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Dimdim, an open source web conferencing provider that we've covered many times, launched what it is billing as an easy webinar service today. Dimdim has long competed closely with proprietary web conferencing services such as WebEx, and its new service will provide personalized webinar platforms for webinars delivered to up to 1,000 people. In conjunction with the new service, Dimdim has struck a partnership with Eventbrite, which does event management and ticketing, so that anyone delivering webinars can find avenues to make money with them.

We've written about the free, open source online conferencing application DimDim before, and, like our buddies at WebWorkerDaily, we like it a lot. Up to 20 people can participate in a meeting in the free version of the application, and the feature set is as rich as many paid conferencing solutions. Today, DimDim version 5 has arrived. Here's what's new in this version, including security enhancements and better performance.