OpenOffice Introduces Multi-Button Confusion With New Mouse (PC World) PC World - WarMouse, in collaboration with the OpenOffice.org community, revealed on Friday a new open-source mouse developed specifically for users of the OpenOffice suite. Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war (AFP)
Google Releases Core Development Tools as Open Source (PC World) PC World - Google has decided to release as open source several of its key application development tools, hoping that they will prove useful for external programmers to build faster Web applications. Apache readies Tomcat Java servlet container upgrade (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - The Apache Software Foundation for open source projects is readying an upgrade to its Tomcat Java servlet container, eyeing improvements in areas such as scalability and security, Apache personnel said on Wednesday afternoon. Microsoft-backed open source group outlines project guidelines (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Likening its organizational plan to a museum featuring different galleries of interest, the Microsoft-backed CodePlex Foundation for open source projects this week is talking up its project submission guidelines, which were released last week. Sony Ericsson's Android Phone Focuses on Multimedia (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Sony Ericsson has unveiled its first Android phone, which could represent a new level in multimedia for Google's open-source platform. The catch: The phone won't be out until the first quarter of next year. The company said the phone, called the Xperia X10, introduces a new user experience platform "where communication truly becomes en...... iPhone Under Attack from Android Invasion (PC World) PC World - There are only three days until Verizon joins the Android invasion. T-Mobile was first to embrace the open source Google operating system, but with the addition of Sprint, and now Verizon, Android is mounting a quiet revolution that could see it squash the iPhone OS and rise to a dominant position among mobile operating systems. Yahoo donates Traffic Server to Apache (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Yahoo is debuting on Monday an open source version of its Traffic Server software, which serves as a high-performance application server for cloud computing services. Firefox 3.6 Beta Checks for Outdated Plug-Ins (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - A milestone on the road to Firefox 3.6 was achieved late last week when Mozilla released the first beta of the browser. Downloaded versions will be automatically upgraded as changes are made until the final release of the browser is reached. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AFP - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.