Google has confirmed that it’s future operating system Chrome OS will have an integrated media player that will offer  basic codec support , so that users can directly play audio or video files from Gmail or from USB drives or other media devices.

In an interview with Ars Technica, Matthew Papakipos, the lead engineering director for the Chrome OS project, shared that Chrome OS will have a complete media player that approximates the functionality of Windows Media Player.

TrueCrypt 6.3 has been released on OCT 22 and the most important feature of this version is, it adds full support for Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. If you are in Windows 7 and looking for a program to protect your important data, then you must consider TrueCrypt a Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux

What is TrueCrypt ?
TrueCrypt is an easy, convenient, highly reliable way for Windows and Linux users to encrypt their data on-the-fly.Its operation is pretty basic, it can encrypt an entire existing hard disk partition, or it can create a “TrueCrypt Container” folder within a partition, where that file gets treated as a second, virtual partition.

The next stable (Ubuntu) version Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic koala is going to be released on 29th October 2009.You can pre-order the CDs of either desktop edition or the server edition right now from Ubuntu’s ShipIt service, FREE of charge.

To request a free CD you need to register an account at Launchpad, the platform that develops Ubuntu or you can register an account by clicking Ubuntu ShipIt link.

Just after 2 months from the release of VLC 1.0.1,the VLC developers released third version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.2.

VLC 1.0.2 is now available with an important security update and also brings 64-bit support to Mac OS X.This version also adds support to create play lists in ZPL and WPL formats, and play videos from Vimeo. In addition to all codecs , x264 have been improved and upgraded, and also adds support to Windows 7 jump list.

Today  at IDF09 in San Francisco, Intel showcased Moblin  2.1 user interface.This open source Mobile operating system runs on an Atom-based device and this OS is expected to be ready by mid-2010.

Moblin is  open source project focused on the development of Linux for Intel-based devices. It incorporates Intel’s Mobile Internet Device (MID) architecture as well as various other consumer electronic devices, such as mobile handsets.