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[osdn everything] May 17, 2003
Date: Sat May 17 2003 - 04:45:27 EDT
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Slashdot
Auto Black-Box Data Being Used In Court
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/2210211
[0]DrEnter writes "Yahoo! is running this [1]USAToday article about
automobile electronic data recorder (EDR or "black-box") data being
used in civil and criminal court cases. Most owners of cars so equipped
don't know they have them, or that they can be used against them. The
[2]NHTSA has been [3]investigating EDRs and is collecting [4]public
comments to determine if and how these devices should be regulated."
Links
0. mailto:drenter at speedfactory dot net
1.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030516/ts_usatoday/5165217
2.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
3.
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/edr-site/
4.
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-10/EDR/EDR-Notice-Oct-10-02.pdf
KDE Success in the Enterprise
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1733243
Arandir writes "Is UNIX ready for the desktop? [0]Display Works Inc.
thinks it is! They adopted KDE as their official desktop environment
over a year ago, and [1]KDE::Enterprise is running an [2]interview with
IT manager Tim Brodie over their experiences. This is a very good
interview that covers why KDE was chosen, user migration, and wish
lists for KDE. Quote: "I now see KDE taking the lead in polish and
professionalism on the desktop"."
Links
0.
http://www.displayworksinc.com/
1.
http://enterprise.kde.org/
2.
http://enterprise.kde.org/interviews/displayworks/
Self-Destructing DVD's Coming Soon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1832224
BrianH writes "Looks like a close cousin of everybody's favorite
[0]self-destructing video format is making a comeback. Four years after
Circuit City and its Hollywood backers pulled the plug on the
self-expiring DVD concept, [1]FlexPlay Technologies has introduced the
[2]EZ-D...a 48-hour self-expiring DVD disk. The difference? This time
around you don't need a special player, and "time extensions" are no
longer an option. It looks like Buena Vista has already signed on to
the format, so Disney, Mirimax, and all of their other companies should
be using this soon. As if that wasn't bad enough, it looks like this
works for music and software disks too!" Here's an [3]older story on
these technologies.
Links
0.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030516/nyf065_1.html
1.
http://www.flexplay.com/
2.
http://www.flexplay.com/what_is.html
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/08/0316255&tid=97
Mars Flier Prototype
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1740210
[0]SEWilco writes "BBC News reports that a [1]full-scale prototype of a
Mars flier will be built. The [2]ARES glider will unfold in midair for
a mission which may cover 850 km (528 miles). I wonder if its huge
wings would allow it to be tossed back in the air by a storm in that
thin air, although probably not by [3]"winds of a few m/sec"."
Links
0.
http://www.wilcoxon.org/~sewilco/
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3032725.stm
2.
http://marsairplane.larc.nasa.gov/
3.
http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v31n4/dps99/187.htm
Databases and Privacy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1620255
A couple of stories made an interesting juxtaposition today. First read
this story about [0]information marketers scouring public records to
compile personal information. Note the emphasis on cross-linking data
from various sources to provide more information than any one source
did - databases are synergistic. Now read this column about [1]David
Nelson, and its [2]follow-up.
Links
0.
http://www.ctnow.com/hc-omniscient0504.artmay04.story
1.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/margie_boule/index.ssf?/base/living/1051877124142830.xml
2.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/margie_boule/index.ssf?/base/living/10524819689090.xml
Ogg Now An RFC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1730241
[0]Logic writes "The [1]Ogg [2]bitstream format (used by [3]Ogg
[4]Vorbis) has been enshrined in [5]RFC 3533, "The Ogg Encapsulation
Format Version 0", for all you folks who won't look at something unless
it has an RFC attached to it."
Links
0.
http://esm.logic.net/
1.
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/
2.
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/doc/oggstream.html
3.
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/
4.
http://www.vorbis.com/
5.
ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3533.txt
Creating Car Free Cities
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1359229
[0]Silas writes "[1]CarFree.com is a great site that "proposes a
delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles." The
site presents a fascinating, detailed proposal for a major city (1
million people in 100 square miles) that doesn't require the use of
cars. This isn't a new concept; a lot of the ideas are modeled off of
major car free cities in Europe (like Venice)." The page on [2]Morocco
is fascinating.
Links
0.
http://www.readishmael.com/
1.
http://www.carfree.com/
2.
http://www.carfree.com/fes/index.html
FTC vs. Open SMTP Relays
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1946207
HighOrbit writes "Cnet [0]reports on news.com.com that The U.S. Federal
Trade Commission, several state Attorneys General, and Australia,
Canada and Japan are sending this letter [1](pdf) to operators of open
relay mail servers to educate them on the dangers of open relays and
how they help spread spam. Although the letter does not threaten direct
law enforcement action, it does let open relayers know that they have
been noticed and warned. The threat of being blacklisted has not worked
yet, so will this finally convince mail server admins to shut down
those open relays?"
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1001868.html
Evolution Robotics' ER1 Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1320219
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "A useful [1]review of Evolution Robotics'
ER-1 by the boys at Techfocus. It covers: construction, customization,
hardware requirements, best features, programming, durability of
equipment -- and all that good stuff. One interesting factoid is that
the robot can recognize objects until the object is blocked - up to 40%
- by something (like a piece of furniture). Techfocus aptly points out the Orwellian implications... Another thing that rocked my world is the notion that the robot is not as much of a drag on CPU as one might suspect. TF ran the unit on an NEC Versa VXi running Windows 2000, with a 900mhz CPU and 128mb of RAM, and encountered absolutely no problems. Encouragingly, if you want to further customize your robot, why not just write a script in C or Perl -- the manual even points users toward an app primarily based in Linux. What's not surprising: it's pricey. Also some nice pictures of how the robot really looks right out of the box." Links 0. mailto:certifieditpro@msn.com
Death of Internet Predicted: Film at 11
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1610222
Remik writes "[0]The Register has [1]a piece analyzing several threads
of [2]Lawrence Lessig's [3]blog, and concluding that the Internet as we
know it is dying. For anyone who reads the majority of [4]YRO posts,
Lessig's blog is one of the most important sites on the net." Another
submitter summed it up well: 'Lessig is predicting that the days of the
Commons of the Internet are over, and that as a result of FCC
deregulation, the concentration of digital rights in the hands of just
a few large media companies will kill the internet for good. Even
former FOX and Vivendi executive [5]Barry Diller has criticised the
move.' We joke, but there are large elements of truth to Lessig's dour
predictions.
Links
0.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
1.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30733.html
2.
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/bio/short/
3.
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/
4.
http://yro.slashdot.org/
5.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/city/story/0,7497,948157,00.html
Freshmeat
a place to go 0.1.3-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123067/
aptg (a place to go) is a Web-based mail client written in PHP, using localhost connections to a running IMAP4 server. It is designed to work with Postfix.
Alana 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123074/
Alana is a highly responsive Turing Machine simulator. The documentation contains an introduction to Turing Machines as well as some interesting theoretical information (halting problem, busy beaver) and pointers to further literature.
AllTasks.net 2.10 alpha (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123049/
AllTasks.net allows a company to manage all parts of a task from idea to execution and evaluation. Work together on big projects and/or gather daily tasks into one common system.
Apache DoS Evasive Maneuvers Module 1.5.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123040/
The Apache DoS Evasive Maneuvers Module is a module for Apache 1.3 that provides functionality for detecting and fighting off DoS attacks and brute force attacks. It does this by adding addresses to a 10-second '403 List' and rejecting rapidly repeated requests for the same URL from the same addresses, using an internal hash table, on a per-child basis. This module can be configured to talk to ipchains, ipfilter, or any other tool designed to push the attack out to the network layer, and provides email notification in the event of an attack.
Apple Safari 1.0 Beta 2 (v74)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123016/
Safari is Apple's Web browser based on the Konqueror rendering engine. It offers outstanding performance, rendering even the most complex of pages at high speed. It uses advanced Mac OS X interface technologies to offer an all-new, much easier view of the Web, and features an advanced bookmark manager, built-in Google search, seamless downloads, and a pop-up blocking mechanism.
AqMoney 0.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123083/
AqMoney is a console tool for home banking using OpenHBCI and Libchipcard. It supports all of the features offered by OpenHBCI.
Author.CMS 3.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123026/
Author CMS is a flexible and scalable content management system. It has a usability-tested administration interface, a special installer that easily installs the system on your server, high-level functions that save considerable templates coding time, and a WYSIWYG editor.
AutoUpdate 4.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123008/
AutoUpdate is a Perl script which performs a task similar to Red Hat's up2date or autorpm. It can be used to automatically download and upgrade RPMs from different HTTP(S) or (S)FTP sites, while also handling dependencies. Moreover, it can also be used to keep a server with a customized (Red Hat) distribution plus all clients up to date.
BBIagent Router 1.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123011/
BBIagent is a single floppy Linux-based router for sharing a broadband Internet connection. It also serves as a firewall to prohibit intruders from accessing your LAN. You can create your own BBIagent router software (a diskette file image) on our server based on your hardware configuration (NICs) and connection protocol (e.g. PPPoE, PPTP, or DHCP). It is very easy to install and use.
Blassic 0.5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123066/
Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory, and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting language.
Change Password Utility 1.3.100
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123059/
Change Password Utility (CPU) gives system administrators the ability to administer users and groups on a wide range of backends, currently including LDAP and flat files. Simply, CPU is for user and group administration. The commandline is almost completely compatible with existing Linux user and group management tools, so it can easily be dropped in place. It supports several different hashing algorithms and allows existing users to be imported from Unix-style passwd and shadow files into the backend of your choice.
Citadel/UX 6.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123047/
Citadel/UX is an advanced client/server messaging and collaboration system for BBS and groupware applications. Users can connect to Citadel/UX using any telnet, WWW, or client software. Among the features supported are public and private message bases (rooms), electronic mail, real-time chat, paging, etc. The server is multithreaded and can easily support a large number of concurrent users. In addition, SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 servers are built-in for easy connection to Internet mail. Citadel/UX is both robust and mature, having been developed over the course of the past thirteen years.
CL-Readline 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123061/
CL-Readline is an UFFI-based Common Lisp interface to the GNU Readline library. In addition to basic Readline functionality it features customizable completions, completions based on a Common Lisp package, multi-line expression reader, and support for non-echoing input.
Coldtags suite 1.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123014/
The Coldtags suite is a collection of custom JSP tags that provides 90+ custom JSP tags for common programming tasks faced by JSP developers. It also includes custom tags similar to the Web controls in the .NET framework.
Danpei 2.9.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123060/
Danpei is a GTK+ based image viewer. It allows you to browse through your image files in thumbnail form, and it can rename, cut, and paste them easily with an interface similar to that of Windows Explorer.
dietlinux 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122930/
Dietlinux is a dietlibc-based Linux distribution. Glibc is fully avoided. Some of the most important server daemons (DHCP, DNS, etc.) are working.
Echo Web Application Framework 1.0 Release Candidate 2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123013/
Echo is a framework for developing object-oriented, event-driven Web applications in Java. Echo removes the developer from having to think in terms of "page-based" applications and enables him/her to develop applications using the conventional object-oriented and event-driven paradigm for user interface development. Knowledge of HTML, HTTP, and JavaScript is not required. Tutorials, white papers, and full API documentation are available.
elfpgp 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123081/
elfpgp signs an ELF binary (executable or library) by using standard PGP/GnuPG keys. It also allows for verification of said signatures. The signature is stored in the binary in an ELF record.
gtkglextmm 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123080/
gtkglextmm is C++ wrapper for GtkGLExt, an OpenGL extension to GTK.
gtkpod 0.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123046/
gtkpod is a platform-independent GUI for Apple's iPod using GTK 2. It allows you to import your existing iTunes database, add/delete songs/playlists, edit ID3 tags, modify the iTunes database without having the iPod connected, and synchronize at a later time. It also features international charset support for ID3 tags, detects when adding already existing songs, and more.
GUI BLAST 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123033/
GUI BAST is a front end for BLAST, a bioinformatics application. Most BLAST searches are made using NCBI BLAST, but online BLAST is getting slower to use, since you are placed in a line in order to get the results. There is also a risk involved in sending your sequence as open text over the Internet (if you want to keep it private).
HelpmeICT 0.62
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123036/
HelpmeICT provides support team help desk functions with support for multiple sites, site groups, and role security. It features full issue tracking, cross-server knowledge bases, and management reporting and statistics. The entire system is Web enabled, including management and administration roles. Apart from just ICT, the system can be used for administration and reprographics requests and is being adapted as a pupil behaviour tracker.
IceWM Control center 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123076/
The IceWM Control Center allows you to run various tools for configuring IceWM's options.
ImageViewer 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123063/
ImageViewer is a small application which displays images based on the GNUstep API. It handles all image types known to GNUstep (i.e., TIFF, PNG, JPEG, GIF, etc.).
Impact 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123041/
Impact is a finite element program based on an explicit time stepping algorithm. It can be used to simulate dynamic events such as car crashes or other large deformation events. It is written in Java and is kept very simple, to make it intuitive to use and easy to change and extend. It is very flexible and can handle several different input and output formats.
isdngw 0.3.0 (Seven Levels)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123019/
isdngw is an H.323 to ISDN gateway using the OpenH323 and PWlib libraries, and the ISDN4Linux subsystem.
Issue Manager 0.8.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123038/
The Issue Manager is a simple product for managing (structuring, editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to manage information.
Itnas 0.82
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123064/
ITNAS is business management software for IT corporations that writes missions and bills, as well as managing Internet provider data. It offers both automatic data evaluation and detailed overviews of booking entries in the financial area. It works with all popular Web browsers.
ITracker 1.7.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123028/
ITracker is a Java J2EE issue/bug tracking system designed to support multiple projects with independent user bases. It supports features such as full i18n support, multiple versions and project components, detailed histories, issue searching, file attachments, dynamic reports with charts, configurable field values, and multiple email notifications.
Jelie 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123021/
Jelie is a JTAG port driving software for the Intel XScale CPU family. With only a JTAG connection, Jelie is able to upload a debug handler, initialize the memory, upload and debug programs. Jelie can reach the JTAG port of the target processor trough a parallel port and a OCDemon McGraigor Wiggler adapter. A USB connection using Anchor's EzUSB is also possible. Jelie understands GDB's serial protocol on a TCP/IP port.
joscar AIM library 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123056/
joscar is an extensible Java interface into AOL Instant Messenger's OSCAR protocol. On the client side, it implements File Transfer, Direct IM, Get File, Send Buddy List, typing notification, the buddy icon server, the AOL Proxy Server protocol, and many other features not available in any other open source OSCAR library. joscar provides the only known open-source implementations of many aspects of the protocol such as Get File, Send Buddy List, the new Buddy Icon server protocol, and AIM 5.2 beta's AOL Proxy Server feature. It also provides the most robust and complete implementations of many aspects of the protocol of any known open source project, and is the only known implementation of the data structures needed to implement a third-party OSCAR server.
KricketScoreboard 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122998/
KricketScoreboard is a program for keeping scores of cricket matches. It also gives you nice features like how the match is progressing, batting and bowling statistics, etc.
libmplot 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123078/
libmplot is a library for drawing graphics primitives such as lines and text into a bitmap.
Libsigc++ 1.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123032/
libsigc++ implements a full callback system for use in abstract interfaces and general programming. It is the most complete library of its kind with the ability to connect an abstract callback to a class method, function, or function object. It contains adaptor classes for connecting dissimilar callbacks and has an ease of use unmatched by other C++ callback libraries.
Libvc 002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123020/
Libvc is a vCard library which was written using 'flex' and 'bison'. It handles scanning a vCard file, parsing the vCard file into a data storage structure, manipulating the data storage structure, and writing the structure back to a file. It was originally written for 'rolo', but has been split off for general use.
Molecule Man 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122999/
Molecule Man is a port of a 3D isometric maze game for the ZX Spectrum that was released in 1986.
MP3 STATION beta 1 (Flash)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123004/
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 also has a simple ncurses client for comunicating with cm3s. All programs run under a non-privileged user account.
Mp4web 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123042/
Mp4web is a PHP script created to manage mp4live (part of MPEG4IP). It lets you launch mp4live sessions and watch them in real time (you can watch recorded media files too), and create, edit, and modify mp4live configuration files.
mysqlBind 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123045/
myqslBind manages multiple DNS/BIND name servers. It automates updates to multiple DNS servers, centralizes and stores all zone and resource records for sets of related name servers (ns0...nsN.yourisp.net), and even manages different name server sets from a single browser-based interface. Unlimited master and slave name servers update their zone information via a job queue system that uses MySQL sockect connections. Advanced operations can use mySQL replication clusters for high availablity and redundancy. Large ISPs and other organizations should note that they can easily add SQL functions to customize the program for their special needs. It supports authentication via SSL Unix password login, SSL personal certificate, or IP-based access with multiple permission levels and individual record ownership. It is also compatible with mysqlISP.
OpenVPN 1.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123006/
OpenVPN is a robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) daemon which can be used to securely link two or more private networks using an encrypted tunnel over the Internet. You can tunnel any IP subnetwork or virtual ethernet adapter over a single UDP port, use all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to protect your private network traffic, use any cipher, key size, or HMAC digest (for packet authentication) supported by the OpenSSL library, choose between static-key based conventional encryption or certificate-based public key encryption, use static or TLS-based dynamic key exchange, and tunnel networks whose public endpoints are dynamic such as DHCP clients or dial-in users.
Panda PDF Generator 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123075/
The Panda PDF Generator is intended to make PDFs on the fly for the Web, but may be used to generate any PDF document you want.
Phex 0.9.0.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123015/
Phex is a free multiplatform Gnutella servent. It contains no spyware or adware. It integrates most of the common Gnutella extensions like multi-source downloads and advanced search features.
phpMyFAQ 1.3.2-beta (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123024/
phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation script.
rpm-update 2003-05-08 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123000/
rpm-update is a Python script that automates the downloading, reporting, and installation of errata RPMs on a RedHat Linux distribution. The goal of the utility is to be simple and transparent (making it clear what it is doing) while still being easy to use. It can be automated (via cron) or run interactively via the command line. A configuration file is used to store commonly used options.
Sagasu 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123073/
Sagasu is a GNOME tool to find strings in multiple files. The user specifies the search directory and the set of files to be searched. Double-clicking on a search result launches a user command that can for example load the file in an editor at the appropriate line. The search can optionally ignore CVS directories. Sagasu is a Japanese word that means "to search."
Scapy 0.9.13beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123034/
Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation tool, packet generator, network scanner, network discovery tool, and packet sniffer. It provides classes to interactively create packets or sets of packets, manipulate them, send them over the wire, sniff other packets from the wire, match answers and replies, and more. Interaction is provided by the Python interpreter, so Python programming structures can be used (such as variables, loops, and functions). Report modules are possible and easy to make. It is intended to do about the same things as ttlscan, nmap, hping, queso, p0f, xprobe, arping, arp-sk, arpspoof, firewalk, irpas, tethereal, tcpdump, etc.
Scraper 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122996/
Scraper is designed to scrape the Web for information. It is very easy to use.
SimpleData 3.0.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123077/
SimpleData is a Web application for managing your sales, inventory, invoices, quotes, purchases, and requests for quotes. It offers the ability to track all payments and balances on purchases and orders, and allows reports and forms to be printed or emailed. The printed forms are intended to fit in a standard 2-pane envelope for easy mailing. It features four sales and purchase reports, and can be easily extended.
SmartSieve 0.5.1devel
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123054/
SmartSieve is a Web-based graphical user interface for creating and managing sieve scripts on a Cyrus IMAP mail server. It provides a way for non-technical users to generate sieve rules for mail filtering and vacation messaging without prior knowledge of the sieve scripting language. It is written in PHP and is intended to be intuitive to use and simple to configure, and is compatible with Websieve scripts.
Sylpheed 0.9.0 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123012/
Sylpheed is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client. Almost all commands are accessible with the keyboard. It also has many features such as multiple accounts, POP3/APOP support, thread display, and multipart MIME. One of Sylpheed's future goals is to be fully internationalized. The messages are managed in the MH format, so you'll be able to use it together with another mailer that uses the MH format.
Sympa 3.4.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123023/
Sympa is scalable and highly customizable mailing list manager. It can cope with big lists (780,000 subscribers), and it comes with a complete Web interface for both the user and the administrator. It is internationalized, and supports the us, fr, de, es, it, fi, hu, cz, et, ro, and Chinese locales. A scripting language allows you to extend the behavior of commands. Sympa can be linked to an LDAP directory or an RDBMS to create dynamic mailing lists. Sympa provides S/MIME and HTTPS-based authentication and encryption.
Syntext Dtd2Xs 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123052/
Dtd2Xs allows you to convert complex, modularized XML DTDs and DTDs with namespaces to XML Schemas. As an example of Dtd2Xs conversion check out DocBook XML Schema generated from XML DocBook DTD 4.2, and XSL-FO Schema generated from XSL-FO DTD.
top 3.5beta12.1 (Delta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123010/
Top is a Top-CPU usage display. It provides a rolling display of top-CPU using processes on a Unix system and also displays other information about the overall health of the system, including load averages and memory utilization.
white_dune 0.23pl3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123030/
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.
X File Explorer 0.54.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123039/
X File Explorer (Xfe) is a filemanager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander. Xfe is desktop independent and is written with the C++ Fox Toolkit. It looks similar to Windows Commander or MS-Explorer, and is very fast and simple. It features file associations, the ability to mount/umount devices, a directory tree for quickly changing directories, the ability to change file attributes, automatic registry saving, the ability to view/create/extract compressed archives, and much more.
X-ChaMan 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123044/
X-ChaMan is a chapter manager for AVI/DIVX movies. It can display an easy-to-use GUI menu providing a choice of language (for BIVX) and chapter selection. X-ChaMan runs with mplayer or Xine.
XStow 0.4.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123065/
XStow is a replacement for GNU Stow written in C++. It supports all features of Stow with some extensions. XStow and GNU Stow are programs for managing the installation of software packages. It keeps each package in its own directory while making it appear that all packages are installed in the same place. Unlike GNU Stow, XStow does not depend on Perl, and can be compiled statically for such uses as rescue disks. XStow is fully compatible with GNU Stow, meaning that you can switch from one to the other at will.
Yet Another Advanced Log Analyzer 0.6.6 (Experimental) http://freshmeat.net/releases/123018/
"yaala" parses logfiles and generates very detailed statistics in HTML format. The information one will get can be selected by using SQL-like expressions, which provide filtering with relational operators (like equal, greater than, less than) as well as regular expressions. It includes input parsers for the Common Log Format (e.g. Apache's access logs), NCSA logs (e.g. Apache's combined logs), Squid access logs, the xferlog format (used by FTP daemons), bind9's query logs, and postfix entries in the maillog.
Zoinks 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123027/
Zoinks is a programmer's editor and development environment for Unix/X11 systems. The editor has features similar to Mac text editors like MPW and CodeWarrior. It also has some features for HTML authoring. Zoinks supports comparing/diffing files and directory hierarchies. It also supports inputting and editing multi-byte text (e.g. Japanese and other Asian languages).
Newsforge Reports
Linux Advisory Watch - May 16th, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1243216
- by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for kernel, mgetty, slocate, evolution, kernel, shadow, kopte, kopte, xinetd, mysql, kde, xinetd, kernel, tcpdump, and openssh. The distributors include SCO, Connectiva, Conectiva, Guardian Digital, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, and TurboLinux.
Can Ogg Vorbis change digital audio?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1527257
- by Anne Zieger - When consumers refer to digital music, they usually mean the MP3 format. One open source organization, however, would like to change the terms of the digital audio game. The Xiph.Org Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating open source multimedia software, has created an open source audio encoder/decoder named Ogg Vorbis. Vorbis, part of a family of open source multimedia apps, is trying to gain ground as a free ...
SCO dumps Linux development, threatens Linux users http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/0336254
- by Lee Schlesinger - The SCO Group is getting out of the Linux business and into the legal arena. That's the message the company is sending to customers with a letter this week. It said it is suspending its "Linux-related activities" while aggressively protecting its intellectual property rights in Unix. At the same time, SCO is implying it could sue anyone who uses Linux, saying "legal liability that may arise from the Linux development ...
Newsforge Newsvac
SciTech SNAP Graphics for Linux Beta is available!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/2154210
Anonymous Reader writes "SciTech SNAP Graphics for Linux Beta is available! SciTech Software, Inc. today announced that it has released a public beta version of SciTech SNAP Graphics for Linux. This release is based on SciTech System Neutral Access Protocol (SNAP) architecture and supports X11, MGL and direct-access all with advanced 2D acceleration, Plug-N-Play support, enterprise level stability and is fully scalable for enterprise and ...
Man arrested in spam case
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1641228
Authorities in New York said Wednesday that they had arrested and arraigned a Buffalo man accused of sending at least 825 million unsolicited e-mails, in a rare criminal case seeking jail time for a prolific spammer.
Feisty Oracle Pushes Licenses, Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1633228
Oracle's brash CEO Larry Ellison might have resigned his board seat at Apple, but he can still think different. For years, Oracle built its reputation as the bulletproof database that companies just had to deploy, price be damned. But as IT spending has slumped, so have appetites for even more powerful databases. So Oracle has pushed into Linux, seeking to outflank Microsoft for mid-sized businesses.
Oracle, Sun set 'low-cost computing' announcement on Monday http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1632241
The top executives at Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are due at a news conference in San Francisco on Monday to make "significant announcements" that will bring "choice and innovation to the economics of low-cost computing," according to an invitation to reporters.
When good dogs go bad
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1618241
Anonymous Reader writes "Caldera was once beloved by its many users, but it has now, as SCO, taken on the characteristics of a rabid dog, writes Dennis E. Powell in "The view from the desktop." But why? His theory might surprise you, but it shouldn't."
Successfully making the transition to GNU/Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/169242
Some people believe that linux is not for the desktop. However, the stream of reports of people successfully deploying linux on their (home or office) desktop is more and more outweighing the number of reports of people who tried but moved back to their former platform. In other words, linux can clearly be used on the desktop, and in many cases the transition can be done fairly easily. Unfortunately not in all cases.
Linux Game: Space Tripper
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1556241
In our hunt for low cost Linux games, we came across Space Tripper from another UK game house, PomPom. Space Tripper is modeled to be a classic shoot-em-up game containing 14 different levels. And, if you read over the company hype, it was made by folks who remember what a shoot-em-up is supposed to be. Is it really worth your $12US?
Debian on Steroids II: The Libranet Workout http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1534224
Libranet 2.8 is now available by download or, for the broadband challenged like me, on CDs ordered directly from Libra Computer Systems, Ltd., in Vancouver, BC, Canada. As the Linux Journal site previously posted a detailed review of Libranet 2.7, this article concerns the changes and improvements in Libranet 2.8 that would interest the desktop user and how they got there.
Database Users Keen on Linux 2.6 Kernel
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1453248
Database users who rely on Linux operating systems are drooling over the list of features promised by the soon-to-be-released 2.6 kernel.
Sage, IBM debut Linux BMS at Computer Faire http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/1446211
Business management solutions (BMSs) that run on Linux, a partnership with global IT giant IBM and customer relationship management software for SMBs: these are the cornerstones of Sage's presence at this year's Computer Faire.According to Ashley Ellington, divisional director for Africa at Sage, the choice to showcase these particular solutions and activities was made with the changing demographic of the faire's audience in mind."Over the years ...
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Yes Solstice
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/6004/
Computing: TouchStream LP ZeroForce Keyboard http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5fff/
Cube Goodies: Duct Tape Wallet
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5f21/
Computing: Ideazon Zboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5fed/
Gadgets: Inova X5 LED Flashlights
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Computing: ICE-Cube Barebones Mini-PC
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fd7/
Tshirts: fork agent smith
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Cube Goodies: Midnight blue 'geek.' glass http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/5f01/
Caffeine: Jo Mints w/Guarana
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5f3c/
Tshirts: Follow the white rabbit.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5f79/
Tshirts: M.A.D.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5e8f/
Gadgets: USB Digital Voice Recorder
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ec3/
Caffeine: ThinkGeek 'Best Of' Caffeine Sampler v2.5 http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/5f35/
Caffeine: Case O' Cricket Cola
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/5f6b/
Electronics: FujiFilm FinePix A303 Digital Camera http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5f63/
Electronics: EZ BinoCam II
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5f16/
Computing: Sharp Zaurus SL-5600
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5f48/
Computing: USB FlexLight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5a84/
Computing: SuperPen Graphics Tablet
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/5ede/
Computing: Logitech Z-680 THX Speakers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/speakers/5f4c/
Sourceforge
HTML Parser Integration Release 1.3-20030511 is out
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=275867
This is the third candidate for the final release of version 1.3. HTML Parser is a library released under LGPL, which allows you to parse HTML (HTML 4.0 supported), written in Java(TM). It has been used by people on live projects. The architecture is flexible, allowing you to enhance capability easily, and configure.
JGraph Geneva (v2.1.1) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=275839
JGraph is the most powerful, lightweight, feature-rich, and thoroughly documented open-source graph component available for Java. This release (Geneva) includes minor changes: bean property methods and empty constructor added to ConnectionSet for XMLEncoding, added Null-Check to isCellEditable, fixed shared points bug in DefaultEdge, disable autosize during in-place edit.
JGraphpad Salamance (v2.1.1 RC3) released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=276899
JGraphpad is the first free diagram editor for Java that offers XML, Drag and Drop and much more. This release (Salamance) offers full TikiWiki integration, remote diagrams and libraries, custom cell properties, overview with panner, right-button panning, accepts files, urls, images and text via clipboard/drag and drop, exports GXL to clipboard, new graph explorer tool with automatic layout, enhanced GXL import, image export, and major and minor bug fixes, such as incorrect cell order after grouping, slow painting and Mac OS X, and status bar not working.
AOLserver 4.0 beta 6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=276881
Sixth beta release for AOLserver 4.0. Detailed information about the bugs fixed in this release can be found in the release notes on the files download page. AOLserver is a multithreaded, Tcl-enabled, massively-scalable and extensible web server tuned for large scale, dynamic web sites. AOLserver also includes complete database integration and a dynamic page scripting language.
ScummVM 0.4.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=276225