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Yahoo to make BrowserPlus open-source

It was probably inevitable given what Google did with Gears, but Yahoo said Tuesday it's releasing BrowserPlus software as open source software. Read more »

Fedora 10's snapshot scramble begins

The Fedora Project has updated the 'beta' or testing edition of version 10 of its Linux distribution, which is scheduled to be completed and released to the public on 25 November. Read more »

New Linux kernel expands virtualisation support

Open source developers on Sunday released the latest stable version of the Linux kernel, version 2.6.26, adding improvements for wireless, virtualisation, multimedia and other features. Read more »

Yahoo and Google attempt to improve the browser

A year after Google launched its Gears project, Yahoo has decided to make your browser better, too. Read more »

Wired but not Web 2.0? That's normal, study says

Although most U.S. adults have a cell phone, a computer and Internet access, a study says only a small percentage are participating in Web 2.0 activities. Read more »

Webcam lets your face be your password

A Canadian company on Wednesday in the US announced a new camera that doubles as a security system that scans a face in three dimensions and a Webcam for online video. Read more »

Adobe sees its future on the Web

Chief Executive Bruce Chizen places his bets on new software called Apollo and says a hosted version of Photoshop is in the cards. Read more »

auDA fund charity projects

The .au Domain Administration (auDA) is using its surplus to fund projects to improve the social impact of the Internet within Australia. Read more »

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Clickjacking: Potentially harmful web browser exploit

Clickjacking has the potential to redirect unknowing users to malicious websites or even spy on them. We all need to be aware of clickjacking and how to avoid its trappings. Read more »

HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more

In this interview, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses his favourite features, the features he thinks might be most contentious, the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address, and much more. He also talks about what he would change in the original HTML spec if he could go back in time. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?

The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »

Process multimedia with the Java Media Framework API

The Java Media Framework (JMF) API allows developers to process media in many different ways. It deals with real-time multimedia presentations and effects processing. Read more »

PowerToys for Windows XP

Microsoft have released PowerToys for Windows XP-- a set of utilities that extend the Windows interface. Check out some of these tools to increase productivity in XP. Read more »

Blog (1)

Ubiquitous presentation technology

Andrew Muller [blogs:nouveauricheinternet] -- As things go, the use of online presentations and meetings are on the increase, the technology is getting more bandwidth efficient, the minimum user hardware and software requirements are easily met. As an example of bandwidth efficiency I recently witnessed first hand someone using Adobe Breeze Live to deliver an impromptu online meeting from an international flight equipped with airborne internet. Read more »

Others (1)

LCA Open Day

Yesterday was show and tell day for linux.conf.au with a pavilion full of gadgets, toys and cool stuff Read more »

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