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• Akademy 2008 Embedded and Mobile Day - Call for Participation
  yxylt;a href=http://emsys.denayer.wenk.beyxygt;The EmSys research groupyxylt;/ayxygt; is hosting an yxyquot;Embedded and Mobile Dayyxyquot; at Akademy 2008, this year in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium at yxylt;a href=http://www.denayer.wenk.be/index_eng.htmyxygt;Campus De Nayeryxylt;/ayxygt;. We welcome you to join the presentations and panel discussions about Open Source and Open Desktop technologies in embedded systems and mobile devices on Tuesday 12 August 2008. yxylt;bryxygt;yxylt;pyxygt;We are looking for your contribution in the form of presentations, papers or demos about:yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;ulyxygt; yxylt;liyxygt;Embedded Linuxyxylt;/liyxygt; yxylt;liyxygt;Mobile and integrated GUIsyxylt;/liyxygt; yxylt;liyxygt;System Integrationyxylt;/liyxygt; yxylt;liyxygt;Embedded Development tools and distrosyxylt;/liyxygt; yxylt;liyxygt;Innovation based on Open Source and Open Desktop technologyyxylt;/liyxygt; yxylt;/ulyxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;The deadline for submission is June 16th 2008. Submissions may be send to akademy-emmobile@lists.denyxylt;spanyxygt;ayxylt;/spanyxygt;yer.wenk.beyxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;Parallel with the presentations a Device Plugfest will be held in an adjacent room. Everyone is invited to bring their USB, Bluetooth, UPnP, IrDA or other consumer devices to test and improve the interoperability with Linux, HAL and KDE. Take a look at the yxylt;a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalmijn/2440884077/'yxygt;huge donationyxylt;/ayxygt; from Conceptronic.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;More information can be found at the yxylt;a href=http://akademy2008.kde.org/events/emmobile.phpyxygt;Embedded and Mobile pageyxylt;/ayxygt; on the yxylt;a href=http://akademy2008.kde.orgyxygt;Akademy 2008 websiteyxylt;/ayxygt;yxylt;/pyxygt;
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• Thu, 08 May 2008 16:08:17 +0000:   KOffice 2.0 Alpha 7 Released
  The yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://www.kde.org/yxyquot;yxygt;KDE Projectyxylt;/ayxygt; today announced the release of yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://www.koffice.org/releases/2.0alpha7-release.phpyxyquot;yxygt;KOffice version 2.0 Alpha 7yxylt;/ayxygt;, a technology preview of the upcoming version 2.0. This version adds a lot of polish, some new features in Kexi and KPresenter and especially better support for the OpenDocument format. It is clear that the release of KOffice 2.0 with all the new technologies it brings is drawing nearer. yxylt;bryxygt;yxylt;pyxygt;This is mainly a technology preview for those that are interested in the new ideas and technologies of the KOffice 2 series.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;The Alpha 7 release is a work in progress. This release introduces improvements in almost all the components as well as in the common infrastructure. All the applications saw big changes, both bugfixes and new features.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;h3yxygt;Ongoing Polishyxylt;/h3yxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;The release notes for Alpha 6 noted the addition of snap-guides that will guide the user when he or she is placing objects near other objects in any direction, Alpha 7 adds a bounding-box snapping option for even more powerful snapping options. This release has also added the option for users to configure shape-shadows in the form of a new dock widget.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;h3yxygt;Report Generator for Kexiyxylt;/h3yxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;There is a whole new set of features in Kexi, the most important of which is a new report generator. This allows the user to create a document based on the data in the database with features like charting and scripting.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;h3yxygt;New Features in Kritayxylt;/h3yxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;Krita has received a lot of attention e.g. general polish and bugfixing. Krita has additionally received a new plugin type which will allow both KOffice developers as well as 3rd party developers to create new pixel-generator filters, such as clouds or fractal generators.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;h3yxygt;Developer Focus on KPresenteryxylt;/h3yxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;The KOffice developers decided to focus their efforts to make KPresenter an application that will be released in the 2.0 suite. This has given KPresenter a lot of page-effects in this release, but has managed to do more work on master page editing as well. Much of the work on the KOffice libraries have been specially selected because it benefits KPresenter in particular.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;h3yxygt;Improved OpenDocument Supportyxylt;/h3yxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;This release is the first to see some results of the OpenDocument Format testsuite being imported into KOffice. The testsuite exists from a lot of little documents that each show one feature in ODF. Automated testing of loading those documents will allow developers to keep on working on the code without fear of breaking the already working code. This is known as regression testing.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;In this release already 23 tests are added into KOffice and the results are visible in much better loading of text documents in KWord. KWord is also one of the target applications for 2.0, and NLNet has sponsored a developer working on that application.yxylt;/pyxygt; yxylt;pyxygt;KOffice 2 is still under heavy development. It is not meant as something to be used for any real work and can crash at any point. However, here are some of the highlights of the upcoming KOffice 2 series. Note that not all of the new technologies will be fully implemented in the first release, 2.0.0.yxylt;/pyxygt;
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• Thu, 08 May 2008 12:06:10 +0000:   KDE 4.0.4 Out Now, Codenamed File-Not-Found
  Another month, another update to the KDE 4.0 series. This time, we are yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0.4.phpyxyquot;yxygt;presenting KDE 4.0.4yxylt;/ayxygt;, dubbed yxylt;iyxygt;File-Not-Foundyxylt;/iyxygt; to the audience. KDE 4.0.4 brings improvements to KHTML, Okular and various other components. We recommend that people who are already running KDE 4.0 releases update to 4.0.4. The emphasis of this release lies, as usual in stabilising, bugfixing, performance improvements and updated translations -- no new features. The developers have again squashed quite some bugs which you can find some of in the yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog4_0_3to4_0_4.phpyxyquot;yxygt;changelogyxylt;/ayxygt;. With this release, the KDE community continues to support the KDE 4.0 series that has been released for brave users earlier this year. KDE 4.1, to be released this summer (in the northern-hemisphere) will bring new features and applications. KDE 4.1 is based on the recently yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://dot.kde.org/1210088950/yxyquot;yxygt;releasedyxylt;/ayxygt; Qt 4.4 while KDE 4.0.4 is still based on Qt 4.3 as is the case with the whole KDE 4.0 series. So put on your update shoes and yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://kde.org/info/4.0.4.phpyxyquot;yxygt;install 4.0.4 todayyxylt;/ayxygt;.
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• Wed, 07 May 2008 01:55:21 +0000:   Qt 4.4 Released
  Trolltech have yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://trolltech.com/products/qt/learnmore/whats-newyxyquot;yxygt;released Qt 4.4yxylt;/ayxygt;. This is a major release with many new features including WebKit, KDE's Phonon, Concurrency, Widgets on the Canvas and XQuery. This yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://trolltech.com/products/qt/learnmore/demo/qt44-features-videoyxyquot;yxygt;video covers what's newyxylt;/ayxygt;. Ars Technica has an yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://arstechnica.com/reviews/other/troll-treasure-qt44-in-depth.arsyxyquot;yxygt;in depth lookyxylt;/ayxygt; while release dude Thiago has yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2008/05/06/qt-440-fully-released/yxyquot;yxygt;blogged with the now traditional developers' group photoyxylt;/ayxygt;.
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• Tue, 06 May 2008 08:49:10 +0000:   People Behind KDE: Jeremy Paul Whiting
  In a new series of yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://behindkde.org/yxyquot;yxygt;People Behind KDEyxylt;/ayxygt; interviews, we visit the United States of America to meet a KDE developer with an affinity for education, accessibility, and Asian culture, a person who works on getting you Hot New Stuff - tonight's star of People Behind KDE is yxylt;a href=yxyquot;http://behindkde.org/people/jpwhiting/yxyquot;yxygt;Jeremy Paul Whitingyxylt;/ayxygt;.
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