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Wine-Reviews 'Bordeaux is a Wine GUI configuration manager that runs winelib applications. It also supports installation of third party utilities, installation of applications and games, and the ability to use custom configurations.'

Phoronix: 'However, now that we have had a chance to analyze this driver, there is more in store than what the change-log shares regarding this driver. There is in fact support for the unreleased OpenGL 3.2 specification.'

A group called Open Source for America has announced its existence . ' The mission of Open Source for America is to serve as a centralized advocate and to encourage broader U.S. Federal Government support of and participation in free and open source software.

(Telecompaper) IBM has unveiled agreements for networking technology with Brocade, Cisco and Juniper to help businesses more effectively route the enormous amount of data and transactions being driven by an increasingly instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent world. The agreements include a reseller's deal with Cisco for its Nexus 5000 Series Switches, a family of high-performance, low-latency switches for data center networks supporting lossless 10GbE, Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). These products may be ordered immediately and are expected to be available in September of this year. IBM also signed OEM agreements with Brocade and Juniper Networks. IBM has introduced the IBM Converged Switch B32 and 10Gb Converged network Adapter (CNA) for IBM System x, its first Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offerings, manufactured by Brocade and will will rebrand and sell selected Juniper EX and MX switches and routers. Availability is expected later this year.

Mikogo, a cross-platform Web-collaboration tool, which introduced Mac support earlier this year has launched a new Web site to reflect the free application's widening use.

In its appeal of the European Commission's antitrust ruling, Intel argues that the regulator failed to consider evidence supporting the chip maker's arguments.

The advertising group WPP would support microsoft's bid for Yahoo's search business as a counterweight to the growing might of Google in the multibillion-dollar global search market, even though the search engine giant is becoming more 'friendly' towards ad agencies.

Quest Software has launched an open beta program for its new tool for Oracle developers who use microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010. Meanwhile, Oracle releases a tool set for Eclipse. - Quest Software has launched an open beta program for its new tool for Oracle developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010. At the VSLive conference in February, Quest and Microsoft announced plans to integrate a Database Schema Provider for Oracle databases into Visual Stud...

(Telecompaper) Russian telecommunications operator Rostelecom has signed a master service agreement with OTEGlobe, international division of Greek national carrier OTE. Under the terms of the deal, Rostelecom will provide OTEGlobe with circuits to any city and location in Russia using its own extensive network or the access to CIS, Baltic and Transcaucasia countries on the basis of partner agreements, as well as transit between Europe and Hong Kong or Europe and Tokyo via the shortest quality route of Transit Europe Asia (TEA). In its turn, Rostelecom will get access to OTEGlobe's network infrastructure in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. The Greek company operates two dual path fibre-optic cable links, the GWEN and the TBN, connecting Greece with Western Europe, through Italy and through the Balkans respectively. OTEGlobe also owns an IP/MPLS network with 14 points of presence in Western and South East Europe as well as an international voice network supporting IP and TDM connectiv

(Telecompaper) BT and Vodafone have signed a strategic partnership agreement to significantly boost competition and network investment in Ireland. The contract will also result in the creation of an alternative, competitive telecoms network in Ireland. Under the terms of the contract, BT will transfer its consumer and small business broadband and voice customer to Vodafone and will also provide wholesale network services to support Vodafone's business over a 7-year period. The deal will allow BT to focus on becoming the leading provider of networked IT services to medium and large companies and the public sector in Ireland. It also positions Vodafone as the No 2 in Ireland's fixed-line market with over 170,000 fixed customers and a 15 percent share of the fixed broadband market. BT will also commit to providing a platform for delivery of up to 24 Mbps broadband services to around two thirds of Ireland's available broadband lines by unbundling up to 58 additional exchanges. It has unbun