Popular open source video transcoder project HandBrake saw a new release this week with a boatload of new features, changes, and improvements. Many of version 0.9.4‘s changes optimize the application for better picture quality and performance while others make using the tool to rip DVDs a much friendlier experience. Read more at ostatic
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Cloud-computing player Salesforce.com has introduced a platform that will act as a “Facebook for the Enterprise” that it claims will revolutionise the workplace by leveraging the social-networking revolution. Read more at SiliconRepublic.com
After a quick look at Google Wave(tm), it appears to be a meld of a bulletin board, and e-mail. You create content (text etc…), and invite people to read/comment/update it. Looks a bit odd, but it may just be the future, and traditional e-mail may be consigned to the bin.
Having been pointed at the DeltaCloud API (http://deltacloud.org/) by https://twitter.com/jdrumgoole, I found it was a RedHat emerging technology project, and had a look at the website to see what else was “emerging”, I think you’ll find a couple of interesting technology projects there, including the oVirt Open Virtual Machine Management Web application, which looks really …
The proposed freeze of Debian 6.0 in Dec 09, has been postponed till Mar 2010, and while this is disappointing, I’m glad they postponed it. I don’t want Debian to become Ubuntu. The solid, rather than regular releases are far better, and hopefully we’ll get a 2.6.33 or newer kernel too.
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