Google and Apple had worked together to bring Google’s search and mapping services to the iPhone, the executives told the audience, and Mr. Schmidt joked that the collaboration was so close that the two men should simply merge their companies and call them “AppleGoo.”

(…) Today, such warmth is in short supply. Mr. Jobs, Mr. Schmidt and their companies are now engaged in a gritty battle royale over the future and shape of mobile computing and cellphones, with implications that are reverberating across the digital landscape.

In the last six months, Apple and Google have jousted over acquisitions, patents, directors, advisers and iPhone applications. Mr. Jobs and Mr. Schmidt have taken shots at each other’s companies in the media and in private exchanges with employees.

Apple believes that devices like smartphones and tablets should have tightly controlled, proprietary standards and that customers should take advantage of services on those gadgets with applications downloaded from Apple’s own App Store.

Google, on the other hand, wants smartphones to have open, nonproprietary platforms so users can freely roam the Web for apps that work on many devices. Google has long feared that rivals like Microsoft or Apple or wireless carriers like Verizon could block access to its services on devices like smartphones, which could soon eclipse computers as the primary gateway to the Web. Google’s promotion promotion of Android is, essentially, an effort to control its destiny in the mobile world.

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There is just too much resemblance to even bother putting both next to each other and point out all the similarities. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
To say that I am flabbergasted would be an understatement. I can only hope that this is a linkbait and buzz strategy to create some momentum and Six Apart already has a new dashboard design for a soon to be announced MT 5.1. If not, I guess… ‘GPL FTW!’ ?
[via bloggingpro.com]

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Collabtive is web-based project management software.

The project was started in November 2007. It is Open Source software and provides an alternative to proprietary tools like Basecamp. Collabtive is written in PHP and JavaScript.

Collabtive is intended for small to medium-sized businesses and freelancers.
All major browsers like Internet Explorer (7/8), Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Chrome are supported.

• Ladda ned Collabtive

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Dessutom finns:

• Papperkorg som ger dig möjlighet att återskapa raderade poster
• Batchuppdatering av tillägg
• Möjlighet att publicera tumnaglar
• Möjligt att inkludera eller exkludera bilder i ett galleri.

• Ladda ned WordPress 2.9 RC 1
• Nyheter och förbättringar i WordPress 2.9 RC 1

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We feature downloads of all kinds every day at Lifehacker. Today, however, we’re bundling all the best free downloads for new computer owners, re-installers, would-be geeks, or anyone who wants to save time installing the best stuff out there. This is our 2009 Lifehacker Pack for Windows computers.
[Lifehacker.com]

Lifehacker Pack 2009: Our List of Essential Free Windows Downloads

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Basically, the thin layer of code that allows WordPress MU to host multiple WordPress blogs will be merged into WordPress. I expect the WordPress MU project itself will come to an end because it won’t be needed any more (which saddens me), but on the other hand many more people will be working on that very same MU code which means more features and more bugfixes and faster too.
[via The Blog Herald]

The Blog Herald: WordPress And WordPress MU Will Merge: Good Or Bad?

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Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of WordPress 2.8. Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not blockers will be postponed to another release.
[WordPress Blog]

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OpenProj shares the industry’s most advanced scheduling engine with Project-ON-Demand and provides Gantt Charts, Network Diagrams (PERT Charts), WBS and RBS charts, Earned Value costing and more.

OpenProj finns tillgängligt för Mac, Windows och Linux.
[via lifehacker.com]

Ladda ner OpenProj

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InstallPad can help you. It takes a list of your favorite programs and will download and install the ones you pick. It doesn’t need to ask any questions, so you can go do more important things. InstallPad can resume downloads you’ve canceled, and can even try and find the latest version of your program online.

InstallPad är gratis för personlig användning och finns bara för Windows. Du måste ha Microsoft .NET framework 2.0. installerat

Gå till InstallPads webbplats

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A BitNami Stack is an easy to install package of software that includes everything you need to run the primary application. BitNami Stacks are completely self-contained and run independently of the rest of the software or libraries installed on your system. So, you don’t have to worry about installing dependencies on your system to make the new application work. They also won’t interfere with any other software installed on your system, so everything you’re already running will continue to work normally.

Exempel på applikationer som finns tillgängliga är Alfresco, WordPress, Joomla, Stacks, Tracs och Moodle.

Gå till BitNamis webbplats

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