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Conduit is a powerful new synchronization framework for GNOME with support for numerous desktop applications and web services. The latest version adds support for Google Calendar, automatic image resizing, and a new command-line client.
October 09, 2007 - 04:20PM CT - by Ryan Paul
The innovative Gimmie panel applet has been proposed for inclusion in GNOME 2.22.
October 02, 2007 - 02:43PM CT - by Ryan Paul
A new GObject-based I/O abstraction layer and a new virtual filesystem framework have been proposed for inclusion in GNOME 2.22.
September 28, 2007 - 04:31PM CT - by Ryan Paul
The Empathy IM client and messaging user interface control toolkit has been proposed for inclusion in GNOME 2.22, with Telepathy as a potential external dependency. Empathy could bring pervasive messaging and presence support to the GNOME desktop.
September 28, 2007 - 04:30PM CT - by Ryan Paul
During a meeting that took place on IRC yesterday, Tomboy developers began planning the roadmap for the next version of the popular open source note-taking application.
September 26, 2007 - 11:55AM CT - by Ryan Paul
Dell has announced a partnership with major Chinese retailer Gome. The deal will put Dell PCs into 50 stores to start, with an extensive rollout planned after Christmas.
September 25, 2007 - 10:26AM CT - by Joel Hruska
The latest release of the open-source GNOME desktop environment includes a visual style refresh, several useful new features, and some architectural enhancements. Join us on a unique tour of the improvements to Deskbar, EOG, Tomboy, Glade, GTK 2.12 and more.
September 24, 2007 - 11:00PM CT - by Ryan Paul
GNOME 2.20 has officially been released. The latest version of the increasingly popular open-source desktop environment includes useful new features and user interface improvements.
September 19, 2007 - 03:52PM CT - by Ryan Paul
Vala is a high-level object-oriented programming language that compiles to C, uses the GObject system, and includes modern features like support for anonymous functions, generics, exception handling, type inference, and foreach statements.
September 02, 2007 - 04:45PM CT - by Ryan Paul
The Menu File Browser Applet allows user to navigate through a directory hierarchy and open specific files and folders using a simple menu embedded in the GNOME panel.
August 28, 2007 - 03:59PM CT - by Ryan Paul
Empathy is an instant messaging client and a toolkit that provides a set of reusable user interface components for integrating instant messaging support into desktop applications.
August 25, 2007 - 11:41AM CT - by Ryan Paul
Many readers have asked how I made my GTK theme. The secret is mixing in features from multiple engines. Now you can learn how to make the perfect GTK theme by combining Clearlooks and Murrine.
August 21, 2007 - 04:02PM CT - by Ryan Paul
GNOME 2.20 beta 1 has been released. A collaborative bug day, which will take place on August 22, has been announced by the Ubuntu and GNOME projects.
August 20, 2007 - 04:53PM CT - by Ryan Paul
A new widget library for GNOME includes an experimental new radial menu rendered with Cairo.
August 07, 2007 - 06:51PM CT - by Ryan Paul
The LiMo Foundation, an organization made up of mobile industry heavyweights dedicated to creating a Linux-based platform for mobile phones, has revealed that the first handsets with the LiMo platform will reach the market early next year. The organization has also announced the addition of new members.
August 07, 2007 - 09:23AM CT - by Ryan Paul
A new experimental plugin for the Abiword word processing program integrates support for OCR scanning.
August 06, 2007 - 04:17PM CT - by Ryan Paul
Mobile Linux computing company OpenedHand has released a new version of Poky, a Linux distribution and development platform for mobile Linux computing.
August 03, 2007 - 04:21AM CT - by Ryan Paul
Bruno Coudoin, the lead developer and original author of GCompris was kind of answer a few questions about his work.
July 31, 2007 - 08:11AM CT - by Troy Unrau
The latest release of Nokia's Tablet OS includes Flash 9, Skype, and Rhapsody as well as Maemo 3.2, which brings new improvements to touchscreen sensitivity, battery life, and wireless connectivity.
July 16, 2007 - 07:16PM CT - by Ryan Paul
The Ubuntu Linux development community plans to collaborate with Intel to produce a mobile edition of Ubuntu designed for low-energy net-enabled portable computing devices. The first release of Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition is scheduled for October to coincide with the release of Ubuntu 7.10.
May 07, 2007 - 11:13PM CT - by Ryan Paul
A recent update to iPhoneDrive gives the software new access to the iTunes and iPhoto media stored on your iPhone or iPod touch. Sharing only the files and media you need between Macs just got a little easier, although if you want access to more than that, you're out of luck.
