Web Development & Internet Industry News
LibreOffice Stabilizes
From the blogs: : Document Foundation proved this week that it's not just a fork in the road for OpenOffice - it's a new direction.
Couchbase Improves NoSQL Performance
CouchDB open source NoSQL database get a major tech infusion geared around speed.
Mozilla Accelerates HTTP In Firefox 5
From the blogs: Being SPDY, isn't about embracing Google, sometimes it's just about being smart with HTTP.
ActiveState Expands Perl Cloud Tech
Perl cloud vendor run by a 15 year old entrepreneur gets snapped up.
Varnish Cache 3.0 Gets Modular
New release of popular open source caching technology adds modules and streaming support.
Fedora 13 Linux Set To Retire
From the blogs: Time to say goodbye to Fedora 13 which included Btrfs as a tech preview.
Mozilla Aims To Reduce Firefox Memory Use
From the blogs: New MemShrink effort may finally help to solve memory bloat issue in Firefox.
Oracle Updates JDeveloper
New version of Oracle Fusion focused Java IDE debuts.
Has Linux Missed The IPv6 Day Train?
From the blogs: Though Linux as an OS is ready for IPv6, Linux websites are another story.
W3C Finalizes CSS 2.1 Standard
From the blogs: As most web devs are trying to figure out CSS 3, CSS 2.1 finally gets standardized.
IBM Aims To Improve Dev Collaboration
New Collaborative Lifecycle Management release helps to bring developers and business leaders together.
LibreOffice Moves Forward Without Apache
Open source fork of OpenOffice.org gets a new release as Oracle donates code to Apache.
Oracle Turns To Apache For OpenOffice
From the blogs: Oracle donates the open source OpenOffice.org project to the Apache Software Foundation. Is it too little too late?
ActiveState Builds Stackato Cloud PaaS On VMware
Stackato cloud Platform-as-a-Service debuts, enabling perl and python clouds.
What Is The Top Open Source License?
It all depends on how you ask the question. The most used license is not the same as the license used in the top downloaded open source apps.
Mono Startup Forms After Attachmate Layoffs
From the blogs: You can't keep a good open source project down can you? Miguel de Icaza starts Xamarin for Mono, after Attachmate kills former Novell jewel.
SAP And Red Hat Partner For Support
Linux vendor teams up with SAP to provide streamlined enterprise application support.
Open Source Perl 5.14 Expands IPv6
New release of open source development language gets a performance boost.
Attachmate's SUSE Linux Sticking With Mono
Though they have fired the U.S. development team, new President of SUSE Linux affirms his commitment to Mono and open source.
Linux 2.6.39 Released
New kernel released by Linus Torvalds provides performance and virtualization improvements.