Open Source Development News & More


Red Hat Makes Strategic Virtualization Buy

The acquisition of Qumranet positions Red Hat in the virtual desktop infrastructure space.

ECMAScript Fight Results in 'Harmony'

Brendan Eich, founder of JavaScript, says future of the standard has been resolved for now.

Security Researches Uncover Spring Framework Vulnerabilities

Both flaws result from design issues in the framework, according to Ounce Labs.

NetBeans 6.5 Beta Released

With support for all versions Java, many languages (including Ruby on Rails, Groovy and now PHP) and a number of frameworks, analysts say that the open source, Sun-backed NetBeans is becoming strong alternative to Eclipse.

Talend Unveils Open Source Clean Data App

The product aims to avoid duplicate records by checking for inconsistencies.

First Look: The gOS 3 Operating System

The open source Linux-based operating system features integration with Google's online apps.

Red Hat Hacked, Company Issues Security Advisory

A critical advisory was issued after hackers tampered with the open source Linux company's Web site.

Sun Open Sources Mobile Toolkit LWUIT

Source code for the Java ME-based light-weight UI toolkit released to the java.net community.

Java B.I. Tool Tops Most Popular NetBeans Plug-in List

The iReport dashboard for JasperReports is the belle of the ball when it comes to NetBeans downloads.

Microsoft-Novell Linux Deal To Grow by $100M

Microsoft plans to invest further in its Novell SuSE Linux interop deal.

Coverity Offers Java Code Readiness Service

The new tool is designed to help managers assess code quality before it's shipped.

OOXML Reaffirmed, ISO/IEC Reject Appeals

Ruling paves the way for Microsoft's Office Open XML-based spec to be released as an international document format standard.

Linux Application Checker Brings Distro Help

The Linux Foundation released Beta 3 of a utility that helps ensure applications will work across multiple Linux flavors.

Sun's Yearly Revenue Flat, Despite Growth Abroad

The company's revenues were up .1 percent.

VMware Teams Up With Linux Foundation

The virtualization solution provider company made its move to get closer to the Linux development community.