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OpSource Announces Sponsorship of OSCON 2010, O'Reilly's Open Source Convention

OpSource, Inc., the leader in enterprise cloud and managed hosting, today announced that the company is a Silver Sponsor of OSCON 2010, O'Reilly's Open Source Convention, to be held July 19-23, 2010, in Portland, Oregon.

OpSource will be offering hands-on demonstrations of the OpSource Cloud, a cloud service for companies requiring enterprise-class performance as well as high security and control.

"OpSource has a long, rich history with the open source community, and we are excited to continue supporting open source development in the cloud," said Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource. "Many of our partners, such as DreamFace and WaveMaker, have built powerful open source solutions for the OpSource Cloud. We look forward to seeing what will come next."

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Joomla to get vendor certification program

Joomla developers are establishing an accreditation program to certify extensions built for the open source content management system (CMS) platform.

Code quality, security, design, usability and accessibility will be tested in the Jentla Software Certification program, named for the Queensland-based Joomla CMS vendor.

Jentla founder Damian Hickey is working with Joomla founder Andrew Eddie on the certification program, Hickey which hopes will build a "brand of trust over specialty Joomla extensions".

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Rackspace And NASA doing their bit For Open Source Cloud Platform

Rackspace Hosting has officially launched OpenStack, an open-source cloud platform that it hopes will drive the uptake of cloud apps, prevent vendor lock-in and encourage cloud interoperability.

Currently the second largest provider of cloud hosting services, Rackspace has donated the source code that powers its Cloud Files and Cloud Servers public-cloud offerings to the OpenStack project. NASA is also donating code, and vendors including Citrix and Dell are supporting the project.

Speaking to eWEEK Europe UK, Fabio Torlini, head of Cloud EMEA at Rackspace, said that the announcement is a win for Rackspace and a win for the industry. “At the moment, we have just short of 100,000 cloud customers,” Torlini said. “Essentially, we have three cloud products, the first of which is Cloud Files, which is a cloud storage platform that already has 1 petabyte of data.

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uTorrent 2.0.2 Build 19648

µTorrent is a freeware, closed source BitTorrent client by BitTorrent, Inc. . Both versions are written in C++.  uTorrent program is designed to use minimal computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet.uTorrent program has received consistently good reviews for its feature set, performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of Windows. A report showed that µTorrent is the most used BitTorrent client and the second most popular P2P application BitTorrent, Inc. claims that there are at least 28 million unique users using µTorrent per month.
uTorrent's HOMEPAGE: utorrent
uTorrent's TYPE: Freeware
uTorrent's DOWNLOAD: uTorrent 2.0.2 Build 19648
uTorrent's SIZE: 314 KB
uTorrent's GOOGLE HITS: 9.8 Millions +

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Miranda 0.8.22

Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Miranda is very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and customisable messaging clients on the planet.
Miranda's HOMEPAGE: www.miranda-im.org
Miranda's TYPE: Open Source
Miranda's DOWNLOAD: Miranda 0.8.22 | Direct download from FH
Miranda's SIZE: 1.61 MB
Miranda's GOOGLE HITS : 5 Millions +

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CDBurnerXP 4.3.2.2140

CDBurnerXP is an optical disc authoring software application for Microsoft Windows, written in Visual Basic .NET for the most part. It has international language support.The program supports burning data on CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD as well as burning audio files (WAV, MP3, MP2, FLAC, Windows Media Audio, AIFF, BWF (Broadcast WAV), and Ogg Vorbis) in the Red Book format. ISO images can be burnt and created. It can burn UDF and/or ISO-9660 formats. Bootable data discs are supported as well.
CDBurnerXP is freeware but closed source because it currently uses some proprietary libraries
CDBurnerXP HOMEPAGE: cdburnerxp.se
CDBurnerXP Type: Freeware
CDBurnerXP DOWNLOAD:CDBurnerXP 4.3.2.2140
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CDBurnerXP SIZE: 6.28 MB
CDBurnerXP GOOGLE HITS:700k +

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Foxit Reader 3.3.0.0430

Foxit Reader is a multilingual PDF reader. The basic reader can be downloaded for free, while the full version is available for a fee.Foxit Reader is notable for its short load time and small filesize, which has been compared favorably to Adobe Reader. It is not able to read PDX files (searchable catalogs), which limits its utility for use with document collections, and it does not handle the text ligatures correctly during text search and copy. It allows for annotating and saving unfinished PDF forms, converting to text, highlighting and drawing.
Foxit Reader's HOMEPAGE: Foxit Reader
Foxit Reader's TYPE: Freeware
Foxit Reader's DOWNLOAD: Foxit Reader 3.2.0.0430 I Download From FH
Foxit Reader's SIZE: 6.68 MB
Foxit Reader's GOOGLE HITS: 2.3 Millions +

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FastStone Image Viewer 4.2

FastStone Image Vieweris an image viewer and image organizer for Microsoft Windows FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your mouse touches the four edges of the screen. Other features include a high quality magnifier and a musical slideshow with 150+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much more. It supports all major graphic formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA) and popular digital camera RAW formats (CRW, CR2, NEF, PEF, RAF, MRW, ORF, SRF and DNG).
FastStone Image Viewer's HOMEPAGE: www.faststone.org/FSViewer
FastStone Image Viewer's TYPE: Freeware
FastStone Image Viewer's DOWNLOAD: FSViewer Setup 4.2
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FastStone Image Viewer's SIZE: 4.55 MB
FastStone Image Viewer's GOOGLE HITS: 500k+

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PeaZip 3.1.0

PeaZip is a file manager and file archiver for Microsoft Windows and Linux.It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats.PeaZip is mainly written in Free Pascal, using Lazarus. It is free software, released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
PeaZip HOMEPAGE: peazip.sourceforge.net
PeaZip TYPE: Open Source
PeaZip DOWNLOAD: Peazip 3.1.0
PeaZip SIZE: 5.98 MB
PeaZip GOOGLE HITS: 646 k +

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CCleaner 2.31.1153

CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware utility program used to optimize a user's computer performance and clean its registry. It was developed by Piriform and is designed for Microsoft Windows. CCleaner is freeware, though Piriform accepts donations through its website to develop the company's programs further. CCleaner is available in 37 different languages, with more to be added. Piriform claims on the homepage that as of 26th October 2009 CCleaner had over 350 million downloads.
CCleaner's HOMEPAGE: www.ccleaner.com
CCleaner's TYPE: Freeware
CCleaner's DOWNLOAD: CCleaner 2.31.1153

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CCleaner's SIZE: 3.22 MB
CCleaner's GOOGLE HITS: 3.950 Millions +

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Paint.NET 3.5.5

Paint.NET is a freeware raster graphics editing program for Microsoft Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. Originally created as a Washington State University student project, Paint.NET has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program, which is included with Windows, into a powerful editor with support for layers, blending, transparency, and plugins.-wiki
Paint.NET's HOMEPAGE: www.getpaint.net
Paint.NET's TYPE: Freeware
Paint.NET's DOWNLOAD: Direct download from FH
Paint.NET's SIZE: 3.51 MB
Paint.NET's GOOGLE HITS: 27 Millions +

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FrostWire 4.20.6

FrostWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing program for the Gnutella and BitTorrent protocols. FrostWire is written in Java, and is a fork of LimeWire, another popular Gnutella client. Released under the GNU General Public License, FrostWire is free software.
FrostWire HOMEPAGE: frostwire.com
FrostWire SIZE: Open source
FrostWire DOWNLOAD: FrostWire 4.20.6 | Direct download from FH
FrostWire SIZE: 7.88 MB
FrostWire GOOGLE HITS: 247k+

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uTorrent 2.0.1 Build 19248

µTorrent is a freeware, closed source BitTorrent client by BitTorrent, Inc. . Both versions are written in C++.  uTorrent program is designed to use minimal computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet.uTorrent program has received consistently good reviews for its feature set, performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of Windows. A report showed that µTorrent is the most used BitTorrent client and the second most popular P2P application BitTorrent, Inc. claims that there are at least 28 million unique users using µTorrent per month.
uTorrent's HOMEPAGE: utorrent
uTorrent's TYPE: Freeware
uTorrent's DOWNLOAD: uTorrent 2.0.1 Build 19248
uTorrent's SIZE: 314 KB
uTorrent's GOOGLE HITS: 9.8 Millions +

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CDBurnerXP 4.3.1.2101

CDBurnerXP is an optical disc authoring software application for Microsoft Windows, written in Visual Basic .NET for the most part. It has international language support.The program supports burning data on CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD as well as burning audio files (WAV, MP3, MP2, FLAC, Windows Media Audio, AIFF, BWF (Broadcast WAV), and Ogg Vorbis) in the Red Book format. ISO images can be burnt and created. It can burn UDF and/or ISO-9660 formats. Bootable data discs are supported as well.
CDBurnerXP is freeware but closed source because it currently uses some proprietary libraries
CDBurnerXP HOMEPAGE: cdburnerxp.se
CDBurnerXP Type: Freeware
CDBurnerXP DOWNLOAD:CDBurnerXP 4.3.0.2101
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CDBurnerXP SIZE: 6.26 MB
CDBurnerXP GOOGLE HITS:700k +

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Maxthon 3.0.9.10 Beta

Maxthon  is a China-based freeware (more specifically donateware) web browser for Windows. From its early MyIE2 roots, Maxthon has developed a growing user base, especially in China, and in 2006 it received commercial backing for Maxthon 2.0.Maxthon2 uses the Trident layout engine, like Microsoft's Internet Explorer, while Classic Maxthon (Maxthon 1.x) continues to support both Trident and the Gecko engine used in Firefox. Maxthon3, currently under alpha testing, supports Trident and the Webkit engine.
Maxthon seeks to provide many rich features and a highly customizable interface, without losing any of the compatibility of Internet Explorer.Maxthon won its first WebWare 100 Award in 2005, and won the WebWare 100 Award also in 2008 and 2009.Maxthon is reported to be the second most popular browser in China, and it has been downloaded more than 200 million times worldwide.
Maxthon's HOMEPAGE: www.maxthon.com
Maxthon's TYPE: Free ware
Maxthon's DOWNLOAD: Direct download from FH
Maxthon's SIZE: 12.07 MB
Maxthon's GOOGLE HITS : 2 Millions +

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MySQL 5.1.46

MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that has more than 6 million installations. MySQL stands for "My Structured Query Language". The program runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.MySQL project has made its source code available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietary agreements. MySQL is owned and sponsored by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish company MySQL AB, now a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems. As of 2009 Oracle Corporation began the process of acquiring Sun Microsystems.MySQL is often used in free software projects that require a full-featured database management system, such as WordPress, phpBB and other software built on the LAMP software stack. It is also used in very high-scale World Wide Web products including Wikipedia, Google and Facebook
MySQL's HOMEPAGE: www.mysql.com
MySQL's TYPE: Open Source
MySQL's DOWNLOAD: MySQL 5.1.46
MySQL's SIZE: 39.08 MB
MySQL's GOOGLE HITS: 22 Millions +

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Google Chrome 5.0.375.17 Beta

Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. Google Chrome was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11 2008. Google Chrome name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. As of 1 November 2009 (2009 -11-01), Chrome was the fourth most widely used browser, with 3.58% of worldwide usage share of web browsers.Development versions of Chrome for Linux and Mac OS X were released in June 2009.
Google Chrome's HOMEPAGE: www.google.com/chrome
Google Chrome's TYPE: Open Source
Google Chrome's DOWNLOAD: Direct Download from FH
Google Chrome's SIZE: 16.16 MB
Google Chrome's GOOGLE HITS: 24 millions+

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Miranda 0.8.21

Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Miranda is very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and customisable messaging clients on the planet.
Miranda's HOMEPAGE: www.miranda-im.org
Miranda's TYPE: Open Source
Miranda's DOWNLOAD: Miranda 0.8.21
Direct download from FH
Miranda's SIZE: 1.65 MB
Miranda's GOOGLE HITS : 5 Millions +

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Paint.NET 3.5.5 Beta 3

Paint.NET is a freeware raster graphics editing program for Microsoft Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. Originally created as a Washington State University student project, Paint.NET has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program, which is included with Windows, into a powerful editor with support for layers, blending, transparency, and plugins.-wiki
Paint.NET's HOMEPAGE: www.getpaint.net
Paint.NET's TYPE: Freeware
Paint.NET's DOWNLOAD: Paint.NET.3.5.4(Stable)
Direct download from FH(Paint.NET 3.5.5 Beta 3)
Paint.NET's SIZE: 3.51 MB
Paint.NET's GOOGLE HITS: 27 Millions +

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