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AOL rolled out a beta for an interesting new syncing option for mobile phone users, aptly named AOL Sync. It's powered by the open source mobile push email and sync provider, Funambol. This free service looks like a good alternative to Apple's often-maligned MobileMe or as a convenient way to keep an online backup copy of your phone's contacts in case of data loss.

Funambol has raised $12.5 million in venture funding for its open-source mobile messaging software business. The company is also now partnered with AOL.....

Alfresco Software is in partnership with Adobe, and Adobe will embed Alfresco Enterprise Content Management (ECM) into the Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite. The companies are focused on enterprise applications that use open source and Web 2.0 standards.....

IBM says it has no plans to open source its DB2 database, after a published report quoted a company executive saying so.....

Forbes: The law goes open source.....