For those that didn’t hear already, KDE 4.11 will be the last Plasma Workspaces feature release in the KDE4 series and this upcoming version will be maintained for a period of two years…
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KDE 4.11 Will Be The Last Major KDE4 Workspaces Feature Release
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Swartz’s Last Gift, the Invasion of the Androids & More…
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
On Monday a U.S. judge in Boston ordered that sealed documents in the criminal hacking case against Aaron Swartz be released. Swartz, who was charged with stealing articles from a database, committed suicide in January.
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The Last GNOME 3.8 Point Release Has Been Made
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
GNOME 3.8.2 was released this morning and it serves as the last bug-fix release in the GNOME 3.8 series. All work now is being focused on GNOME 3.10…
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Top carriers raked in $202 billion in profit last year, but growth is slowing
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Android developers invited to take part in ‘BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-a-thon’ this weekend
January 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Porting and running Android applications on BlackBerry hardware is nothing new. Since the inclusion of an Android App Player in PlayBook OS 2.0, Android developers have had an additional outlet to which they can distribute their creations with minimal time and effort. Indeed, we first got our Android eye on things a little under a year ago at BlackBerry Devcon Europe.
Things in the BlackBerry camp are starting to kick up through the gears of late — they're having some kind of launch, if you hadn't heard — and the final push to have apps on BlackBerry 10 at launch is upon us. Having held 2 previous "port-a-thons," the folks at RIM reached out to us with word of the final app-porting event before the big launch. All kinds of app developers are invited to take part, including of course Android developers.
There's cash up for grabs for those taking part too, with no need to wait until users start buying your BlackBerry 10 apps after launch. Each approved app will net the developer a cool $ 100, up to a maximum of 20 apps. So, if you've a whole portfolio of Android apps to port across, by our math that's a cool $ 2000 you could make this weekend. Not bad. Not to mention the repeated promises of success for app vendors on the BlackBerry platform.
Additionally, everyone who submits 5 or more approved apps will be entered into a random draw to stand a chance at receiving one of 250 limited edition BlackBerry 10 devices. One entry is received for the first 5 apps, with an additional entry for each subsequent approved app.
To register for the "BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-a-thon" hit up the link below where you'll find everything you need to know. There's a few steps to take ahead of time, such as requesting signing keys and register as a vendor for BlackBerry World.
BlackBerry 10 will launch to the world on Jan. 30. Our sister site, Crackberry, is all over it as only they can — to the point they have a launch campaign headquarters — so you're going to want to keep it locked there in the coming weeks.
More: Register for BlackBerry 10 Port-a-thon, Crackberry
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Nokia Lumia 920 On DailySteals, Get ‘Em While They Last
December 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you’re someone who is looking to grab a SIM unlocked Nokia Lumia 920, you may just want to head on over to DailySteals.com, as they may have something you’re interested in. They’re offering the Nokia Lumia 920 for $ 699 with a free wireless charging pad. Albeit, not for much longer as the deal will be ending in an hour and fifty minutes from the time of this writing.
As usual for DailySteals and other similar websites (e.g. Woot), the deal lasts until midnight EST and will come with free shipping. The downside to this deal that many may not like is that the white model is the only model available in this deal. Regardless, those who are interested in grabbing the white model will be getting themselves a factory unlocked Lumia 920 alongside a one-year warranty on the device as well. Make sure to head on over to DailySteals.com to grab all of the details you need. And hurry! There’s only a little bit more time left before DailySteals throws up their deal for Sunday, December 16th!
Granted, you may not be interested in the whole Windows Phone 8 experience after Google announced that they wouldn’t be bringing their apps to the platform due to the lack of users.
Will any of you be grabbing a Nokia Lumia 920 from DailySteals? Do you already have one? How are you liking it thus far? Make sure to let us know in the comments section below!
source: DailySteals
Top 10 articles celebrating Creative Commons’ very uncommon last 10 years
December 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
To a lot of people all over the world, Creative Commons is more than a license. The organization and their mission is a shining copyleft-light for work rendered by artists, designers, writers, and the list goes on. Here at Opensource.com all of our original content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) which means that you are welcome to share (copy, distribute, and transmit the work), to remix (to adapt the work), or to make commercial use of the work. And many of our contributors choose to attribute thier work under the same license. Why?
How Last Year’s Linux Events Played Out This Year
December 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the year coming to an end, here’s a look again at the prominent Linux news from last year (2011) and whether the milestones reached then still have an impact today…
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The Last Maintenance Release For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Is Here
February 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Long Term Support release Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx has reached its final stage of maintenance for this release with the Forth release Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Lucid Lynx. Now it’s available to download and the other flavor of Ubuntu with KDE desktop “Kubuntu” is available as well. The final release Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin will take the place of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS which suppose to be release in April 26th,2012. However, Ubuntu will keep providing support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx desktop till 2013 and till 2015 for server.
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FreeBSD Made Much Progress Last Quarter
January 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
