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• — Jackalope Rising: Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 1 As Early As Tomorrow

     (Friday, 21 November 2008 08:07)

  The Ubuntu project says that the initial alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04 (the "Jaunty Jackalope") could be available for testing in less than twenty-four hours. Yes, that's a little less than a month after the current, stable version, "Intrepid Ibex" was finalized and formally released.

• — Publication of ISO/IEC 29500:2008, Office Open XML file formats

     (Friday, 21 November 2008 08:07)

  ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) have just published the joint International Standard, ISO/IEC 29500:2008, Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Office Open XML file formats.

• — Planning Extensions in TYPO3

     (Friday, 21 November 2008 08:07)

  In this article by Dmitry Dulepov, we will discuss why planning an extension is important and how to plan an extension. Planning issues related to web development are covered in depth in many specialized books. Here, we will cover planning only with regard to TYPO3 extensions.

• — VIA Publishes 2D/3D Documentation, Partners With OpenChrome

     (Friday, 21 November 2008 08:07)

  Earlier this year VIA announced they wanted to join the open-source bandwagon by establishing an open-source driver development initiative, releasing documentation and source-code, and to better engage with the Linux community at large. They have made a few small steps over the past few months, but today they have made their largest open-source contribution yet by releasing four programming documentation guides that cover the video, 2D, and 3D programming for their Chrome 9 graphics processor. In addition, they are now partnering with the community-spawned OpenChrome developers.

• — Sheep-Throwing Marsupial in the "Yo Frankie" Game

     (Friday, 21 November 2008 08:07)

  If you've ordered the DVD, you're probably already busy throwing sheep and beating up rats in a lovely virtual countryside. You're now Frankie the sugar glider (an Australian marsupial with the Latin name petaurus breviceps), familiar to many from the "Big Buck Bunny" Blender video.