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[osdn everything] March 21, 2003
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 04:45:27 EST
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March 21, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
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Slashdot
Screenshot History of Windows
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1229210
jobugeek writes "Neowin has an article that shows the progression of
[0]Microsoft Windows from pre-windows [1]1.0 through the 2003 server.
For those of you who have used all of them, I'm sorry."
Links
Cell Numbers To Be Added To 411
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/0158222
[0]darthC0der writes "Looking for a friend but don't have her phone
number with you? For now, you can call directory assistance for her
home number, but her wireless digits are off limits from 411. Not for
long. The cellular providers are now getting close to making the
cellluar numbers available to 411 callers. Here's the link to a [1]CNN
article. I don't about you guys but I personally do not want my
cellular number to be made available so easily."
Links
0. mailto:priyapravas@infosys.com
Bluetooth + WiFi + GSM = Wanda
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2253201
[0]nackrm writes "CNN is [1]reporting on the latest from Texas
Instruments seen recently at the Cellular Telecommunication and
Internet Association (CTIA) conference in New Orleans. They've managed
to jam these three techs into one chip. Soon we'll be seeing the techie
equivalent of a swiss army knife."
Links
Slashback: Privacy, Spectrum, Location
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0431202
Slashback tonight brings you yet another handful of updates and amplifications to previously posted stories, including some naysaying to Lessig's idea of the spectrum as commons, more free books from Baen, and the European answer to GPS. Read on for the details.
Bioware Releases Neverwinter Nights Linux Client Beta http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2319213
valedaemon writes "Well, I thought that the world would end before this
day dawned, but [0]Bioware has finally made good on its promise of a
[1]Linux client for Neverwinter Nights. You still need a Windows
installation in order to copy the game data, but the good news is that
the downloadable is only 4.4 MB. I could write more, but why? Go play!"
Links
Slackware 9 Unleashed to World
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2146230
[0]kiltedtaco writes "[1]Slackware Linux 9.0 is out! Based on gcc 3.2,
and equipped with kernel 2.4.20 (ptrace-patched), XFree86 4.3, GNOME
2.2 and KDE 3.1. You can read the full [2]announcement, or just go grab
a copy for yourself at either the [3]Slackware Store or these lovely
[4]mirrors." I know a lot of people who first cut their teeth on Slack
when trying Linux. It's cool to see that it's still around.
Links
0.
https://www.tacomeat.net
1.
http://www.slackware.com/
2.
http://slackware.com/announce/ANNOUNCE.9_0
3.
http://store.slackware.com/
4.
http://www.slackware.com/getslack/
Cirocco Live Liquid Cooled Rack
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1933256
[0]Mark Grant writes "[1]Cirocco have developed a [2]liquid cooled rack
of AMD Duron 1.1Gs in a Beowulf cluster. The rack has been installed in
[3]Cambridge University, England and has been under trial since
Christmas. The system is being put through its paces running
[4]chemical research algorithms. Critical to Cirocco's liquid cooling
system are the hot swappable [5]quick couplings. These allow servers to
be disconnected whilst the cooling system is in operation." The graph
with live temperature readings is pretty neat.
Links
0. mailto:info@cirocco.co.uk
1.
http://www.cirocco.co.uk/
2.
http://www.cirocco.co.uk/products_cooling.htm
3.
http://www.cam.ac.uk/
4.
http://www-theor.ch.cam.ac.uk/people/ardlouis/group/
5.
http://www.cirocco.co.uk/products_couplings.htmSun 'Calls JBoss bluff' on J2EE compliance http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1858220
[0]joshmccormack writes "According to c|net's news.com Sun has
[1]finally responded to JBoss Group's request for J2EE compliance
testing. Simon Phipps, Sun's chief technology evangelist stated in the
article he thinks JBoss Group is bluffing, that their code won't pass
the tests, and that some of the code is just copied from Sun."
Links
0. mailto:joshmcormack@travelersdiary.com
Dying Languages, Fading Formats
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1416214
utopyr writes "[0]A story on BBC News looks briefly at the problems in
[1]preserving human languages in digital formats. The scope of the
problem? Of the world's roughly 6,500 languages (of which, fewer than
500 are [2]listed here), half will be extinct within the century, as
the last speakers die. However, formats are proving [3]even more
ephemeral than human memory."
Links
0.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2857041.stm
1.
http://www.language-archives.org/
2.
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn_ascii.html
3.
http://www.deadmedia.org/
Turn Your Monitor Into an HDTV
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1721247
[0]orangerobot writes "ViewSonic has released an [1]interesting new box
that turns any VGA monitor into an HDTV video display with support for
standards up to 1080i. At $399 it's a little on the pricey side, but
according to the [2]review from EnvyNews, the unit performs pretty
well." Like the review, I can't figure out what the target market for
this is, but it's still a cool device.
Links
0. mailto:orangerobot@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/video_box_nextvisionn6.htm
2.
http://www.envynews.com/review.php?ID=410
Freshmeat
6's Keen TV Listings Scanner 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116939/
6's Keen TV Listings Scanner is a program that accepts a list of your favourite TV shows, movies, actors, and actresses, and running from crontab, performs a daily search for them in gist.com's TV listings search engine, and emails you a summary of the results. You get a daily email listing 15-20 programs that you'd probably like to watch, and, of course, gist.com lets you exclude channels that you cannot access.
A-A-P 0.104 (Agide)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116970/
The goal for A-A-P is to make it easy to locate, download, and install software. Additionally, it supports making changes to a program and managing different versions that exist in the world, making it useful both for users and for developers. It uses a recipe that is similar to a Makefile, but with many enhancements, such as integrated Python script support, support for Internet access, and version control. An IDE will be provided that integrates your favorite editor, debugger, and other tools.
A-A-P 0.123
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116969/
The goal for A-A-P is to make it easy to locate, download, and install software. Additionally, it supports making changes to a program and managing different versions that exist in the world, making it useful both for users and for developers. It uses a recipe that is similar to a Makefile, but with many enhancements, such as integrated Python script support, support for Internet access, and version control. An IDE will be provided that integrates your favorite editor, debugger, and other tools.
Achievo 0.9.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117001/
Achievo is a Web-based project management and tracking tool for smallto medium-sized companies, aiming to become a fully featured ERP-like system in the future. Features include a time registration module with several statistical tools. Achievo is multi-language, fully customizable, and uses a modular system to allow future extensions.
CapiSuite 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116960/
CapiSuite is an ISDN telecommunication suite providing easy-to-use telecommunication functions which can be controlled from Python scripts. It uses a CAPI-compatible driver for accessing the ISDN-hardware, so you'll need a CAPI-compatible driver. CapiSuite is distributed with two example scripts for call incoming handling and fax sending. They provide a multi-user answering machine with fax recognition, remote inquiry, and fax receiving/sending functions.
Connect Daily Web Calendar 2.1.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116964/
Connect Daily, a Web-based calendaring system, allows multiple users to add and edit calendar events using a Web browser. The calendar display can be directly integrated into your Web site. It provides advanced capabilities for managing resources and facilities. The approval processes allow many users to edit calendars, with the assurance that all items added are approved. It supports event download to MS Outlook and Palm OS PDAs. Authentication to LDAP directories is also supported.
connect-tunnel 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116947/
connect-tunnel is a simple Perl script that lets you tunnel anything through a CONNECT-aware HTTP proxy. It supports multiple tunnels and multiple connections to those tunnels, and all of the authentication methods that libwww-perl supports (Basic, Digest, and NTLM). It works under Unix and Windows.
cpCommerce 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116921/
cpCommerce is an e-commerce script with a layout that can be completely customized by editing 5 files. It is designed in a modular fashion with templates, and requires PHP and MySQL.
DBMonster 0.2.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116937/
DBMonster is a tool which helps database application developers with tuning the structure of the database, tuning the usage of indexes, and testing the application performance under heavy database load. DBMonster generates as much random data as you wish and puts it into an SQL database. It provides a very pluggable interface and is trivial to use.
DConnect Daemon 0.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116958/
DConnect Daemon is a daemon which acts as a Direct Connect hub. It is written in pure C and utilizes threads. It aims to be very fast, with a very good protocol implementation.
Elm ME+ Elm 2.4ME+ PL101 (25)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116951/
Elm 2.4ME+ is based on Elm 2.4. It contains enhanced MIME and character set support. It can read mail from POP or IMAP folders and can pass mail to the PGP or GPG programs. It also includes modules for TLS/SSL, iconv, and SMTP.
fbdump 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116975/
fbdump is a simple tool to capture snapshots from the Linux kernel framebuffer device and write them out as a PPM file. Currently, most packed-pixel framebuffer formats and the vga16 framebuffer are supported.
FlyWay 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116948/
FlyWay is a navigational route planner for pilots. It allows the user to find and select waypoints (airports, navigational aids, and fixes), then calculates distances, courses, wind corrections, and times. Information about the waypoints is provided (including frequencies, elevation, fuel availability, and runway descriptions). The route data is also used to fill in an editable FAA Flight Plan form. FlyWay has an X11 GUI based on the PyQt library.
ftpq 1.06 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117010/
ftpq allows users to queue ftp upload requests for processing when a network connection is available. Useful for web authors with a dial-up link to the net, for example: just queue any changed files and have them automatically uploaded on dial-up.
GGI 2.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116977/
GGI (General Graphics Interface) aims to develop a reliable, stable, and fast graphics system that works everywhere.
GPSMan 6.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116955/
GPSMan (GPS Manager) is a graphical manager of GPS data that makes possible the preparation, inspection, and edition of GPS data in a friendly environment. It supports communication with both Garmin, Lowrance, and Magellan receivers, and real-time support for any receiver using NMEA-0183. It can also be used in command-line mode.
graphopt 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116932/
graphopt is a graph layout optimizer based on the iterative application of laws of physics instead of using finite-pass algorithms.
gURLChecker 0.3-4 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116899/
gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each page.
Highlight 2.0b-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116938/
Highlight is a universal source code to HTML, XHTML, RTF, TeX, or LaTeX converter. (X)HTML output is formatted by Cascading Style Sheets. It supports Bash, C, C++, C#, COBOL, Java, Perl, PHP, and 40 more programming languages. It's possible to easily enhance the parsing database.
HTML Forms generation and validation 2003.03.20 http://freshmeat.net/releases/116917/
HTML Forms generation and validation is a PHP class that generates HTML forms supporting keyboard navigation, server side and client side field validation, the ability to stop the user from submiting a form more than once, sub-form validation, composition and generation of the HTML output with fields displayed as fully accessible or in read-only mode, generation of Javascript field related functions, and automatic capitalization of the text of a field. A plug-in filter is provided for composing forms with the Smarty template engine.
Inti 1.0 Beta7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116941/
Inti is a set of integrated C++ foundation classes for developing GTK+ applications on Linux. It comes with more than 330 classes that wrap most of the objects found in the GTK+ libraries. It has its own system of signals and slots, and has a standard string compatible UTF-8 string class, a full set of example programs, a C++ version of the GTK+ demonstration program, and an extensive tutorial. It unleashes the power of GTK+ with a state-of-the-art C++ GUI toolkit. It makes developing applications easy, intuitive, and efficient, and is designed to work nicely with the GNU toolchain, and take advantage of the standard C++ features provided by the GNU compiler.
JChemPaint 1.9.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116956/
JChemPaint is a Java 2 program for drawing 2D chemical structures like those found in most chemistry textbooks.
JVerify 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116999/
JVerify is a Java application that enables you to monitor for changes in any file on your Unix system, but most notably executable binaries, thus alerting you to a possibly backdoored binary. It runs on any platform that supports JSDK 1.4.x and has a MySQL database (will expand to other DBs in the future).
K Executable Viewer 0.1-03202003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116943/
This program allows users to view (and eventually modify) details of ELF (and other) executables with a nice KDE interface.
KDE 3.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116933/
KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system. KDE is a completely new desktop, incorporating a large suite of applications for Unix workstations. While KDE includes a window manager, file manager, panel, control center and many other components that one would expect to be part of a contemporary desktop environment, the true strength of this exceptional environment lies in the interoperability of its components.
Konstruct 20030320
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116934/
Konstruct is a build system which helps you install KDE releases and applications on your system. It downloads defined source tarballs, checks their integrity, decompresses, patches, configures, builds, and installs them. A complete KDE installation should be as easy as "cd meta/kde;make install". Optionally, you can install additional applications like KOffice, KDevelop, or Quanta (for example, "cd apps/koffice;make install").
Lightweight C++ 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116965/
Lightweight C++ is a programming language that looks like C++ and is directly translated to readable C code. It supports function overloading, member functions, inheritance, polymorphism (virtual functions), multiple inheritance, virtual inheritance and pure virtual functions, constructors/destructors, new/delete, and simplistic templates.
Linux Systems Management Interface 0.03 http://freshmeat.net/releases/116950/
The Linux Systems Management Interface (LSMI) system is a Web frontend to an Enterprise Management System. It aims to deliver an easy-to-use interface for system administrators to use in managing their systems. It deals with statistics gathering, trend analysis, alarms, and traps.
LJChk 0.0.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116962/
LJChk is a script for working with livejournal servers via the XMLRPC over HTTP protocol. Functions include continous checking for friends' updates, monitoring changes in a friends list, posting both in your own journal and in community journals, with the ability to use all the options available through the livejournal Web interface, and auto-posting quote lists with references to other users' posts.
lvs-kiss 1.23 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116935/
lvs-kiss is designed to make load-balancing with fail-over simpler. The primary design-goal is for you to get load-balancing with fail-over up and running withing an hour or so. The secondary design goal is to be able to make this software as flexible as possible. Embedding of perl in configuration-files and load-balancing with custom made tests should be possible without too much hassle.
Managing Gigabytes for Java 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116983/
MG4J (Managing Gigabytes for Java) is a collaborative effort aimed at providing a free Java implementation of inverted-index compression techniques; as a by-product, it offers several general-purpose optimised classes, including fast and compact mutable strings, bit-level I/O, fast unsychronised buffered streams, (possibly signed) minimal perfect hashing, etc.
Mcafee Virus Update Notify 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116940/
Mcafee Virus Update Notify (mcvu) will notify you when there is a new virus update file available. You can send a message by SMB, local broadcast, or mail. When using the mail method you even get detailed info about the new .dat release.
MP3 STATION alpha-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116963/
MP3 STATION is a plain text Linux/Unix tool set for managing MP3 playback in a car with as little user interaction as possible. It can restart the last playlist at the last played track, transparently load directories, transparently recompile playlists, and keep a repository of all the playlists. It is a simple ncurses client for comunicating with cm3s. All programs run under a non-privileged user account.
MPC8XX Debugging Library 0.0.2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/116972/
The MPC8XX Debugging Library lets you debug MPC8xx-based boards by means of a LPT port debugging cable. A GDB patch is also available to use the library from GDB.
Mplinuxman 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116957/
Mplinuxman is a file manager program for the MPMan F60 USB portable MP3 player. It can send and receive files using an intuitive graphical user interface (GTK2). It features playlists, ID3 tags on the player, hot-plugging support, and a random list function to fill up the available space on the device.
MyAddressbook 2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116986/
MyAddressbook is an address book in C for the console. It is simple enough, but has all basic functions of usual addressbook and it is quite comfortable in use. The output format can be easily changed to fit a user's needs.
MyClient 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116997/
MyClient is a simple and clean Web client interface for the MySQL database. Features include multiple query windows, one-button table descriptions, one button database switching, query save and load, and query results saving. It is not a full featured administration tool, but rather a quick and easy query interface designed for those who are looking for a Web-based implementation of the command line interface.
Nmap 3.20 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116992/
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most Unix and Windows platforms are supported in both GUI and commandline modes. Several popular handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the iPAQ.
Open BEAGLE 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117002/
Open BEAGLE is a versatile C++ evolutionary computation framework. It provides an Object-Oriented software environment enabling the implementation of almost any kind of evolutionary algorithm, such as genetic algorithms and genetic programming.
Openwall Linux kernel patch 2.2.25-ow1 (Linux 2.2) http://freshmeat.net/releases/117004/
The Openwall Linux kernel patch is a collection of security "hardening" features for the Linux kernel. In addition to the new features, some versions of the patch contain various security fixes. The "hardening" features of the patch, while not a complete method of protection, provide an extra layer of security against the easier ways to exploit certain classes of vulnerabilities and/or reduce the impact of those vulnerabilities. The patch can also add a little bit more privacy to the system by restricting access to parts of /proc so that users may not see what others are doing.
Palace 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117007/
Palace is an XMMS plugin originally based on the XPLSISNJASP 0.8.0 plugin, but recently rewritten. Its current function is to use a device attached to the computer's 25-pin parallel port to control some type of electronic device in synchronization with music, typically a light show.
PhoneOn 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116904/
PhoneOn powers on the phone on a Treo after a reset.
phpLinks 2.1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117003/
phpLinks is a free PHP script which allows you to run a very powerful link farm or search engine simulation. Features include full search capabilities, recursive multilevel site categorization, full referrer tracking, site reviews, site ratings, link validation, related categories, category searching, and search term tracking.
PowerDNS daemon 2.9.7 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116954/
PDNS is an advanced high performance authoritative nameserver with a host of backends. Besides plain BIND configuration files, PDNS reads information from MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and many other databases. Backends can easily be written in any language, and a sample Perl backend is provided. PDNS powers http://express.powerdns.com, a Web-based DNS maintenance site, and the top level domain .TK.
procps 3.1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116988/
procps is a package of utilities which includes ps, vmstat, top, w, skill, snice, pgrep, pkill, free, sysctl, pmap, uptime, and kill. These utilities report what is running, who is logged in, how long the system has been running, and what is using up memory. They can be used to kill processes and change run-time kernel configuration values.
shntool 1.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116995/
shntool is a multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility that supports various lossless file formats with helper programs. These include SHN (via shorten), FLAC (via flac), AIFF (via sox), APE (via mac), OFR (via OptimFROG), LPAC (via lpac), and WV (via WavPack). It features len, fix, md5, join, split, cat, cmp, conv, info, and strip modes.
Simple File Manager .023
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116952/
Simple File Manager is a PHP-based file manager that allows files to be uploaded, renamed, edited, and deleted. It can also create sub-directories, require authentication, restrict the files and directories that can be edited, specify disk space quotas and maximum file sizes, and more.
SKYRiX Web Groupware 4.1pl8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116936/
SKYRiX Web Groupware is a set of Web-based applications for contact, appointment, project, and content management. It is comparable to Exchange and SharePoint portal servers. SKYRiX servers run on almost any Linux system, can synchronize with Palm PDAs and are completly scriptable using XML-RPC.
SMATCH 0.44
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116973/
SMATCH is an experiment in finding Linux kernel errors. There are two main parts to Smatch. The first is a patch to the gcc sources to print out a lot of information. The second part is a collection of Perl scripts and libraries to analyze the information.
SnipSnap 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116944/
SnipSnap is an easy to install and use Web log and Wiki engine written in Java. It has no external dependency on Web servers or databases, as both are built-in.
Spacewar 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116966/
Spacewar is an arcade game in which two players have to destroy each other's space ship by hitting them with their lasers. It uses SDL and runs on both Linux and Windows.
SpamAssassin 2.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116993/
SpamAssassin is a mail filter that uses a wide range of heuristic tests on mail headers and body text to identify spam. Once identified, the mail can then be optionally tagged as spam for later filtering. It provides a command line tool to perform filtering, a client-server system to filter large volumes of mail, and Mail::SpamAssassin, a set of Perl modules that implement a Mail::Audit plugin -- allowing SpamAssassin to be used in a Mail::Audit filter, a spam-protection proxy POP/IMAP server, or almost anywhere.
ssum 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116991/
ssum generates md5 sums for every segment of a file, checks against that record for bad segments, and can create a rip file which is used by ssum to rip segments of data from valid copies of the files into a single file. The rip function reads these files and creates an inject file, which can be transfered back to the location that contains corrupt files and injected into them.
StormSiren 0.60
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116924/
StormSiren is a personal severe weather monitoring tool that communicates information from National Weather Service issued bulletins on potential and imminent hazardous weather. When such bulletins are detected, the program sends a concise summary of the alert to one or more devices, including pagers, SMS-capable wireless phones, or e-mail accounts. The summaries are designed to fit within a 160 character display and contain the type of hazard, the affected counties and cities defined by the user, and the issue and expiration times of the bulletin.
TAMS 1.21a5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116971/
TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic coding and data extraction-analysis system.
TechTables 2003-03-20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116994/
Tech tables is an asset and trouble ticket management system using PHP and PostgreSQL or MySQL. It lets you track computing assets, contacts, and trouble tickets.
Thy 0.4.165 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116978/
Thy is a lightweight httpd designed to be clean and fast, yet powerful enough to serve many hits a day.
white_dune 0.22beta39 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116953/
VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for displaying 3D data over the web via browser plugins. It has support for animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound). Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators. It also has support for stereoscopic view via "quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.
xmlBlaster 0.844
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116961/
XmlBlaster is XML based MOM (Message oriented Middleware) with a lot of features. It is a publish/subscribe and point-to-point MOM server which exchanges XML-encoded messages. Communication with the server is based on CORBA (using JacORB), RMI, XML-RPC, native socket, or a persistent HTTP plugin. Subscribers can use XPath expressions to filter the messages they wish to receive and add their own MIME-based filter plugins. C/C++, Java, Perl and PHP client demos are included in the xmlBlaster test suite, and Tcl and Python demo clients are scheduled. XmlBlaster also provides a browser callback framework, allowing browsers (Netscape, Mozilla, MSIE) to receive instant callbacks over a persistent http connection. A security plugin framework allows authentication/authorization in many ways. Currently there are LDAPand passwd-based plugins available.
Yabasic 2.722
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116979/
Yabasic implements the most common and simple elements of the basic language. It comes with goto/gosub, with various loops, with user defined subroutines and libraries. Yabasic does monochrome line graphics and printing. Yabasic runs under Unix and Windows, it is small (around 200KB) and free.
Yellow Dot Cursors 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/116911/
Yellow Dot Cursors is a cursor set based on the Red Dot Cursor theme by uga for Xfree 4.3. The cursors are beige, rather than a gradient of black to white, and the dot is yellow. Some cursors are animated.
Newsforge Reports
What if Microsoft decides to go Open Source?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1233239
- By Donald K. Rosenberg - People often speculate about Microsoft's bringing out a Linux version of Office, but everyone assumes that they would never try to Open Source their products -- after all, Microsoft is the acme of proprietary software. But they have begun to twirl the seven veils lately. While Microsoft's critics denounce Shared Source as a sham, at least it's a move away from binary-only, and although its rule is "look, don't touch" ...
Iraq's renewal: U.S. using tools that could have been free http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/1815234
- by Tina Gasperson - The U.S. State Department has a plan for the renewal of post-Hussein Iraq, called the "Future of Iraq" project. In fact, they're already making deals with technology companies for tools to help in that renewal. But one of the geographical imaging tools they picked up from an outside vendor has a free counterpart created by the U.S. Army. It's called GRASS.
Why Shared Source is not Open Source
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/1330253
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This topic has been written about at least 1000 times. But hardly anyone seems to have highlighted the biggest practical difference between Open Source and Shared Source: That you can modify Open Source software to fit your device (and other software), while Shared Source only lets you modify your device (and other software) to fit the Shared Source software.
Newsforge Newsvac
Making The GPL Easier For Companies To Swallow
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2249215
There is a new GPL "wrapper" gaining momentum on Capitol Hill. Dubbed O-STEP, the Open Source Threshold Escrow Program allows vendors to license their products until so many millions are made, then agree to release the code under GPL.
Could a Budget Crisis Persuade More States to Adopt OSS? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/2029211
An Anonymous Reader writes ""Texas State Senator John Carona has proposed a new bill to the Texas Legislature mandating the consideration of Open Source software and standards, following Oregon's footsteps. Both states are currently in a budget crisis. Could similar bills spread across the US nation of states whom also are in a budget crisis?" Steven Barnhart elaborates."
HP to support Red Hat enterprise line
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1949226
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Support is a serious driver for enterprise Linux adoption for mission critical duties. Not only does it help to have a major hardware or software vendor stand behind a Linux vendor, but it soothes the anxieties of IT administrators wondering if their favorite Linux distribution has long-term viability.
SuSE readies Linux 8.2 for X86-64
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/190233
The good news, however, for AMD is that SuSE is ready to release its full X86-64 version of Linux, version 8.2, quite a time before the official launch.
.Net Is Moving To Linux, Unix
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1851205
As Microsoft and Sun Microsystems prep new Web services development platforms for debut this spring, Linux developers can expect the Mono Project to be completed not long after--by early fall.
KDE 3.1.1 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1848233
The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.1.1, a maintenance release for the third generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for Linux and other UNIXes.
Lindows CEO attacks Intel's Centrino Linux lockout http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1831203
Intel is going through a major internal struggle over desktop Linux, and the pro-Microsoft marketing droids are currently winning, according to Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson.
Hitachi Announces Strategic Partnership with Codehost http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1829249
Codehost Inc writes "Hitachi and Codehost Inc., combine efforts for development of handwriting recognition software for Hitachis VisionPlate Linux-based Wireless Tablet.
Summary of W3C Royalty-Free Patent Policy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1735258
NZheretic writes "The [W3C] Patent Policy Working Group has released a Working Draft of the Royalty-Free Patent Policy for review by the W3C Advisory Committee and the public. The draft governs the handling of patents in the process of producing and implementing W3C Recommendations. Comments from both W3C Members and the public are welcome through 30 April. Read an informative summary and the press release and visit the patent policy home page.
Book Review - Maximum Security Fourth Edition http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1726250
LogError writes "When you're about to read a book that already reached its fourth edition, you know you're about to embark on an interesting journey. What does this edition bring? Read on to find out."
Thinkgeek
Books: Revolution OS DVD/VHS
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5dd5/
Gadgets: WristLinx Communicator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5db8/
Gadgets: Wireless PenCam
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d8a/
Gadgets: Laser-Sighted MiniTemp
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d95/
Computing: Viewsonic Airpanel Wireless 15" LCD http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5df4/
Computing: Antec PlusView PC Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5dfc/
Computing: Labtec Axis 712 Digital USB Headset http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/headsets/5de1/
Computing: Fly Fan USB Fan
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5dee/
Computing: Antec LanBoy Aluminum PC case http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5de9/
Computing: UV-Treated 80mm Cooling Fans
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e01/
Computing: Klipsch GMX-D5.1
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/speakers/5d7b/
Computing: iMic USB Audio Interface
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5d9c/
Tshirts: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5d6a/
Tshirts: fsck it!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sysadmin/5d71/
Cube Goodies: Circuitboard Glo Cube Lamp http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/5d22/
Cube Goodies: Circuitboard Business Card Case http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d15/
Cube Goodies: Set Of Circuitboard Coasters http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/5d28/
Cube Goodies: circuit board clipboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/3226/
Books: Art Of Deception: Controlling the Human Element Of Security http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5ba0/
Books: BOFH Series - 3 Pack/Bundle!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/5daf/
Sourceforge
EJBCA 2.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261721
EJBCA 2.0 is finally released after extensive development and testing. This is an important milestone for EJBCA and with all the new features it is ready for the enterprise. EJBCA is a fully functional certificate authority with a very flexible and powerful administration interface. Changes ------------- Added Hard Token funtionallity, EJBCA can now store store pin/puk data in database. Added email notification to added end entities. Added Key Recover funtionallity. Changed initial temporary super administrator from "CN=Walter" to "CN= SuperAdmin". Removed CA and ROOTCA types in "ra adduser" cmd, from now on use certificate profiles. Added allowOverrideKeyUsage in certificate profiles. New fields in DN, givenname, surname, initials. ExtendedKeyUsage extension (for use in OutLook). New servlet in adminweb, AdminCertReqServlet that creates users out of PKCS10- requests. Moved batch and deploy scripts into build.xml. Moved external jars into ear-file. Tested on Weblogic 7.1. Lots of bugfixes and cleanups. A copy of our latest release can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39716&release_id= 147439
XOOPS 1.3.9 released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261713
The XOOPS team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 1.3.9 If you
are already running XOOPS2 RC2 or a first time user, please read
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=700 This release
includes a number of security based enhancements which fix possible
cross site script and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Therefore all
1.3.8 users are STRONGLY ADVISED to upgrade as soon as possible. It
also includes an upgrade script that will modify one of the database
tables to enhance performance of database access. - Full Package
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=16 For new
users that would like to use XOOPS 1.3.x for some reason instead of
XOOPS2 ;-). This package contains entire XOOPS 1.3.9 source and a
several number of language packages. - Patch Files
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=341 ->
[tar.gz]
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=342 ->
[zip] For those who already have XOOPS 1.3.8 running. This package
contains only the files that have been modified from XOOPS 1.3.8. To
upgrade from 1.3.8, overwrite the old files with the new ones, then
point your browser to 138_to_139.php and follow the instruction
displayed. Don't forget to remove this file from the server after the
upgrade is complete.
DataVision 0.7.4 rele