First impressions on Kubuntu 8.04

This guide has been moved to Silicon Gadget.

KDE 4.1 Alpha1 Release Announcement

Source: http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.1-alpha1.php

KDE Community Ships First Alpha Release of KDE 4.1, The First End-User Release of the Next-Generation Free Desktop

Kubuntu 8.04 under testing

As many of you have probably found out, last Thursday, 24th, Canonical released the 8.04 version of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and all other variants.

Why didn’t I wrote any news about it (and any news in general for the last five days)? Simple: I rushed on the download an install. 😀

Windows XP Out-of-Store date not wrote in stone

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated that, while the end date for the selling of Windows XP is programmed for June, 30th, it is not wrote in stone.

Vista SP1 Released to Automatic Update

From yesterday Wednesday, April 23rd, the first Service Pack for Windows Vista is being offered through Automatic Update.

Microsoft unveiled Live Mesh

Yesterday, Tuesday, 22nd, Microsoft presented “Live Mesh” a Web 2.0 service for synchronizing files, folders, and Web-delivered content across multiple devices.

Apple acquired PA Semi

According to Forbes Apple Inc. acquired PA Semi, a designer of semiconductors, for about $278 million in cash.

Apple seeks iPhone Chat patent

Apple filled a patent for the “Portable Electronic Device for Instant Messaging” at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on March, 6th.

Microsoft and Novell Extend Reach of Interoperability Collaboration to China

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/apr08/04-20InteropCollabPR.mspx

Efforts will focus on converting unsupported Linux users to SUSE Linux Enterprise and meeting growing customer demand in China.

Skype offering unlimited long-distance plans

Skype, the company and relative software famous in the VOIP world, announced today the offer for several unlimited calls plans for a flat rate.