09 April - 2008 - QtCentre launced the second edition of the Qt Programming Contest, the only programming contest focused on the Qt®/ Qtopia® community. Last year a range of innovative Qt-based applications were awarded with various electronic devices - Qtopia enabled mobile phones, laptop, recreational devices, various books on software development and more. Perhaps more important, the contestants were shown to the Qt community and new contacts between developers were made.
“I participated in the contest last year primarily for getting expert validation and review for my project (GCF …

Openmoko is a project which encompasses two related sub-projects, with the combined aim of creating a family of completely open source mobile phones. The project was founded by FIC.
The first sub-project is Openmoko Linux, an open source Linux based operating system designed for mobile phones, built using free software.
The second sub-project is the development of Openmoko phones — the hardware devices on which Openmoko Linux runs. The first device released was the Neo 1973, which will soon be joined by the Neo Freerunner some time in 2008. Unlike most other …

Release to manufacturing of the new unified intelligence system allows enterprise health providers to unlock the power of all data from their existing IT systems.
REDMOND, Wash. — April 9, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Microsoft Amalga, the new unified intelligence system that allows hospital enterprises to unlock the power of all their data sitting in isolated clinical, financial and administrative solutions. Amalga is part of the Microsoft Amalga Family of Health Enterprise Systems, a portfolio of enterprise-class health solutions that provides rich integration, giving clinicians and …

Software development platform aims to continue making programming robots easier and more affordable for hobbyists and professionals alike.
PITTSBURGH — April 9, 2008 — Today, at the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition in Pittsburgh, Microsoft Corp. released the first community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, the new version of its robotics programming platform. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 contains improvements in its runtime performance, distributed computational capabilities and tools.
Scheduled for release later this year, the first preview of the product is now available for evaluation and testing by …

Today, Red Hat took a public stand challenging the standards for patenting software. In the Biliski case that is now before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, this patent issue is ripe for consideration. In a friend of the court brief submitted to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in the Bilski case today, Red Hat describes the special problems that patents pose for open source and seeks modification of the standards for patentable subject matter that take open source into account. Here is a quick summary of our …

Sunnyvale, Calif. - February 5, 2008 - Zimbra, a Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) company, and the leader in open source, next-generation e-mail, today announced the availability of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 5.0. ZCS 5.0 includes hundreds of enhancements that expand Zimbra’s access across desktops and devices while setting the standard for Web-based productivity in a business environment, and showcases Yahoo!’s dedication to providing world-class e-mail and collaboration services.
Yahoo!’s global reach and Zimbra’s expansive partner network are fueling continued growth, reaching key audiences including universities, ISPs and small businesses - further extending …

Phenom (pronounced as IPA:/finɒm/, as in the word phenomenon) is the AMD desktop processor line based on the K10 (not “K10h”) microarchitecture , or Family 10h Processors, as AMD calls them. Triple-core versions (codenamed “Toliman“) will be the Phenom 8000 series, quad cores (codenamed “Agena“) in the Phenom 9000 series, and high-end enthusiast versions (codenamed “Agena FX“) in the Phenom FX series. AMD considers the quad core Phenoms to be the first “true” quad core design, as these processors are a monolithic multi-core design (all cores on the same piece …

Microsoft’s embattled Office Open XML (OOXML) document format received ISO fast-track approval today after receiving support from approximately 86 percent of the national bodies that participated in the vote.
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KDE, the leading Free Software desktop, continues to release updates for version 4.0 on a monthly basis. KDE 4.0.3 comes with an impressive amount of bugfixes and improvements, especially in KHTML web rendering engine and KWin window manager. As always, there are also lots of updates to translations.
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Moscow, Russia, and San Diego, CA, USA- 2 April 2008 – Entensys Corporation and BrightCloud, Inc. have announced a joint technology partnership to integrate the hosted BrightCloud Service and the BrightCloud Master Database into UserGate Security server, a complete Internet Sharing software solution providing centralized network management with extremely high-level security for protected Internet access.
UserGate provides ultimate control and security of all Internet Connections, carries out network Resource Caching, conducts exact traffic calculation, offers a built-in Billing System and a Statistics Module, and includes DHCP support as well as a …