Google has released version 4.1.249.1059 of Chrome for Windows, a security update that addresses four high risk vulnerabilities in its WebKit-based browser
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Pessulus- A lockdown editor for Gnome to limit users functionality access
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Pessulus is a lockdown editor that allows administrators to easily disable certain features of the GNOME desktop,
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What’s been happening with Edubuntu?
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Edubuntu 10.04 is due for release on the 29th of April. It’s just about finished and tomorrow’s daily build should be pretty close to the actual release.
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Python based SEC filings proposed
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The open source, scripting language is proposed as a way to make complex securities filings more precise and runnable
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Medibuntu Repository Down - What To Do?
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Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).
Read more »Firefox 3.6.4 beta isolates crashing plug-ins
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Flash, Quicktime and Silverlight plug-ins get their own processes to crash in as Mozilla moves to improve browser reliability
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PCLinuxOS 2010 Edition arrives in six variants
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The PCLinuxOS developers have released the 2010 edition of their popular Linux distribution, adding several new features and a choice of six variants - each with a different desktop environment
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gPodder 2.5 released and Installation instruction included for Ubuntu
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gPodder is a Podcast receiver/catcher written in Python and pyGTK. It manages podcast feeds for you, and automatically downloads all podcasts from as many feeds as you like. If you are interested in Podcast feeds, simply put the feed URLs into gPodder and it will download all episodes for you automatically.
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Wine update improves Direct3D and 64-bit support
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Wine 1.1.43 features a number of new icons, Direct3D optimisations and several improvements for 64-bit systems. Other changes include improved support for the alpha channel in bitmaps and more complete msvcr80/90 DLL implementations. A number of bugs related to applications like CDBurnerXP and games, such as Warcraft III, Diablo 2, and Battlefield 2, have also been addressed.
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Microsoft backs Web Open Font Format
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Microsoft has joined Mozilla and Opera to present the Web Open Font Format to the W3C for development into a web standard for fonts
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Steve Jobs: Folks who want porn can buy an Android
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When questioned about Apple’s role as moral police in the App Store, Jobs responds that “we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone.” Better, is what he said next: “Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone.“
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Transitioning to the new GRUB2 boot loader
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The tools used to boot Linux are changing. Specifically, the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is now officially in maintenance mode only, and GRUB's developers have abandoned the original GRUB in favor of an entirely rewritten package, known as GRUB 2. Discover GRUB 2's new capabilities and how to use it.
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Gluon Decides on New Structure in Preparation for First Release
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Those who have been following Gluon closely over the last months know that at the developer sprint in Munich in October 2009 the foundations were laid down for the Gluon vision. Put simply, Gluon provides a new way for game creators to make games and distribute them to the players of games.
Read more »Open source in a new light
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So you've got to cut costs, but you're not a manager. You're a software developer, or a power user, or just someone who needs to keep the bottom line healthy enough to support your salary. These are ideal situations for introducing open source software solutions into your environment.
Read more »Google's Schmidt pitches Chrome OS
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Browser-obsessed netbooks running Google's Chrome operating system will be the freshest thing to hit computing in two decades, Eric Schmidt claims.
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