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Linux and Open Source: "This new interface, which will first appear as a beta in April's Ubuntu 12.04 release, is called Head-Up Display."

Microsoft expanded on its plans for virtualized storage in Windows 8, offering more details on the new Storage Spaces feature, currently available in the developer preview.

Upstart wireless service provider Republic Wireless is upping the ante in the market. The company announced in a blog post that it will offer unlimited service to all users for just $19 per month.

Republic Wireless--which is still in beta--earlier offered the flat $19 per month plan, but its limits were bound up in a confusing thing that the...

Softpedia: "The Document Foundation also announces the first LibreOffice 3.5 bug hunting session, which will be held in a virtual environment between December 28th and December 29th, 2011."

The company revealed more details about its plans for a Windows 8 Metro app store. A test version of the store is expected in late February alongside the first Windows 8 beta.

Microsoft could release a beta of Windows 8 in "late January" or "late February," according to two media reports.

Microsoft skipped the beta and issued a release candidate of SQL Server 2012 (formerly codenamed Denali) this week.

Tech Drive-in: "Firefox 7 beta is now the default web browser in Ubuntu 11.10 Onceric Ocelot beta and for the first time ever, Firefox scores a perfect 100 in Acid3 tests.

Congratulations Mozilla!"

FreeBSD: The second BETA build of the 9.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.

openSUSE: The openSUSE community is happy to announce that the 6th Milestone of the upcoming release will be renamed openSUSE 12.1 Beta 1.