1. Google’s Android 2.0 Eclair source code now available to all! Following on HTC’s release of the HTC Hero kernel to developers, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has gone all open-source with their latest Android 2.0 operating system.
2. Google makes Chrome OS open source today Contrary to rumors, Google did not release a beta version of its much anticipated Chrome operating system today. And nothing is coming anytime soon: the final version is at least a year away, the mega giant web company said.
3. Kernel release: 2.6.32 2.6.32 has been released today.
4. Microsoft confirms open-source code in Windows 7 utility Microsoft confirmed Nov. 13 that the utility software used to install Windows 7 inadvertently contained open-source GNU code.
5. Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 Released Rails 2.3.5 was released over the weekend which provides several bug-fixes and one security fix. It should be fully compatible with all prior 2.3.x releases and can be easily upgraded to with “gem update rails”. The most interesting bits can be summarized in three points.
6. Microsoft: Win7 tool includes GPL code; software will go open source Microsoft Friday acknowledged that its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does indeed include open source code. To correct the error, the company next week will make the source code and binaries for the tool available under terms of the GPL v2 license.
7. California blesses open source as 'acceptable' Among the budget cuts California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed to health care, prison, environment, and other parts of the state budget, there's one area that has a good chance of actually getting a budget increase: open source in IT.
8. Southern California Linux Conference Seeks Papers The call for papers to the eighth annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 8x) has been extended to Dec. 24.
9. Google announces cloud computing operating system will be completely open source Internet search provider and software developer Google announced Thursday during a live webcast that the code of its new operating system designed to apply the principles of cloud computing to the entire personal computer platform will be laid completely bear to open source developers.
10. Logikit Framework 1.0.1 released This release was intended to be a "small changes package", and was scheduled for a bit later. Although the first version was released only about a month ago, the download stats were way beyond than I expected and there are already some people I know, using it in their own projects, so I decided to release an earlier version with a couple of additions to the existing features and some changes, along with three new libraries: Image manipulation, ftp and email classes.
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