May
27
2011
27
2011
Hands on: Miro 4.0 offers music management, Android syncing
The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) recently released Miro 4, a major new version of its open source media player. The new version ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
No WWDC ticket? Rub elbows with fellow devs at mini-cons
Developers often say that Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is the best way to learn about the latest technologies and development techniques for Mac ...
May
25
2011
25
2011
First look: Fedora 15 arrives with GNOME 3.0 and systemd
The community of open source software developers behind the Fedora Linux distribution announced this week the release of version 15. The update ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
Mozilla rejects WebP image format, Google adds it to Picasa
Google built the royalty-free WebM video format with the sophisticated VP8 compression technology that it obtained in its 2009 acquisition of On2. In addition ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
Firefox 5 beta arrives for desktop and Android
Mozilla has announced the availability of the first Firefox 5 beta release for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Android. The new ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
New mobile Web Google Maps highlights sorry state of native iOS app
Google released an update to the mobile Web version of Google Maps on Friday, adding many features previously included in ...
May
12
2011
12
2011
Feature: Riding the Narwhal: Ars reviews Unity in Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed Natty Narwhal, rose from the depths last week. The update brings a number of significant new features to the Linux-based ...
May
10
2011
10
2011
Google announces music streaming in beta, movie rentals for Android
Music and movie rental services are coming to Android devices straight from Google's labs, the company announced at its I/O conference today. Customers will ...
May
10
2011
10
2011
Google announces Android Ice Cream Sandwich will merge phone and tablet OSes
The next version of Google's Android operating system, codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich, will converge the formerly disparate phone and tablet versions of the OS, ...
May
10
2011
10
2011
Liveblog: Google I/O Day 2
The time has come for Google I/O, the search giant's annual developer event. Google uses I/O as a forum for ...
May
09
2011
09
2011
Liveblog: Google I/O Day 1
The time has come for Google I/O, the search giant's annual developer event. Google uses I/O as a forum for ...
Apr
28
2011
28
2011
Looking for a drinking fountain? There will soon be an app for that
You're in a new city and enjoying the sights on foot, public transportation, or bicycle. You're also one of those staunch travelers who packs ...
Apr
19
2011
19
2011
For paranoid Androids, Guardian Project offers smartphone security
The Guardian Project is an open source initiative which aims to take advantage of Google's Android operating system to bring smartphones the same sort ...
Apr
18
2011
18
2011
Oracle gives up on OpenOffice after community forks the project
In a statement issued on Friday, Oracle announced that it intends to discontinue commercial development of the OpenOffice.org (OOo) office ...
Apr
14
2011
14
2011
Unity environment in good shape, on track for Ubuntu 11.04
In an ongoing mailing list thread, the Ubuntu Technical Board is discussing whether the new Unity environment is a suitable default for ...
Apr
14
2011
14
2011
Ride the Firefox development wave with Aurora pre-release builds
Mozilla has announced the launch of Aurora, a new Firefox release channel that is intended to open up experimental Firefox features to a broader ...
Apr
11
2011
11
2011
ShairPort emulates AirPort Express to receive AirPlay streams
An independent developer has cracked the private key used in Apple's AirPort Express to stream music to approved speakers, potentially allowing third-party software and ...
Apr
08
2011
08
2011
Android chief Rubin’s response to Android critics misses the point
Android chief Andy Rubin has finally issued a statement in response to recent reports regarding Android's deteriorating openness. He characterizes the media reports as ...
Apr
06
2011
06
2011
Feature: A shiny new ornament for your Linux lawn: Ars reviews GNOME 3.0
The developers behind the GNOME project have announced the official release of GNOME 3.0, a significant redesign of the open source desktop environment. The ...
Apr
05
2011
05
2011
Thunderbird returns to nest as Mozilla Messaging rejoins Mozilla
Mozilla decided to spin off Thunderbird in 2007 to form an independent organization that came to be known as Mozilla Messaging. In an unexpected ...
Mar
31
2011
31
2011
Mozilla’s Do Not Track header gaining ad industry support
One of the new features that Mozilla introduced in Firefox 4 is a Do Not Track (DNT) setting. When the user enables the DNT ...
Mar
28
2011
28
2011
Firefox 4 leads IE9 in downloads and usage
Firefox 4, which launched last week, has attracted considerable interest among technology enthusiasts. The browser was downloaded 7.1 million times during the first day ...
Mar
26
2011
26
2011
Week in tech: mega-merger mania
Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4: Mozilla has released Firefox 4, the latest version of the open source Web ...
Mar
25
2011
25
2011
Android openness withering as Google withholds Honeycomb code
During a keynote presentation at Google's IO developer conference last year, Google VP of engineering Vic Gundotra proclaimed that the search giant created Android ...
Mar
23
2011
23
2011
Feature: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 4, a major update of the popular open source Web browser. The new version introduces a much-improved user interface, ...
Mar
23
2011
23
2011
Open source Chameleon project aims to ease porting iOS apps to Mac
Ever since the launch of the App Store in 2008, developers have been looking for ways to bring some of the cool features they ...
Mar
22
2011
22
2011
Feature: The Linux graphics stack from X to Wayland
In the early 1980s, MIT computer scientist Bob Scheifler set about laying down the principles for a new windowing system. He had decided to ...
Mar
18
2011
18
2011
Feature: Z-410: How ZFS is slowly making its way to Mac OS X
A commercial ZFS solution is (still) coming to Mac OS X, thanks to former Apple filesystem and OS engineer Don Brady (who previously worked ...
Mar
18
2011
18
2011
Mozilla outlines 16-week Firefox development cycle
Although Mozilla is still readying Firefox 4 for its official release, the organization is already laying out its plans for subsequent versions of the ...
Mar
09
2011
09
2011
Chrome 10 brings Flash sandboxing and new settings UI
Google has issued a new stable release of the Chrome Web browser and is rolling it out to users. The new version introduces some ...
Mar
09
2011
09
2011
Daydream and discipline: Ubuntu 11.10 codenamed Oneiric Ocelot
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that version 11.10 of the popular Linux distribution will be codenamed Oneiric Ocelot. As per Ubuntu's usual six-month ...
Mar
08
2011
08
2011
Future of Qt brighter after Digia buys licensing biz from Nokia
Digia has reached an agreement to acquire the commercial licensing and professional services components of Nokia's Qt software group. The move will bring some ...
Mar
06
2011
06
2011
Google frags fragmentation with Fragments API for older Android versions
In a post on the Android developer blog, Google has announced the availability of a new static library for Android developers that provides a ...
Mar
03
2011
03
2011
Malware in Android Market highlights Google’s vulnerability
Google has removed 21 applications from the Android Market after it was discovered that the apps secretly installed malware. The ...
Feb
23
2011
23
2011
Android 3.0 SDK officially released ahead of Xoom launch
In a statement posted Tuesday on the Android developer blog, Google announced the official release of the Android 3.0 SDK. Third-party developers can now ...
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