The developers of the CyanogenMod Android derivative have announced the availability of the 11.0 M6 release. The announcement also includes details about changes in the release scheme; there will be no more “stable” releases; instead, the project will attempt to produce reliable “M” releases with increasing frequency. “Our goal is to get a release out every 2 weeks with the same quality and expectations you would have of a ‘stable’ release (label for that yet undecided). But with that goal, it further underscores how the label ‘stable’ no longer works for us. With the current M cycle, we have gotten our routine down to every 4 weeks; to get it to 2 weeks is ambitious, but we can do it, and it would benefit everyone.” See the announcement for a list of changes in this release.

Version 13.0 of the XBMC media center application is available. “The dark night of waiting is finally over. Because here it is. The stable release of XBMC 13.0 Gotham edition. It has been months of hard work, improvements and testing since the 12.x releases.” New features include better Android support (including hardware video decoding), support for some 3D movie formats, better touchscreen support, better UPnP support, a reworked audio engine, and more.