Web 2.0 Awards

SEOmoz has announced Web 2.0 Awards(2006). They reviewed, categorized, rated and ranked over 300 Web 2.0 sites in 38 categories.

KOffice 1.5 RC1 Released

The KDE Project today announced the immediate release of KOffice 1.5-rc1, the release candidate for KOffice 1.5, scheduled for release this April. Read the announcement, the changelog, download it, and test it!

DesktopBSD 1.0 launched!

The DesktopBSD team has announced the released of DesktopBSD 1.0, available via download mirrors and via BitTorrent. Check the release notes and changelog for details.

Avie Tevanian to leave Apple

Avie Tevanian, the man who has led Apple Computer's software development efforts for nearly a decade, is leaving the company. He is one of the best OS guy on the planet, I admired.

KDE 3.5.2 Released

The KDE Project announces the release of the K Desktop Environment 3.5.2. The second update release in the KDE 3.5 series, check the Changelog for what are the changes...Enjoy

CSS: Nifty Corners Cube

Alessandro Fulciniti has updated his rounded corners without images scripts (Nifty Corners Cube) and it's simpler and more flexible than the previous versions. Also, with plenty of examples.

Mozilla Firefox 2 Alpha 1 Available

For those who like testing bleeding-edge software, the first Alpha of Firefox 2.0 Code-named Bon Echo is now available and can be downloaded at ftp.mozilla.org. Check the release notes for more information about what's new in this release. Enjoy...

Linux 2.6.16 kernel released

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the 2.6.16 kernel. The comprehensible changelog has lot of details.

Fedora Core 5 Released

Fedora Core 5 "Bordeaux" is out. Downloads for i386, ppc, x86_64 are available and also the release notes. Enjoy...

OpenSUSE 10.1 Beta 8 Released

SUSE Linux 10.1 Codename "Agama Lizard" Beta8 is out. Read the announcement for list of download locations.

GNOME 2.14 is Out!

The wait is over, GNOME 2.14 has been released. Check the Release Notes for details...Enioy

FreeBSD 6.1-BETA4 and FreeBSD 5.5-BETA4 Available

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 6.1-BETA4 and FreeBSD 5.5-BETA4. Both FreeBSD 6.1 and FreeBSD 5.5 are meant to be a refinement of their respective branches with few dramatic changes. A lot of bugfixes have been made, some drivers have been updated, and some areas have been tweaked for better performance, etc. but no large changes have been made to the basic architecture. [Link]

Evolution 2.6.0 released

The Evolution Team is pleased to announce the release of Evolution
2.6.0. [Link]

Volvo Ocean Race - 4th Leg Result

ABN Amro One won the fourth and longest leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Pirates of the Caribbean is second and ABN Amro Two third.

KOffice 1.5-beta2 Released!

KDE Ships Second Beta Release Free Integrated Office Suite

The KDE Project today announced the immediate release of KOffice 1.5-beta2, the second beta release for KOffice 1.5, scheduled for release this March. [Link]

Ubuntu Dapper Drake Flight 5 is Out!

The fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 6.04 - The Dapper Drake Flight 5 is out. It comes with a new and improved Human Look-and-Feel, a few new GUI power tools, and GNOME 2.14 final.

Mozilla: Places enabled by default on branch and trunk

Places is now enabled by default on the MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH for browser (Firefox 2.0) and daily builds of the trunk.

OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 is Out!

OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 is Out.. Check the release notes and download is here. Enjoy

World's fastest internet

It can download all 32,640 pages of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in less than seven seconds. Whoa..

A BRITISH-designed internet system promises to break the “four-minute mile” of broadband technology by delivering the fastest web service on the planet to British households. [Link]

Toronto to Become One Giant Wireless Hotspot

Toronto joins a growing list of North American cities, including Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco, that have announced plans to bring low-cost, broadband wireless access to their citizens and businesses.

Toronto Hydro Corp. will announce Tuesday that it plans to turn Canada's largest city into one giant wireless hotspot. [Link]

KOffice Design Competition Result

Martin Pfeiffer has won the competition for KOffice 2 GUI and functionality design. His entry was chosen from eighteen submissions by the jury because of its innovative, ground-breaking approach to workflow and document handling. All entries are available at the result page.

Wine 0.9.9 Released

Wine 0.9.9, a free implementation of Windows on Unix is now available. Announcement here.

The 60 Inch Subwoofer

It's the world's biggest subwoofer, it has 60" in diameter and is powered by 1 million watts of amplifiers producing an SPL of 180db. Builder Mark Eldridge tells its story..

Mozilla Announces Extend Firefox Contest Winners

Mozilla Corporation has announced the winners of the Extend Firefox Contest. Check it out..

Mandriva Linux One 2006 Beta 2 Released

The second beta of Mandriva Linux One 2006 (an installable live CD) is now available. You can download it from there public mirror sites.

SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta 6 Released

The OpenSUSE project has released the development version SUSE Linux 10.1 Codename "Agama Lizard" Beta 6. Also, they have revised the schedule for SUSE Linux 10.1 and an outlook beyond 10.1. Enjoy...

New Asteroid to give Earth its closest shave in 2102

This asteroid which was previously categorised as a grade green ("merits careful watching") on the Torino scale of NEO hazards, has been upgraded to grade yellow, "meriting attention."

A space rock capable of sub-continent scale devastation has about a one in 1,000 risk of colliding with Earth early next century, the highest of any known asteroid, watchers said on Thursday. [Link]

Matrox unveils TripleHead2Go™

Before it's DualHead2Go, Now it's the New TripleHead2Go external box adds three screens to desktops and laptops

Matrox Graphics, Inc., the leading manufacturer of graphics solutions for professionals, today unveiled the new TripleHead2Go, a palm-sized box which uniquely allows a user to add three 19" monitors with a combined resolution of up to 3840x1024 and an incredible 45" of total diagonal to many workstations, gaming systems and laptops- even if those systems only support a single display output.

GNOME 2.14.0-RC Released

The first release candidate for GNOME 2.14 is out. This release is a feature, user interface, and string frozen snapshot primarily intended for wide public scrutiny before the final GNOME 2.14 release in March. Download and release notes are in the announcement.

GCC 4.1.0 Released!

GCC 4.1.0, used to stand for the GNU C Compiler, but since the compiler supports several other languages aside from C, it now stands for the GNU Compiler Collection has been released. The GCC 4.1 Changes, New Features, and Fixes document has more information on the series.