’m honored to present GNOME Do 0.5: “The Fighting 0.5?. Here are the main improvements and new features, accompanied by plenty of sexy screenshots: new preferences window with plugin manager, and many new plugins, including WindowManager, Gcal, Gmail, RSS, Skype, and more.
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Today, Firefox 3’s Download Day pledges hit the magic number of 1,000,000! Congratulations to the Mozilla team.
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After more than eight months of hard work, including major improvements and new features (and a new website!), Banshee 1.0 is here! Play your music and videos. Stay entertained and up to date with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio. Sync your devices. We think you’ll love it!
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