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New Beta Version of VirtualBox Emphasizes Graphics Support

VirtualBox

Virtualization software vendor VirtualBox has released a new beta of version of VirtualBox 3.0 with a heavy emphasis on graphics support that's sure to please anyone who uses graphics-intensive games and applications. VirtualBox 3.0 beta 1 contains a number of improvements and updates to existing features, squashes several bugs, and it also has three new major features.



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Microsoft beating Mozilla...in open-source licensing. Adoption of its open source Microsoft Public License (MS-PL) is more prevalent than you think.

First look: Opera Unite alpha lets you share files -- but is it safe? The browser offers people their own web server, but what are the security risks?

EnterpriseDB brings Postgres closer to Oracle. It's more compatible and more scalable.

Red Hat's virtualization plan enters next phase. The company is aiming to challenge VMware and Citrix.



OStatic Buffer Overflow...

Microsoft beating Mozilla...in open-source licensing. Adoption of its open source Microsoft Public License (MS-PL) is more prevalent than you think.

First look: Opera Unite alpha lets you share files -- but is it safe? The browser offers people their own web server, but what are the security risks?

EnterpriseDB brings Postgres closer to Oracle. It's more compatible and more scalable.

Red Hat's virtualization plan enters next phase. The company is aiming to challenge VMware and Citrix.



Open Source Networker Vyatta Raises $11 Million, Led By Citrix

We've written about Vyatta, which is focused on open source networking, several times. The company has delivered an open source network operating system, routers based on open source software that outperform Cisco routers for a fraction of the cost, and more. Today, the company has announced that it has raised $10 million in Series C funding, led by Citrix. The funding round also includes existing investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Panorama Capital, and ArrowPath Venture Partners. (Vyatta raised $11 million in funding last April.) The company plans to move ahead with cloud computing and virtualization initiatives.


OpenSolaris Arrives in a New Version

In conjunction with its CommunityOne event, Sun Microsystems has announced a new version of its OpenSolaris operating system. Dubbed OpenSolaris 2009.06, it features networking improvements, storage management and virtualization features. Here's more on what's under the hood, and how Sun will proceed with a free open source version of OpenSolaris, and a paid version featuring new lower support fees.