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[osdn everything] August 17, 2003
Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 01:45:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Apple's School Days are Numbered
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/2358216
[0]prostoalex writes "Business Week [1]describes the current situation
in the educational market, suggesting that Apple will lose its share
among the high school teachers and students. The worst enemies,
according to Business Week, are school superintendents. "We want a
single platform," one of them said. "We're trying to get there using
the carrot, or blackmail, or rewards, or whatever you call it.""
Links
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/
Medal of Honor Linux Beta Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/17/0030252
[0]DF5JT writes "Icculus has finally released a [1]preview of his
current work on the [2]Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Linux port, in
the form of a Beta executable. He says 'It's playable, but the sound is
wonky and has other issues.' You'll need an installed Windows version
of the game to start the binary."
Links
0. mailto:df5jt@qsl.net
1.
http://icculus.org/news/news.php?id=1607
2.
http://www.eagames.com/official/moh_alliedassault/home.jsp
Scout Walker Kama Sutra
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/2041210
EvilXenu writes "What two things go better together than [0]Star Wars and sex? Be sure to don your peril-sensitive glass before visiting. Graphical descriptions abound, such as: 'This is one of the few practical positions in which turretal stimulation of the rear sensor array can be comfortably attempted for any length of time without both of you having to disengage your leg stirrups.'" Links
0. http://www.scoutwalker.com/
Louisiana Tries Anti-Spam Law
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/2038246
[0]chompyZ writes "The legislative battle against SPAMMING heats-up as
a new law became effective yesterday in Louisiana. According to
[1]KPLC, the new law [2]requires senders of sexually explicit e-mail to
include a note in the subject line, "adv-adult," to let unsuspecting
internet users know ahead of time. [3]The Olympian reports that [4]
Louisiana officials actually think this will be effective... leaves you
wondering if "officials" have any clue how SPAMMERS operate..."
Links
0. mailto:yafit@utility.org.il
1.
http://www.kplctv.com/
2.
http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1404013&nav=0nqxHUfF
3.
http://www.theolympian.com/
4.
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20030811/opinion/73138.shtml
RIM Color BlackBerry 7230 Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/2034220
[0]securitas submits this painfully well-linked piece: "eWEEK reviews
the [1]RIM BlackBerry 7230 color [2]handheld, [3]Research In Motion's
latest combination [4]wireless e-mail/phone/PDA, and the first
[5]BlackBerry to feature a full-color display. The tri-band GSM/GPRS
J2ME device features a 240-by-160-pixel, 65,000-color display, 16 MB
flash +2 MB SRAM, an Intel 386 32-bit chip, SMS, an HTML browser
(missing from the [6]preceding [7]BlackBerry [8]5810), a claimed 4
hours talk/10 days standby removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery,
POP3/IMAP/Exchange/Notes wireless e-mail for up to 10 accounts with
file attachment management, security via Triple DES encryption, USB
sync/recharging and the usual organizer functions. RIM squeezes it all
into a 4.8 oz/136g, 4.4x2.9x0.8 inch/11.3x7.4x2.0 cm package ([9]tech
specs at RIM). The [10]BlackBerry 7230 is exclusive to T-Mobile USA
until 2004 and costs about $400. With this release, [11]RIM is moving
the BlackBerry into the prosumer/consumer market to expand its customer
base beyond enterprise users. The release comes amid speculation of
[12]BlackBerry doom following RIM's recent [13]patent ruling loss and
ahead of the highly anticipated [14]Handspring [15]Treo 600, its direct
competition (which includes the [16]MS Pocket PC Phone Edition
[17]Smartphone and the [18]Palm [19]Tungsten W). More at [20]Wired
News, [21]E-Commerce Times, [22]InfoWorld and [23]Forbes/[24]Reuters." Links
0.
http://geartest.com
1.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1211281,00.asp
2.
http://rim.net/products/handhelds/data_voice.shtml
3.
http://rim.net/
4.
http://www.blackberry.com/products/blackberry7200/blackberry7230.shtml
5.
http://blackberry.com/
6.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/04/141248&tid=100
7.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,9018,00.asp
8.
http://www.blackberry.com/products/blackberry5810/index.shtml
9.
http://www.blackberry.com/products/handhelds/blackberry7230.shtml
10.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030811/RRIMM/TPTechnology/
11.
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030810.wrimm810/BNStory/Technology/
12.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1216189,00.asp
13.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/05/2313215&tid=155
14.
http://www.handspring.com/
15.
http://www.handspring.com/treo600/
16.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile
17.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/products/smartphone/default.mspx
18.
http://palm.com/
19.
http://palm.com/us/products/handhelds/tungsten-w/
20.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59982,00.html
21.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31312.html
22.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/11/HNcolorblackberry_1.html
23.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2003/08/11/rtr1053844.html
24.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3253058PS2 Exploit Allows Running of Unsigned Code http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1621211
DrEldarion writes "[0]This man has figured out a way to make the PS2 run unsigned code without a modchip. "To make a long story short, the exploit allows anyone with a memory card and a valid, legal PS1 disc to hijack the boot process and run any piece of code."" Links
0. http://www.0xd6.org/ps2-independence.html
Profile of an eBay Scammer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/148202
[0]prostoalex writes "[1]FastCompany is running an article about [2]Jay
Nelson, whose primary income source for about 5 years included selling
goods on eBay. Considering that he chose to skip the delivery, the
profit margins were at an all time high. Under the names of
biggerthanu, harddrives4sale, diamondsoft, yoshiinc and susancutey
Nelson would collect five-digit PayPal payments from the buyers on eBay
and Yahoo Auctions."
Links
0.
http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/
1.
http://www.fastcompany.com/
2.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/73/kirsner.htmlSuperconductors as Electrical Grid Surge Suppressors http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1354229
[0]securitas writes "The [1]New York Times published a story about
[2]Intermagnetics -- a company that plans to use '[3]superconductors as
valves on the electric-utility power grid, letting their temperature
rise to choke off the flow of power,' a day before the [4]largest
blackout in North American history. The timing couldn't have been
better. On the day of the blackout, Intermagnetics [5]announced a [6]$6
million contract from the Department of Energy to develop and install
superconductor 'valve' prototypes by 2006 in the Niagara Mohawk
distribution system. Considering that one of the leading theories for
the [7]cause of the cascading blackout is a surge in the Niagara Mohawk
power grid, this announcement seems incredibly timely."
Links
0.
http://geartest.com
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/technology/14GRID.html?ex=1061438400&en=9181fd84fed4491b&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
2.
http://www.intermagnetics.com/
3.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/technology/14GRID.html
4.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2050243&tid=99
5.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK1.story&STORY=/www/story/08-06-2003/0001995991&EDATE=WED+Aug+06+2003,+06:01+AM
6.
http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2003/08/11/daily33.html?t=printable
7.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2213252&tid=187
Guido van Rossum Interviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1331240
Qa1 writes "Guido von Rossum, creator of [0]Python, was recently interviewed by the folks at [1]O'Reilly Network. In this interview he discusses his [2]view of the future of Python and the Open Source community and programming languages in general. Some more personal stuff is also mentioned, like his recent [3]job change (including the Slashdot story about it) and a little about how he manages to fit developing Python into his busy schedule." Links
0.
http://python.org/
1.
http://www.onlamp.com/
2.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/08/14/gvr_interview.html
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/09/1549236&tid=156
Satellite Views Of The Blackout
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1320201
An anonymous reader writes "These [0]Before and [1]After satellite
views of the blackout, from the NOAA, show the geographic extent and
intensity of the outage. Toronto, Ottawa, and Detroit seem the worst
hit. Currently, [2]a cnn article mentions that a reverse of power flow
around Lake Erie may have caused an overload that triggered the
programmed shutdown of the power grid. Would be interesting to know how
the system and software works, but then again, that information could
be dangerous in the wrong hands."
Links
0.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081403-20hrsbefore-text.jpg
1.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081503-7hrsafter-text.jpg
2.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/15/blackout.cause/index.html
Freshmeat
Abstract Purple 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132816/
Abstract Purple is an opalescent purple and green theme. The background is by Dolcevitas (Panda Gielen).
Asymptopia Crossword Builder 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132875/
Asymptopia Crossword Builder is a JavaScript application. A robust GUI allows users to submit arbitrary length lists of key-hint pairs which can be regenerated an unlimited number of times until the user wants to accept the layout. The dhtml interface provides a configuration panel, key- generating panel (i.e. answer sheet), puzzle-generating panel (blank squares with numbers for accross/down), and an across-down-hints panel which generates the text hints and numerical location on the puzzle.
Audio Input-Output Library 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132864/
libaio is meant to solve the problem of differing digital audio platforms once and for all. JACK is unnecessarily complex for most applications, and while libao's support for file output is cool, it limits what the API can do and is therefore inadequate for any kind of real time application. libaio provides a clean application interface and a simple compile-time driver switching decision, yielding a lightweight way to use the local sound hardware without having to care what it is.
BATTS 20030815 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132781/
BATTS (Barnhard Associates Trouble Ticketing System) is a lean, elegant trouble ticket system with both command line and Web interfaces, written in Perl. It uses MySQL for its backend, and has a ticket-via-email interface for submission and informational logging. Features include support for tickets pending on or resolved when other tickets are disposed of, an ability to assign tickets to a person, an ability to categorize and prioritize tickets, and associating billing codes with various logging events.
BitMagic C++ library 3.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132851/
BitMagic is C++ library designed and developed to implement efficient, platform-independent bitsets. It features several types of on-the-fly adaptive compression, dynamic range of addressable space of 2^32-1 bits, efficient memory management, serialization in a platform-independent, compact format suitable for storing in files and databases, performance tuning for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, and optimization for Intel SSE2 128-bit integer SIMD.
Bluecurve for Mozilla 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132800/
Bluecurve for Mozilla uses the Red Hat artwork from Garrett Lesage to create a look and feel for Mozilla which is compatible with the Bluecurve theme as used in Red Hat 8.x.
Cherokee 0.4.6 pre-030816
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132865/
Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable, extensible with plug-ins, and supports on-the-fly configuration by reading files or strings.
Datamaster 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132817/
Datamaster is a set of utilities that generates databases and customizable Web applications automatically from UML class diagrams.
dealbumwrap 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132863/
dealbumwrap is a small script which extracts individual songs from the MP3 files created by AlbumWrap. AlbumWrap is a Win32 program that combines several MP3 files into one big continuous MP3 file.
Debt Minder 1.8.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132823/
Debt Minder is a specialized tool for debt management. It is user friendly, complete, functional, and economical, and considers account subtleties such as introductory APRs, varying interest rates, split interest rates, external payments, and more. Its visualization capabilities include pie charts, line graphs, bar charts, area graphs, debt to income ratios, and colored payoff tables. An integrated amortization calculator for American and Canadian methods is included, and payoff schedules can be exported to XML, CSV, and tab delimited files
dxr3Player 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132828/
dxr3Player is a lightweight command line DVD player for Linux and the DXR3 (aka Hollywood+) MPEG-2 decoder boards. It supports all major DVD features, including menus, navigation, fast forward and backward playback, subtitles, and camera angle changes. The player is very conservative on memory usage and tries very hard (and mostly succeeds) to keep video and audio in sync.
Electronic Design Automation - Index 0.4-1 (Beta) http://freshmeat.net/releases/132840/
Electronic Design Automation - Index is a system that can be used in the electronic world to keep track of your: Schematic, Printed Circuit Board, Front Plate, and Programmable Logic Unit numbers. This is very useful when you have drawn many electronic schematics and PCBs in an EDA program such as Eagle, gEDA, Protel, or Orcad. It's also useful if you've created a front plate layout in an image editor such as GIMP, Corel Draw, or Photoshop.
Elm ME+ PL106 (25)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132827/
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 can also view digests as a mailbox and reassemble fragmented (message/partial) messages. It includes modules for TLS/SSL, iconv, and SMTP.
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE 0.10.0pre6 (Beta) http://freshmeat.net/releases/132872/
Fast OnlineUpdate for SuSE (fou4s) is a bash script that provides the functionality of YOU (YaST OnlineUpdate), but can also work in background and check for updates every night. It supports resumed downloads and proxies by using wget. GPG signatures are also checked.
Gaim for Qtopia 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132821/
Gaim for Qtopia is an official port of the Gaim instant messenger. It is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for the Qtopia and OPIE embedded environments, compatible with the AIM (using the Oscar protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, and Trepia networks.
Geek Code Wizard 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132843/
Geek Code Wizard helps you generate your geek code.
Generic Game-Tree Library 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132812/
GGTL is a C library to help people program computer games. It is targeted in particular at two-player zero-sum games with perfect information. Examples are Chess, Checkers, Go, Othello (Reversi), Tic-Tac-Toe, and Connect-4. For such games, GGTL can provide Alpha-Beta game-tree search (both fixed-depth and iterative deepening), unlimited undo, and saving to/resuming from files. Three example games, Othello, Connect-4, and Tic-Tac-Toe, are included.
Green For Your Debian Box 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132769/
Green for your Debian Box is a space theme made with XaoS (for the spiral logo) and The GIMP.
GtkAtlantic 0.2.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132841/
GtkAtlantic is a client for playing Monopoly-like board games on monopd servers.
gtkSMS 0.3.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132854/
gtkSMS is a small application which assists in sending many SMS messages. It includes a phone book. It uses a program called 'sms' as a backend (http://www.ceti.pl/~miki/komputery/sms.html).
IIViewer 0.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132878/
IIViewer is an application for X, and optionally for the Linux framebuffer device. It allows you to display pictures in a directory as thumbnail images. Selected images can then be displayed at full size. It reads BMP, GIF, and JPEG images (even without additional libraries), but it is also able to use libjpeg, libtiff, and libpng.
ink_level 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132856/
ink_level is a kernel module which allows you to check the ink level of your printer simply by reading two files in the /proc directory.
Inside Systems Mail 1.7-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132860/
Inside Systems Mail is a Webmail system that is programmed in PHP, makes heavy use of Javascript/DOM, and is designed to work with any IMAP server (including Microsoft Exchange). It aims to be quick and easy to use, with an interface that most users will find familiar and several options that help fine tune the Webmail experience.
Io programming language 2003-08-15 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/132820/
Io is small prototype-based programming language. It is a pure object language, and it features an incremental garbage collector, exceptions, light weight threads, and embeddability.
Java File Manager 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132874/
JFM is an Windows Commander, Krusader, MC, Norton Comander, etc. clone, but written entirely in Java. It has no native parts, and is intended to remain that way. You can use the same file manager in every OS that you run, not having to get used to a new file manager when you boot a new OS.
Kahakai 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132822/
Kahakai is a fork of the Waimea window manager, adding scripting support for many languages through SWIG.
KameVoice 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132858/
KameVoice is a Program to utilize the Microsoft GameVoice USB device as general control device in KDE. It is able to map all sort of standard shell commands to the buttons of the GameVoice. It is easy to configure, and should be 100% stable and use very few resources.
Keep It Simple Stock Quote 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132876/
KISSQ will link to Yahoo's financial site, download the information, and then format it for your browser. Setup is very simple. The application can be run as a PHPNuke module, PostNuke module, or stand alone application. You can retrieve historical prices and download them, as well as see a chart of the current day's data. A portfolio is allowed using MySQL or other RDBMS. It also provides live quotes.
Kronophobia 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132826/
Kronophobia is a complete event-based school calendaring system that supports recurrence, transportation assignments, alerts, parent/public registration, custom reports, event tracking, and e-mail notification.
Krusader 1.25-beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132855/
Krusader is an "old-school" file manager. Its twin-panel look follows in the footsteps of the great file managers of old such as GNU's Midnight Commander© and the Norton Commander© for DOS. Krusader features an intuitive GUI, complete drag n' drop capability, transparent handling of archives, mimetype support, and more.
lambda 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132824/
Lambda is a Lambda calculus interpreter. It can convert Lambda expression into the S, K, and I combinators and has auto-defined numbers and many interesting pre-defined combinators.
Lestat 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132845/
Lestat is a simple system which is designed to allow trends in port scans to be identified and displayed in a simple manner. The system comprises a Perl agent which collects packets and logs them to a database, and a presentation layer which draws graphs and presents a GUI via PHP.
Libxml 2.5.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132837/
Libxml is the XML C library developed for the Gnome project. The library code is portable (to Linux, Unix, Windows, embedded systems, etc.) and modular; most of the extensions can be compiled out. Libxml implements a number of existing standards related to markup languages, including the XML standard, Namespaces in XML, XML Base, Relax NG, RFC 2396, XPath, XPointer, HTML4, XInclude, SGML Catalogs, and XML Catalogs. In most cases, libxml tries to implement the specifications in a relatively strict way. To some extent, it provides support for the following specifications, but doesn't claim to implement them: DOM, FTP client, HTTP client, SAX, and DocBook SGML. Support for W3C XML Schemas is in progress. It includes xmllint, a command line XML validator.
Liferea 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132871/
Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is an RSS/RDF feed reader. It's intended to be a clone of the Windows-only FeedReader. It can be used to maintain a list of subscribed feeds, browse through their items, and show their contents using GtkHTML.
LinuXchangE 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132818/
LinuXchangE is a powerful integration system that offers corporate network services like email, DNS, WINS, PDC, and mass storage. It pretends to be a complete replacement for Windows servers by storing all its information using LDAP (like Active Directory does).
Liquid Installer 1.0beta (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132833/
Liquid Installer greatly simplifies the installation of software packages for Web applications. Users can add new modules, themes, or updates with just one click. Developers can create installation packages for their own software in less than five minutes and distribute them using the "share" feature.
Mindmeld 1.2 RC1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132819/
Mindmeld is an enterprise-capable knowledge sharing system designed for any Web community that needs to capture and share information. It is unique in that the knowledge base grows smarter every time it's used. It incorporates terms used in each search into a contextual map of the answer itself, continually improving its ability to derive contextual information from a given search. The system learns how people typically search for an answer by identifying which terms are most valuable in any specific context.
My Signup Sheet 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132870/
My Signup Sheet is a simple Web-based application that allows visitors to sign up for events. It is intended to be used for teachers and organizations wishing to allow users to sign up for events with limited seats avaible. The admin may specify the events, number of seats available, and information required from each user.
NeoMail 1.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132849/
NeoMail is a web-based email client written in Perl. It provides access to a machine's local mail spools without requiring a POP3 server to be running, and without giving users shell access. It supports sending and receiving attachments, multiple folders, user themes and preferences, templates for interface generation, quotas, language translations, etc.
OnDir 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132881/
OnDir automatically executes scripts in directories when you traverse them at the command line. In addition, it also executes these scripts in any intervening directories. Use it if you are sick of typing 'umask 022' when editing your Web pages in ~/public_html, or want to add a directory to your PATH - but only while in certain directories.
pam_deny_uc 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132852/
The pam_deny_uc module can be used to force the use of lowercase usernames. This is useful with authentication backends which ignore case during username lookups, such as LDAP.
Pauker 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132831/
Pauker is a generic flashcard program written in Java. It uses a combination of ultra-shortterm, shortterm, and longterm memory. You can use it to learn all the things you never want to forget, like vocabulary, capitals, important dates, etc.
phpSavant 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132844/
Savant is a PEAR-compliant template system for PHP. It does four things. First, it accepts variables for parsing through to a PHP-based template script via the assign() methods (you can assign references and objects as well). Second, it parses and displays the template script output via the display() method. Third, it parses and returns the template script results via the fetch() method. Fintally, it acts as a framework for plugins that provide "convenience methods" for your display logic and business logic.
PicoContainer 1.0-beta-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132859/
PicoContainer is a tiny embeddable container for type-3 Inversion of Control (IoC) Java components. Simple components for PicoContainer do not have to extend, implement, or throw anything. They also do not ship with XML declarations.
pkdump 0.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132825/
pkdump detects TCP and UDP port scans and connection attempt from foreign hosts over the Internet.
QScintilla 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132868/
QScintilla is a port of the Scintilla C++ editor class to the Qt GUI toolkit.
raidmon 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132850/
Raidmon is a shell script which runs as a daemon and monitors software RAID devices (Linux MD). It starts to beep when a disk fails or while a RAID device is resyncing after an unclean shutdown. Every event also triggers the email alert mechanism, which sends mail to one or more persons with the details of what's going on.
Rhino 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132836/
Rhino is a GUI Othello/reversi game for the Gnome environment. The goal is to have a game with a strong AI, targeted to experienced players.
RSSOwl 0.53b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132835/
RSSOwl is a GUI desktop client (using SWT as fast graphic libary) that reads the RSS format from a URL or a local file. It is divided into 4 areas: RSS Management includes quickview of an RSS feed, adding new RSS favorites to a category, adding new categories, deleting an RSS feed or a category, and fulltext searching with result highlights. RSS Favorites shows all the saved favorites in the different categories in a tree. RSS TabFolder displays the title and description of the RSS feed plus a list of the newsheaders from the feed; it opens a new tab whenever a new RSS feed is opened. RSS NewsItem displays the selected news from the list of newsheaders from the TabFolder; the link to the news can be clicked to open it in the browser. The supported languages are German and English.
Ruby-LCD 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132834/
Ruby-LCD is a client library (lcd.rb) and a small collection of fairly useful clients (such as an XMMS display client and an IMAP mail check client) for the LCDProc system for small serial/USB LCD screens.
scsidev 2.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132846/
scsidev builds a list of devices on your SCSI busses and creates device nodes to access them. The names are built based on their path, which is a 4-tuple consisting of the host adapter number, the channel number, the SCSI target ID, and the Logical Unit Number. Names build this way are much more persistent than the enumeration scheme used by the kernel (1st disk = sda, etc.). scsidev remembers the permissions of disappeared devices and restores the permissions properly when devices reappear. Optionally, it can create the devices as symbolic links to the main device nodes in /dev/, create missing device nodes, and handle missing permissions on the /dev/ nodes. You can assign alias names based on various pieces of information, such as vendor and model name. It also supports retrieving the serial number, the WWID, and the HSV OS ID and allows assigning names based on this information, thus providing a unique identification.
Sherpath Groupware 0.9.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132832/
Sherpath Groupware is a Web-based (HTML and a few JavaScript), high-performance groupware package. It features email, schedules, contacts, a file explorer, email rules, notes, tasks, bookmarks, and fax and SMS support. It requires Apache, PHP4 and MySQL. This was a commercial project, but it has been under the GPL by its authors.
singapore 0.9.6 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132796/
singapore is a flexible PHP image gallery that stores information in a CSV-file database. It has a Web-based admin and cached autogenerated thumbnails (using GD or ImageMagick). Its output is XHTML- and CSS-compatible.
Straw 0.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132877/
Straw is desktop RSS aggregator for the GNOME 2.0 environment, written in Python.
Syntext Serna 1.0.b01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132643/
Syntext Sema is an XSL-on-the-fly WYSIWYG XML document editor. During the editing process, it renders XML documents according to XSL stylesheets (e.g., a Docbook XSL stylesheet similar to the Norman Walsh one). As a result, authors constantly see rendered and transformed content which looks similar to the final presentation. It also provides on-the-fly XML schema validation and extensive entity support.
text2rtf 1.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132848/
text2rtf is a small command line application to convert plain text to RTF. It can read from stdin and write to stdout, or it can convert a list of files, appending the .rtf suffix. The font is set to either Times or Courier.
The XSLT C library for GNOME 1.0.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132838/
Libxslt is a C library for GNOME which allows developers to work with XSLT. It is based on libxml for XML parsing, tree manipulation, and XPath support. Also included is 'xsltproc', a command line XSLT processor. The library is written in plain C, making as few assumptions as possible, and sticking closely to ANSI C/POSIX for easy embedding. It should work on Linux, Unix, and Windows. Though not designed primarily with performances in mind, libxslt seems to be a relatively fast processor. It also include full support for the EXSLT set of extension functions as well as some common extensions present in other XSLT engines.
VideoDB 2003-08-16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132839/
VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection. It's mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark movies as seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a filter for TV episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow manager. It is a personal database, so no user management/authentication scheme is implemented. Everybody may add/edit/delete movies.
wutils 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132866/
wutils is a set of wrappers for mv and rm. As wmv, it creates .htaccess files for Apache with redirections so Web links don't break when you rename files, and as wrm it prompts for a redirection (or '410 Gone') for each deleted file.
xCHM 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132869/
xCHM is a graphical CHM viewer for UNIX. It's based on CHMLIB and written using the wxWindows framework. It is not an extractor, but a standalone viewer, able to generate and show the topics tree, figure out the homepage for the document, print the current page, and go forward and backward in its history.
Zina 0.10.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/132847/
Zina is a graphical interface to your MP3 collection, a personal jukebox, and an MP3 streamer. It can run alone, be embedded into an existing Web site, or be used as a Postnuke/PHPNuke module. It is similar to Andromeda, but is released under the GPL.
Newsforge Reports
Take this idea... please
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/1223235
- by Jordi Carrasco-Munoz - Hanoi, Vietnam -- I would like to propose a pooling of ideas. The domain name, "UsemyGPLideas.com," (which is not yet registered as I write this) is my first contribution
Linux Advisory Watch - August 15th 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/1135217
- by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for lynx, zblast, perl, kernel, signal, iBCS2, ddskk, konquerer, man-db, xpcd, stunnel, postfix, and php. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Red Hat, SuSe, Trustix, and TurboLinux.
Linux: Just what the doctor ordered
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1622242
- by Joe Barr - Ever wonder how the general public would cope with Linux on the desktop if they tried it?  Here is one small data point suggesting that the delta in ease of use between the Linux desktop and the monopoly desktop is not that great.  No, I'm not talking about the recently released usability study comparing the ease of use between Windows XP and Linux by relevantive in Germany.  I'm talking about a public waiting room in a ...
Newsforge Newsvac
(Linux Today) Editor's Note: The Sky is Not Falling
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/2322234
Much has been said about The SCO Group's recent exploration of attacking the GPL, which may have been little more than a trial balloon, if you'll pardon the pun, to see what tactics the open-source community might have up its sleeve.
Blackout a Boon for Backup Tools
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1210244
Among sellers of backup power supplies, it's an unfortunate fact of business that most people give little consideration to the potential for electrical disruptions until something bad actually happens. But when the lights are out, the computer's dead and the TV screen goes blank, consumers are ready to take action.
Cryptography locks down WAP and P2P transmissions http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1136205
Anonymous Reader writes "No matter what protocol or architecture you're using to broadcast data through the air, encryption can make that data safer. In this article, we'll examine some places where encryption can help secure wireless applications and networks, with a particular focus on WAP and P2P architectures. We'll also look at a J2ME application that uses cutting-edge cryptographical libraries to encode its data."
Embedded Linux Powers the M-100 Mini-Box http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/125228
Mini-box.com, a subsidiary of Ituner Networks Corp released the Mini-Box M-100 general purpose computer (GPC) based on VIA's award wining Mini-ITX motherboard, shipping with a small embedded Linux distribution.
China blocks foreign software use in gov't http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1148254
A new policy by China's governing body the State Council will rule that all ministries have to buy only locally-produced software at the next upgrade cycle.
Oracle Technology Day In Nigeria
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/16/1146258
Global enterprising software company, Oracle, has chosen Nigeria for its first Oracle Technology Day in Africa. An official of Oracle in Nigeria, Mr. Harold Anumihe, said that the event would avail customers, partners and interested individuals an understanding of the firm's stategy to force down the cost of computing in the continent in general and particularly in Nigeria.
Microsoft Security Update -- Blaster Worm http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/2123205
Anonymous Reader writes "Microsoft has begun contacting community websites with urgent information regarding the Blaster Worm and has requested that we post the following message. Recognizing that many of our readers work in environments where there are Microsoft Windows based computers, or use Windows on their own systems, we bring you the following message from Microsoft . . ."
Debian Hits Double Digits on August 16th! http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/177200
There has been a lot of disjointed talk about how to celebrate Debian's 10th birthday, so Debconf.org is running this page as a place to coordinate the various parties etc that are bound to be organised.
Open-Source King of Data Backup
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/175219
Rsync lacks many critical features of an enterprise back-up system, including live database backups and tape rotation and scheduling, says Mike McHenry, a senior network engineer for Lighthouse Communications.
New Linux supercomputer in works
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/168235
Another Linux supercomputer cluster with Advanced Micro Devices Opteron chip is in the works, this time for Los Alamos National Laboratory's nuclear weapons testing program.
Thinkgeek
Computing: SnapStream Personal Video Station 3
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/619c/
Gadgets: Arc LED Flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/6270/
Gadgets: Laser Widow
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/604c/
Computing: 17" Samsung 170N LCD Display http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/624e/
PC Mods: Startech Cool Aluminator PC Case http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6297/
Computing: Multimedia Access Panels
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/628f/
Computing: Zip-Linq Cell Phone Charger Kits http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62aa/
Computing: Kensington WiFi Finder
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/6247/
Computing: Zip-Linq Retractable Network/Modem Cables http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62a1/
Computing: Zip-Linq Zip-Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/629b/
Cube Goodies: Smart Mug
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/6235/
Cube Goodies: Moving Gear Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/601e/
Computing: BenQ FP2081 20" LCD Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/6259/
Gadgets: Microscope Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6222/
Gadgets: Candeloo Rechargeable Lamps
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5efd/
Computing: ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/623c/
Electronics: Mustek GSm@rt D30 Digital Camera http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/61a5/
PC Mods: Cigarette Lighter Mod
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cables/61fd/
PC Mods: Bubble Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/lighting/620c/
PC Mods: Meteor Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/lighting/6208/
Sourceforge
Animal Shelter Manager 1.20 Stable released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=301793
This release contains the awaited medical tracking, lots of new features, improvements and of course the obligatory bug fixes. Animal Shelter Manager is a complete computer solution for animal sanctuaries and rescue shelters. Features complete animal management, document generation, full reporting, charts, internet website publishing, PetFinder integration and more.
Appalm 0.7 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=301886