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'The last developer milestone (DEV300m60) of OpenOffice.org has been released.


The next version of OpenOffice.org 3.2 has more than 42 features and 167 enhancements .


The final version is expected to be available at the end of November 2009
Announcement:
Beta Release of OpenOffice.org 3.2
Have a look at the features and enhancements of the upcoming OpenOffice.org 3.2 release with our beta version.

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The Seneca Centre for Development of Open technology is proud to present FSOSS 2009, October 29-30th, 2009 at the Seneca@York Campus, Toronto.

FSOSS 2009 Schedule

Thursday, October 29: Optional hands-on workshops.
Friday, October 30: Four full tracks of FSOSS presentations, followed by an informal reception.

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Check out the list of presenters!

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer - Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:41PM EDT

NEW YORK - Next week, Microsoft is releasing Windows 7, a slick, much improved operating system that should go a long way toward erasing the bad impression left by its previous effort, Vista.

If you've been holding off on buying a new computer, Windows 7 will be a good excuse to get back into the game.

When you are not using your computer, it is basically a rather large paperweight.

Why not allow it to be used for scientific research? Grid computing allows World Community Grid connects computers from all around the world and turns them into one large super computer for medical research.

Microsoft previously announced it was discontinuing Microsoft Money as of June 30, 2009.

Money customers now need to decide what to do with years of Money data.

By Gregg Keizer

Computerworld - Microsoft's Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly ten times faster than usual when Google's new Chrome Frame plug-in is partnered with the browser, benchmark tests show.

According to tests run by Computerworld, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) was 9.6 times faster than IE8 on its own.

Apple Tuesday afternoon released updates for iTunes, Logic Pro, Logic Express, and Main Stage, bringing bug fixes, enhancements and stability improvements to the range of software.

iTunes 9.0.1 brings a number of fixes for the media player, including an issue with verification of Apple devices, the company said.

»www.mint.com/press/intuit-to-acq···=intuit

Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Mint.com, a leading provider of online personal finance services in a cash transaction valued at approximately $170 million. Privately held Mint.com, based in Mountain View, Calif., has successfully used its advanced technology to provide consumers with an easy and intelligent way to manage their money.

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By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published September 8, 2009

About 11 years ago a very bright young man put together a hosting service for new software, and a news feed to help publicize it. I'll spare you the part where I praise my boss for his wisdom and insight and great sense of timing, although all of that's certainly true.

In 1998, the term "beta" was generally used to mean "new software;" and so "Beta News" was interpreted quite correctly to mean "new software news." Some enterprising person may be able to dig up something I published elsewhere during that time where I complained about what I perceived as the misappropriation of "beta" to simply mean "new."

Spotted here

August 29th, 2009

from Nir Sofer, author of the free NirSoft tools ...

"In the last 2 months, I reported about a nasty phishing scam known as 'msn-blocked.com' that ask the users to type their MSN user name/password and then use their log-in details to connect the server of MSN/Live Messenger and send a fake invite messages to all the contacts of the user.

This Web site also send the users to msnpass.info Web site, which is used to sell my freeware MessenPass utility by using the payment system of Allopass. You can read more about this scam, in the previous posts of my Internet Scams section.

Until now, msn-blocked Web site was in french language, and targeted only users that speaks french.
But now the owner of this nasty scam decided to go international and created new versions of msn-blocked and msnpass.info Web sites in multiple languages, including English.

Since I discovered this scam, around 2 months ago, I tried to contact any company/ organization that can help to stop this scam right away, including well- known companies like Microsoft and GoDaddy. Unfortunately, it seems that these companies don't care that their services are used for Messenger spamming and phishing scams."



NirSoft Blog: »blog.nirsoft.net/

by Bobbi Flekman

After everyone started using cookie killers in their webbrowsers, the advertisers and everyone else who wanted to check up on you started using a new method of tracking. By leaving cookies in Flash.

By RYAN NAKASHIMA,

LOS ANGELES – Social networking hub MySpace said Wednesday it is acquiring iLike, a popular music application on rival Facebook, in the first move by new management to expand after a series of drastic cuts and writedowns.

The $20 million agreement to purchase iLike confirmed rumors that had circulated this week.

GOTD teams up with Software Informer
August 14, 2009

From their blog:

Announcing GOTD cooperation with another great company Informer Technologies and it’s project Software Informer in particular.

From now on while activating new giveaway you’ll be opted to install Software Informer Client on your PC.

It’s up to you whether to give this nifty utility a try or don’t even bother trying

»blog.giveawayoftheday.com/gaotd-···former/

Windows® 7 will be available October 22nd and Microsoft engineers are still hard at work putting the finishing touches on Windows® 7 to make sure it will be the best Windows OS with AMD platforms yet. Here are some of the features we are excited about.

Brian Krebs reports

Adobe Systems Inc. on Tuesday issued a software update to fix a critical security flaw in its Shockwave Player, a commonly installed Web browser plug-in.

By Brandon Bailey - Mercury News

Your dog's name. Random nouns.

Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service

Adobe is aligning its Web design and developer tools, including a new one available for testing Monday, under its Flash brand to emphasize the heart of its strategy to give developers everything they need to build RIAs.

Adobe FlexBuilder is being rebranded as Adobe FlashBuilder to alleviate some confusion developers had about the software and to emphasize the importance of the Flash brand and technology, said Adobe group marketing manager David Gruber during a recent meeting in New York.

By Angela Gunn | Published May 28, 2009, 4:52 PM

It has been hard to tell, since Google pulled the "beta" flag from its Chrome browser back in December, where we are in that software's development process. So, clarifying for all the good folks in Fileforum: Welcome to 3.0.182.2, the current version of the browser not to be found in the stable download channel.

In Betanews tests involving Web browsers running on both operating systems on the same computer, the speed increase was definite and measurable

By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published May 28, 2009, 3:59 PM

If you've been testing the final Windows 7 Release Candidate on your own physical platforms, and you wonder what's giving you that feeling that it's just a bit peppier, a tad zippier, it's not an illusion.