Below is the full list of articles in this week’s issue:

Maemo Weekly News – February 15, 2010

Front Page

• Nokia Qt 4.6 to replace Community Qt 4.5 in PR1.2
• Council election timeline

Applications

• Maemo 5 themeing on Windows for dummies
• Video how to on using MSN, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, ICQ and more with the Maemo 5 Telepathy system
• How to use Facebook Chat via the built-in instant messaging
• JoikuSpot for the N900
• User interface improvements in fMMS
• AdFlashBlock-CSS in testing
• WayFinder licences start expiring, not renewable
• EasyPark for re-finding your parked car

Development

• Battery status graph for analysis using battery-eye
• TI collaboration on getting 3D acceleration drivers for N8×0 progressing
• PySide (Python + Qt) tutorials
• Open sourcing of Maemo components queue & workflow
• Maemo 6 Platform Security: FOSDEM slides
• Maemo 6 Platform Security: FOSDEM video
• Maemo book for WRT/Qt/QML – request for content suggestions
• TpSession, simplified Maemo 5 SMS & messaging API

Community

• How to avoid “me too” replies to bugs
• Should maemo.org have a “mascot” in addition to the community-sourced logo
• Efforts to launch a maemo.org store of branded caps, mugs etc.
• Testing squad getting started

Devices

• Desktop stand for N900
• XMPP credentials vulnerable to MITM attacks
• Mer with working 3D acceleration on N900 with open source kernel (closed libraries)

Maemo in the Wild

• maemo.org group on LinkedIn hits 1,000 members
• Running Windows 95 on the Nokia N900

Announcements

• Diablo & Fremantle openness reports
• Quick Brown Fox font viewer in Testing
• wizard-mounter allows browsing of remote filesystems (incl. SMB & NFS)

Nokia and Intel has announced today the MeeGo Project, a new open source, Linux project for both Maemo and Moblin. The new Qt development environment will feature easy to use and flexible UI for a better app development experience. The Linux Foundation in turn will handle the open source project organization. MeeGo aims to target netbooks/entry-level desktops, handheld computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, connected TVs, and media phones.

Below are several videos about the announcement:

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

TMO member Fake has just announced his latest invention — a laser-cut stand for the Nokia N900.

The 3-piece acrylic or wood stand is now for sale for only $10, $15 if you buy two, and $20 for three (shipping included). Details on how to order, more stand pictures, and the long discussion is over at talk.maemo.org.

This week’s issue of Maemo Weekly News (MWKN) is now out. Some items I would like to highlight are the following:

• PUSH N900 US competition launched for hardware hacking
• Hands-on Mozilla’s pocket-sized Firefox mobile
• Forum Nokia Developer Conference, 2nd March, Sydney Australia
• February maemo.org sprint meeting minutes & actions online
• Porting Maemo’s base to other chipsets/devices
• 2009 Engadget awards – N900 nominee in 2 categories
• Maemo 6 Platform Security software home now in gitorious
• Maemo’s cellular software components’ home now in gitorious

Below is the full list of articles in this week’s issue:

Maemo Weekly News – February 8, 2010

Front Page

• BBC tech correspondent covers Nokia still ruling in face of iPhone & iPad
• PUSH N900 US competition launched for hardware hacking

Applications

• Ken-Young on Orrery, bringing more stars into view than you can see
• Hands-on Mozilla’s pocket-sized Firefox mobile
• Browser Switchboard makes it easy to define alternative browsers as default
• Foursquare social networking/geolocation service & game
• More info on community-designed levels for Angry Birds
• Low-level recovery tools: TestDisk and PhotoRec
• MaePad notepad/jotter for Maemo 5
• Comic widget in early development
• Nokia N900 running emulated SNES controlled with PS3 SIXAXIS controller
• Extension enables Flash for YouTube on Firefox Mobil
• Showtime – TV listings app

Development

• Forum Nokia Developer Conference, 2nd March, Sydney Australia
• Akademy KDE/Qt conference call for papers
• Debian Etch rebuilt for Maemo
• PyGtkEditor: On-device syntax-highlighting editor designed for Maemo
• Windows: Python & Qt for Maemo development in half an hour
• Elena Reshetova interviewed before FOSDEM about Maemo 6 security

Community

• Testing Squad for maemo.org Extras created
• February maemo.org sprint meeting minutes & actions online

Devices

• Porting Maemo’s base to other chipsets/devices
• Device quality assurance inside look

Maemo in the Wild

• 2009 Engadget awards – N900 nominee in 2 categories
• A quick round up of the PUSH N900 Showcase last night
• PUSH N900 London party pole-dancing robot video

Announcements

• Subscribe to MWKN to ensure you never miss an issue
• Marina theme for Maemo 5
• Hoops Frenzy available for $1.99
• Magnetic Scrolls adventure games interpreter in Testing
• MADDE tech preview updated for PR 1.1
• Maemo 6 Platform Security software home now in gitorious
• Maemo’s cellular software components’ home now in gitorious
• mStatus updates multiple social networks’ status

If you haven’t seen me posting much here at Maemo Talk, it’s because I’ve been helping Andrew Flegg with his new project: Maemo Weekly News.

Maemo Weekly News is a weekly online publication that highlights Maemo specific news throughout the week. What’s good about it is that all the news are community contributed by sending a tweet to @mwkn. Editors (which I am a part of) and sub-editors will then flesh out all the tweets and the best ones will make to the weekly publication. More information here (link).

I will be posting the contents of each issue here at MT. Here’s the full list of the contents of the first issue:

Maemo Weekly News – February 1, 2010

Front Page

• First edition of Maemo Weekly News
• Firefox mobile released for Maemo 5

Applications

• The One Ring – Google Voice properly integrated into Maemo 5
• Ovi store still selling DRM content the N900 can’t play
• Mac OS X iSync plugin for N900
• Finger friendly last.fm Vagalume in beta test
• pyPianobar Pandora client
• Community-built levels for Rovio’s Angry Birds
• Mac OS X running on an N900
• Paris3D preview
• Augmented reality with camera & OpenGL

Development

• Proposal for micro-donations for authors via maemo.org
• maemo.org Extras definition of ‘free’ brought into focus
• Network connected apps should better support proxy
• Further design work on “badge” for CLI icons in Extras
• PyQt 4.7 released on all Maemo devices, for Qt 4.5/4.6
• MADDE: new cross-platform Maemo development environment in technology preview
• MADDE frequently-asked-questions
• Maemo Developer Day, November 2009 writeup
• Change chinook repos to ‘archive’ mode?
• Qt/3D Demos Running on N900

Community

• UK development community used in Nokia marketing video
• Brainstorm – how do we make it useful, and manage it?
• Ask the Community Council
• FOSDEM 2010 just around the corner
• London Maemo meet-up
• Dist- and deb-master timesheets online
• Sheep: a community built game

Devices

• No clarification on Maemo 6 for N900
• N900 call volume fading out – hardware or software fault?
• PUSHN900 pre-London meet roundup

Maemo in the Wild

• N900 viral marketing in top 5 for 2009
• Prominent N900 adverts in London Underground

Announcements

• SyncEvolution 0.9.2 announcement
• Download Assistant preview
• Catorise sorts your #N900 apps: now in Extras
• More iPhone games developers porting their wares to the N900
• WorldTV99 for N900 under development
• Qt-based language translation in -devel

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.