eZ Components becomes Zeta Components
The editor eZ Systems, which makes the CMS eZ Publish eZ Components Part christened in Zeta Components.
EZ Systems has decided to further open the project to the community. Now he joins the Apache Foundation projects and software will be released under Apache license.
Furthermore, all the features of this framework is already available.
WordPress 3.0, Beta 1
This is an early beta. This means there are a few things we’re still finishing. We wanted to get people testing it this weekend, so we’re releasing it now rather than waiting another week until everything is finalized and polished. There’s a ton of stuff going on in 3.0, so this time we’re giving you a list of things to check out, so that we can make sure people are testing all the things that need it.
WordPress 3.0 beta1 is out !
Student application for Google Summer of Code is now open
Yesterday evening Google opened the student application phase for Google Summer of Code 2010. Students can now start handing in applications for projects they want to work on during the summer.
At TYPO3, you can find a list of project ideas our community has come up with. It's also worth re-checking the ideas page as some additions have been made since we created those pages for this years Google Summer of Code.
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Microsoft will support jQuery JS library
Scott Guthrie, vice president of platform. NET at Microsoft, announced at the MIX10 that Microsoft would actively contribute to the development of the jQuery JavaScript library.
Meanwhile, Redmond, Microsoft will also work to improve interoperability between ASP.NET and the same library for developers. NET can better incorporate its features.
Finally, Microsoft is committed to the promotion of the jQuery JavaScript library in the distribution with development products such as popular Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC 2 (which comes out officially).
To "mark the spot," and as a first step, Microsoft has decided to donate a templating engine for the team in charge of the library.
Drupal 6.16 and 5.22 released
Drupal 6.16 and 5.22, maintenance releases which fix issues reported through the bug tracking system, as well as security vulnerabilities, are now available for download. Drupal 6.16 also fixes other smaller
Upgrading your existing Drupal 5 and 6 sites is strongly recommended.
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Download Drupal 5.22
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WordPress BBQ ! 2010
WordPress BBQ is announced for this weekend 
This weekend, thousands of WordPress users and developers are among the people attending the South by Southwest (SxSW) Interactive conference in Austin, TX. To celebrate this, we’re throwing a WordPress BBQ at SxSW tomorrow so that there’s a place for us all to get together.
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TYPO3 : The Bug Days are back!
The Bug Days went dormant for a couple of months, but they're not dead! Join us on Friday, March 26th.
After a spell of cold sleep, the Bug Days are back. As usual they are planned for every last Friday of each month. The next Bug Day is thus planned for Friday, March 26th.
Google Summer of Code 2010 coming up
As you know (or not), TYPO3 was in the Google Summer of Code 2009 and it was very successful. TYPO3 team want to do better this year. Take a look about what they wrote.
We are excited that Google Summer of Code is underway again this year. After having had a successful first Google Summer of Code last year, we are happy to also apply for GSoC 2010.
We're looking for help to make this years Summer of Code even better than last year and are asking you to think about how things could improve.
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typo3.org Relaunch
Relaunching typo3.org is finally on a solid road to success. d.k.d Internet Service GmbH from Frankfurt, Germany has been given the task to officially manage the project and handle the first step to implement the new design.
In December punkt.de provided a clone of the current typo3.org site and an analysis of content, structure and code has been done already.
In February Jens Hoffmann (TYPO3 Usability Team Leader) will present the designs and layouts to the TYPO3 Association for confirmation. As soon as the designs are confirmed, dkd will implement the new designs.
Agencies and freelancers wishing to participate in making the future typo3.org more feature rich and usable are invited to contact Søren Schaffstein (soe...@typo3.org) who is coordinating the project. Agencies who accepted a work package in the past will be contacted soon and asked if they still want to work on this project.
To coordinate all tasks a new Forge-project has been set up. Available work packages, coding guidelines and instructions how to contribute will be posted there.
Source : news.typo3.org