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IBM office suite Lotus Symphony 3 released (updated with .64bit .deb)

The latest version of IBM's OpenOffice.org based office suite 'Lotus Symphony' has been released. Lotus Symphony 3 boasts many new and enhanced features, benefits from the OpenOffice 3 codebase and introduces brand new tool sidebars.

24 October 2010
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Emesene 2 needs testers

Luis Mariano Guerra of the Emesene development team has issued a call for people to begin testing the successor to popular MSN-based messaging application Emesene.

23 October 2010

3D space combat MMORPG ‘Vendetta Online’ coming to the Ubuntu Software Centre

The MMORPG space combat game 'Vendetta Online' is heading to the Ubuntu Software Centre.

23 October 2010
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Hotot twitter app adds an adorable new icon

Hot new twitter app Hotot has swapped out its rectangular blue block icon for the following - very cute - mono-styled tray icon.

23 October 2010
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‘Play after’ feature comes to Banshee

With our regular Banshee news-hound David Nielson enjoying himself in Brazil it’s left to me to share news of Banshee developer Alex Launi’s latest new feature for the aforementioned music player – a ‘play after’ […]

23 October 2010
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Site stability…

I interrupt normal proceedings to offer you an apology.

23 October 2010
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Which of these is not a web browser?

Most readers landing upon this page wouldn't require a seconds hesitation in answering the question posed above. But for a contestant on India's version of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' it required an entire audience vote to pick an answer.

22 October 2010
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Initial Zeitgeist Mono bindings – Call for testers & developers

The great Manish Sinha has blogged about the development of Zeitgeist-Sharp bindings. Since I am too lazy/busy and preparing some new stuff for UDS, I just posted his whole blog post.

22 October 2010
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Dan Rabbit’s Ambiance-themed Marlin file browser mock-up

Dan Rabbit – creator of the phenomenally popular elementary gtk and icon themes and designer of related elementary projects – has shown off an Ambiance styled mock-up of his ‘Marlin’ file browser. Seeing Dan’s ideas […]

22 October 2010
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Logic game ‘Brukkon’ goes on sale in the Ubuntu software centre

Challenging puzzle game 'Brukkon' has become the second item to go on sale in the Ubuntu Software Centre.

22 October 2010
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Sneak peek at Jolicloud 1.1’s slick new launcher

What do Bing, Google.com, Facebook and the forthcoming Jolicloud 1.1 have in common?

21 October 2010
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Bookmark sync service XMarks to live on?

Cross-platform bookmark syncing service Xmarks is to potentially live on thanks to a massive wave of support from its users sparking renewed interest from 3rd party companies willing to ‘take over the service’.

21 October 2010
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Reversible Conky Clock and calendar Widget

Add some style to your desktop with the above clock/calendar widget by ~jpope777. The reversible widget displays a unique animated clock face on one side and calendar on the reverse. A LED ‘button’ allows you […]

21 October 2010
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Opera 11 Alpha released with add-ons, speed boost

The first alpha release of Opera’s flagship web browser has been made available. Extensions Unusually for a new browser release the onus in this release is not on speed but on the newly introduced ‘Extensions’ […]

21 October 2010
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Zeitgeist hits the Cloud

Yesterday with the help of his awesomeness Stuart Langridge (from the Ubuntu One team) we hacked together a little Zeitgeist extension for all cloud lovers. In short it allows you to have all your events on […]

21 October 2010
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Install Linux Mint’s brand new theme in Ubuntu

One of the big draws in Ubuntu-based OS Linux Mint's new release candidate - released today - is a new 'metal' looking theme. Here's how to easily install and use it in Ubuntu.

20 October 2010
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Install Docky Stacks in Ubuntu with one command

One feature in popular Linux Dock application Docky that I personally adore/could no longer live without is ‘Stacks’ – a neat visual approach to displaying files within a folder via the dock. Despite my dependence […]

20 October 2010
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Jolicloud 1.1 gets detailed

The Ubuntu-based Jolicloud operating system will be sporting some fine updates ‘under the hood in its forthcoming 1.1 release. As is the case with iterative OS updates Jolicloud 1.1, which now uses base packages from […]

20 October 2010