Release brings together more than three years of work
The open source KOffice project has announced the availability of the first release candidate of the next generation, version 2.0, which may be the last release before the final 2.0.
Changes mean Windows port now possible
Popular CD and DVD burning application for KDE, K3b is gearing up for its first port to KDE4 with a pending 2.0 release, but part of the Qt toolkit had to be forked to make it possible.
Ditch the Post-it note for a dedicated security application
If you're finding it impossible to keep up with the multitude of passwords required to use computers and the Internet then why not try a password manager like KeePassX. It works with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and keeps login data and other sensitive information in an encrypted database.
Web and desktop technologies combine in one SDK
Qt Software, a division Nokia, has released Qt 4.5.0, the first major release of the cross-platform GUI toolkit to be licensed under the LGPL and it ships with a new IDE for a complete SDK.
Linux release is still under development
Internet telephony software company Skype is pushing ahead with videoconferencing in a bigger way with the release of version 4.0 for Windows, but the company is yet to standardise its releases for Linux and Mac OS X.
An Ubuntu-based mobile phone still a way off.
The Ubuntu Mobile operating system is undergoing its most radical change with a port to the ARM processor for Internet devices and netbooks, and may use Nokia's LGPL Qt development environment as an alternative to GNOME.
