OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 is out

Seeded on Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:16 AM EDT (OpenOffice.org)

technology, open-source, office, free-software, open-office

Inkscape 0.44 released

Seeded on Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:53 PM EDT (SVG.org News)

Inkscape is a cross-platform open source vector graphics drawing tool. This release includes many improvements (native PDF export, better SVG conformance, node sculpting, clipping and masking support, to name a few).

technology, open-source, free-software, svg, inkscape, vector-graphics

Why Windows 98 will not die (sooner)?

Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:49 AM EDT

Despite the decision from Microsoft to end support, Windows 98 (family) is not going to be out of existence sooner, at least in the developing countries. Microsoft is going to end support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me from July 11, 2006 as part of the …

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technology, microsoft, windows, windows-98, windows-me

Wikimania 2006: the second annual Wikimedia Foundation conference

Seeded on Sat May 27, 2006 10:44 AM EDT (wikimania2006.wikimedia.org)

August 4th to 6th, Cambridge, MA

wikipedia, wiki, wikimedia, wikimania

Bon Echo Alpha 3 Milestone Released

Seeded on Sat May 27, 2006 3:59 AM EDT (Mozilla Developer News)

NOTE: Only for developers and testers. (Bon Echo will become Firefox 2.)

web, firefox, mozilla, web-browsers, bon-echo

Xara LX 0.5 is out

Seeded on Wed May 24, 2006 1:05 AM EDT ()

List of features enabled since the 0.4 release: * New Autopackage installer.

technology, opensource, graphics, free-software, xara, xaralx, xaraxtreme

Elephants Dream, the first open movie, available for download

Seeded on Fri May 19, 2006 12:27 PM EDT (blendernation.com)

The download page:

entertainment, orange, blender, free-movie, open-movie

7-Zip 4.42 has been released

Seeded on Mon May 15, 2006 3:15 AM EDT ()

What's new after version 4.32 (2005-12-09): - Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased. Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB, Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB. - BZip2 compressing / decompressing now can work in mul

technology, open-source, opensource, free-software, zip, 7-zip

Bon Echo Alpha 2 is out.

Seeded on Sat May 13, 2006 4:43 AM EDT (Mozilla Developer News)

Bon Echo will mature as Firefox 2. Changes in this milestone release include: * Links default to opening in new tabs, not new windows * Close buttons now appear on every tab, and the close behaviour is slightly different * Inline spell checking in text boxes *

technology, firefox, browsers, bon-echo, firefox-2