New in v3.5.5: Fixed the bug where saving as 8-bit PNG/GIF/BMP wasn’t always working, usually with larger images. Improved the performance of the Gaussian Blur effect by 30-40%. Improved the performance of all the layer blending modes by 15-30%. Improved the performance of zooming with the mouse wheel on dual-core Intel Atom systems. Updated to support .NET...
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NetBSD published two new security advisories: NetBSD-SA2010-004 amd64 per-page No-execute (NX) bit disabled NetBSD-SA2010-005 NTP server Denial of Service vulnerability (Ads) You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
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The Apache OpenJPA community announced the release of Apache OpenJPA 2.0.0. This distribution is based on the final JSR 317 Java Persistence API, Version 2.0 specification and passes the JPA 2.0 TCK, while remaining backwards compatiable with prior releases based on the Java Persistence API (JPA 1.0) part of Java...
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Apache ServiceMix is an open source ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) that combines the functionality of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and an Event Driven Architecture (EDA) to create an agile, enterprise ESB. (Ads) // Apache ServiceMix is an open source distributed ESB built from the ground up on the Java Business Integration (JBI)...
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Altirra is an 8-bit Atari computer emulator, it is designed as a system emulator and debugger instead of a games machine. Altirra needs actual 8-bit Atari (not Atari ST!) software to run on the emulator, which this emulator does not provide. (Ads) // Altirra runs on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, or later (either 32-bit...
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The free open source multilingual CMS Tribiq released version 5.2.2 on 23 April 2010. New version features: Nested Plugins Flash-based Uploader what supports bulk upload Better Scalability Avatars Bug fixes and other improvements Community Version of Tribiq CMS 5.2.2 is licensed under the GPL.
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Joomla released Joomla 1.5.16, a security and update release, on 23 April 2010. There is a problem in the upgrade packages for version 1.5.16. Until this can be fixed, administrators should upgrade using...
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Warzone 2100 is an open source fully 3D, based on the iViS games and 3D graphics engine, real-time strategy and real-time tactics hybrid computer game. Compared to other real-time strategy games, it has a greater focus on artillery, radar, and counter-battery technologies, more frequent in-game cinematic updates as game play progresses, a massive research...
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Apache Jackrabbit 2.1.0 is an incremental feature release based on the earlier 2.0 release. Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API. Apache Jackrabbit 2.x.x is a fully compliant and production-ready implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0). This...
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The Apache Tomcat Project announces the release of version 5.5.29 of Apache Tomcat. This release includes many bug fixes and a number of security fixes over Apache Tomcat 5.5.28.
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Apache MyFaces is a project of the Apache Software Foundation, and hosts several sub-projects relating to the JavaServer(tm) technology. The Apache MyFaces project provides: a JavaServer(tm) Faces implementation (MyFaces API, MyFaces Impl modules) several component libraries containing UI widgets for building web-applications with JSF (e.g. MyFaces Tomahawk, MyFaces Trinidad, MyFaces Tobago) extension packages to JavaServer(tm)...
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This release features new swapcache, a tmpfs port, fast-fsync for HAMMER, improved random I/O, and numerous other goodies. 2.6.2 features a major bug fix to a HAMMER issue related to reblocking full filesystems. Users running a late 2.5 or the 2.6.1 release are urged to upgrade to 2.6.2 as soon as possible. 2.6.2 fixes a...
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HAWHAW stands for HTML and WML hybrid adapted Webserver, it is a toolkit to create universal mobile (multimodal) web applications. HAWHAW provides a single application to create website for mobile devices. With one set of code, HAWHAW provides appropriate markup language automatically according to the browser used by user, Tera-WURFL can be used optionally for...
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The quarterly publication from Akamai “The State of the Internet” 4th quarter 2009 is available. The report looks at global internet connectivity such as internet penetration and speed; and security issues such as attack traffic. According to the report, the top attack traffic originating county is still Russia, originating 13% of the global attacks. Port 445...
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Announced by Asterisk, IPv6 is enabled to the following Asterisk community services: http://downloads.asterisk.org http://downloads.digium.com https://issues.asterisk.org http://packages.asterisk.org https://reviewboard.asterisk.org http://svn.digium.com http://svnview.digium.com (Ads) // Asterisk is an open source telephony development tool-kit project, used to create communications applications such as a telephone private branch exchange (PBX) system or an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. Asterisk offers both classical PBX functionality and advanced features which...
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Zikula is a free open source application framework licensed under GNU General Public License. It is Highly Customizable with modular structure, plugins & addons and available in over 36 languages. Zikula is web server independent, however it is most extensive tested on Apache. Zikula requires PHP, currently supports MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), PostgreSQL, and...
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Parrot is a virtual machine designed to efficiently compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages. Parrot currently hosts a variety of language implementations in various stages of completion, including Tcl, Javascript, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, PHP, Python, Perl 6, APL, and a .NET bytecode translator.
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Anjuta is a versatile Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C/C++ and other languages on GNU/Linux. It has been written for Gtk/Gnome and features a number of advanced programming facilities. These include project management, application wizards, an on-board interactive debugger, and a powerful source editor with source browsing and syntax highlighting. Anjuta 2.30 has been released...
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Coca Cola is launching a new coke in Japan, the “Coca Cola Zero free”. This coke has zero sugar, zero preservatives, synthetic fragrances as well as zero caffeine (caffeine-free), it contains zero calories. It is marketed as a delicious new drink that adults enjoy when relaxing at night, for someone who cares...
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After the release of OpenTTD version 1.0.0, OpenTTD has been discovering and receiving bug reports from users. This is the spirit of open source where users help out suggesting improvements and spotting mistakes in the program. (Ads) // OpenTTD 1.0.1-RC1 is a release candidate version of a bugfix version further down the road. Users are...
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