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OpenSUSE 11.0 Released With Loads of new features

Novell has announced the release of OpenSUSE 11.0, which offers more than 200 new features and hundreds of application updates.
The 11.0 release of openSUSE includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, and [...]

Mozilla confirms Firefox 3.0 flaw, says risk minimal

Mozilla security chief Window Snyder (left) has confirmed the existence of a serious code execution vulnerability in the brand-new Firefox 3.0 browser.
Snyder’s confirmation follows a public warning by TippingPoint’s ZDI (Zero Day Initiative) that the flaw could lead to PC takeover hijacks if a user simply surfs to a rigged Web site with Firefox.

On the [...]

Open BI Pentaho “Business intelligence” software goes GPL

Pentaho Corp. has released its Linux-compatible, open source business intelligence (BI) software under a GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPLv2) license. The license applies to the version 2 alpha release of the Pentaho BI Platform, as well as future versions, says the company.

The Pentaho BI Platform is the foundational infrastructure that underlies Pentaho’s Open [...]

Web 2.0’s Top 1,000 List - Everything 2.0 - Part 3

Read the Part 1 of this list here: Web 2.0’s Top 1,000 List - Everything 2.0 - Part 1
Read the Part 2 of this list here: Web 2.0’s Top 1,000 List - Everything 2.0 - Part 2
RSS 2.0

Alesti - Feed reader. www.alesti.org/
Almondrocks - Share feeds. www.almondrocks.com/
Beanrocket - News reader. www.beanrocket.com/
Blogbridge - Feed reader. www.blogbridge.com/
Blogexpress - [...]

Web 2.0’s Top 1,000 List - Everything 2.0 - Part 2

Read the Part 1 of this list here: Web 2.0’s Top 1,000 List - Everything 2.0 - Part 1
Read the Part 3 of this list here: Web 2.0’s Top 1,000 List - Everything 2.0 - Part 3
FUN 2.0

Beggr - Give me your money. www.beggr.com/
Comedy Search Engine - Thousands of comedy links. www.comedysearchengine.com/
Sign Generators (Flash). www.signgenerator.net/
Web2.0validator [...]

Google App Engine suffers outages

One advantage of cloud computing is that it’s an expert’s job to keep the centralized computing infrastructure up and running. But even experts have problems, and that’s what’s going on Tuesday with Google’s App Engine.

The service has been having outages Tuesday, according to a mailing list posting Tuesday. App Engine, launched in April and still [...]

Firefox 3 Download Day!

Today’s the day, people: Firefox 3 comes out, and the Mozilla Foundation seeks to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads of a software release in one day. Time to strike a blow for all that’s good and free!

Also you may want to check out this site at Lifehacker: Power User’s [...]

Technorati Media - Technorati’s Blog Ad Network

A very interesting post on TechCrunch announcing the launch of Technorati’s Ad network, to be called Technorati Media. The site, when launched and live, will be at http://www.technoratimedia.com/
Quoting from the post:
“…The company has been testing the new sales product with a number of partners, including BlogTalkRadio, BlogCritics, BlogCatalog, BlogTV, Technabob, GPSMagazine, GeekAlerts and NerdApproved. CEO [...]

AOL Radio on 3G iPhone

AOL Radio won a coveted Apple Design Award for a version of the player designed for the iPhone. The AOL developed application was highlighted during the “iPhone Developer Showcase” portion of the annual awards ceremony last night at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco and won the award for “Best Entertainment Application”.

AOL Radio for [...]

Google Gears adds support for Firefox 3

Google has added support for Firefox 3 to Gears, the tool that allows web-based apps to function offline. Support for Firefox 3 was first announced on the feature list for Google Gears version 0.3, and speaking with Cnet, Google engineer Aaron Boodman confirmed that “Gears for Firefox 3, as of today, is available [...]

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