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<p>KDevelop 4 Beta 9 is out.</p> <p>Users of our latest development release, Lucid, can get packages from our Beta PPA.</p> <p>To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:<br /> ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta<… Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the release of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.4.1.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.4.1</a> are available.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release can upgrade to the newest packages.</p> <p>Users of our sta… Full story >>>

<p>The <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-February/000682.html">third alpha release</a> of Kubuntu Lucid has been released. KDE, Amarok and much more have received upgrades in this version. See our <a href="http://wiki.kubuntu.… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.3/beta/1">Amarok 2.3 Beta 1</a> is out.</p> <p>Users of our latest development release, Lucid, can upgrade to the latest packages.</p> <p>Users of our stable 9.10 release can install it from the Kubun… Full story >>>

<p><img src="/system/files/kde44.png" width="400" height="156" /></p> <p>Packages for the final release of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.4/">KDE Software Compilation 4.4</a> are available.</p> <p>Us… Full story >>>

<p>KDE SC 4.3.5 is now in karmic-backports.</p> <p>The Backports repository is not enabled by default, so you may need to enable it in KPackageKit. Instructions for this are found on <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu">the help wiki</… Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the second release candidate of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.4-rc2.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.4</a> are available.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release can upgrade to the newest packages.</p> <p>… Full story >>>

<p>The <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-January/000665.html">second alpha release</a> of Kubuntu Lucid has been released. KDE, Amarok and much more have received upgrades in this version. See our <a href="http://wiki.kubuntu.… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.2.2">Amarok 2.2.2</a> has been released to make your desktop rock.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release are advised not to upgrade yet, as the packages are only half-built due to a breakage of the underl… Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the first release candidate of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.4-rc1.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.4</a> are available.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release are advised not to upgrade yet, as the packages are onl… Full story >>>

<h4>The silence is deafening</h4> <p><strong>Comment</strong> Since STEC revealed that EMC had over-ordered back in November last year, the company has been waiting for EMC orders to get back on track. Will they?…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.there… Full story >>>

<h4>Hut one, hut two, MPI</h4> <p>Florida State University, like most state schools in the US with a storied (American) football program, also has a respectable comp sci department that is not afraid to spend a little cash on a new technology when it comes along. And that's how the… Full story >>>

<h4>The HD DVD company's first BD box</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong> Toshiba is late to the Blu-ray party, having waited a decent interval after the death of HD-DVD. The BDX2000 - oh, how futuristic products used to seem, just by adding the millennium to their name - i… Full story >>>

<h4>She once supported Labour</h4> <p>The political blogosphere is getting itself all lathered up about the orientation of adult film producer and Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful, <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/12/arrowsmith_mp_bid/">Anna Arrowsmith</a>, ak… Full story >>>

<h4>Dirty laundry delivered via FedEx</h4> <p>A former Barclays Bank programmer received 46 months in prison for helping TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez launder as much as $800,000, according to news reports.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/vi… Full story >>>

<h4>.xxx must wait. Yet again</h4> <p>ICANN has delayed its ruling on the proposed .xxx internet porn domain until this summer.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</… Full story >>>

<h4>Not as anonymous as you think</h4> <p>Netflix has canceled a contest designed to improve its movie recommendation system out of concern it might compromise the privacy of its customers.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-we… Full story >>>

<h4>Zeus borrows page from Microsoft</h4> <p>The latest version of the Zeus do-it-yourself crimeware kit goes to great lengths to thwart would-be pirates by introducing a hardware-based product activation scheme similar to what's found in Microsoft Windows.…</p><p><… Full story >>>

<h4>Sync My Ride</h4> <p>Ford is developing anti-hacking technology in a bid to make upcoming in-car WiFi systems resistant against drive-by downloads and other forms of computer security attacks.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/… Full story >>>

<h4>Beefs 'robot' API</h4> <p>The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled an extensions gallery for Google Wave, the still-gestating browser-based app that crossbreeds email with IM and document sharing.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/pap… Full story >>>

This is the code for my Daily Mail Story Generator, which I have just added a page for. This code generates the story, which I then parse into html to fit into my site hierarchy. It is a fairly trivial bit of code, but then so are the journalists who it mocks. *hehe* Full story >>>

ALF is a little project on which I'm working. Its a SQL based Apache Log Filter for web admins who need a little more flexibility, but are using text logging. This is an ogg theora preview of the alpha. The finished program will be a lot easier to use and friendlier, but, you know I'm easily excited… Full story >>>

A brief but rather snazzy perl poem celebrating the joys of spring, written on a particularly glorious March day. First published on perlmonks. Full story >>>

I made this as a bit of a tongue in cheek dig at Vista, with a bit of help from the Real Ultimate Generator. It will make more sense if you look at realultimatepower.net first. Full story >>>

This is my friend Rob 'Bobban' Jones in ASCII art format. I used jave to convert a jpeg photo. Best viewed by printing it out and standing a couple of yards away... Full story >>>

smbopengtk.pl is a little utility written in perl/gtk that allows you to open windows or unix style filepaths and switch between the two. It'll be a bit of a lifesaver at work, where I've just started using a Debian GNU/Linux box in a primarily windows environment. First posted on Perl Monks. I've… Full story >>>