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Slashdot
Futurama Confirmed on Cartoon Network
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1738221
[0]MrChubble writes "A quote from the cartoon network [1]Adult Swim
FAQ: "Starting January 12th the block will be extended to five nights a
week (Sunday-Thursday) 11pm-2am et/pt and FUTURAMA will be added to the
schedule." Sounds like fun to me." Jamie asks: it's nice to get
confirmation of [2]reruns, but will they be buying new episodes? Anyone
know?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.adultswim.com/feedback/index.html
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/29/0256236&tid=129
Microsoft Reader Format Cracked
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0352217
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "[1]Pocket PC Addict has a cool [2]story
about how some guy named Dan Jackson is distributing an unfortunately
named program that will remove the security from Microsoft Reader
ebooks. Once the security is removed, it then allows the book to be
converted to html, text or any other format."
Links
0. http://www.pocketpcaddict.com
1. http://www.pocketpcaddict.com/
2. http://www.pocketpcaddict.com/article.php?sid=937
India's Bargain Supercomputer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0212204
MaximusTheGreat writes "India beat U.S. supercomputer sanctions by
building a teraflop $5 million [0]PARAM Padma supercomputer, which is
half the price of similar computers being sold in the international
market. It can be scaled upto 16 teraflops, on a [1]build-to-order
basis For comparison, the fastest supercomputer in the U.S. is [2]about
10 Teraflops. Some [3]techical details and more info on [4] CDAC , [1]
ITworld, [5] Economic times and [6] Asia Times. Also, India has been
[0]exporting older model PARAM 10000s to other countries like Russia,
Canada, Germany etc. for some time, and expects to increase exports
significantly with the new model PARAM Padma."
Links
0. http://www.cdacindia.com/html/press/spot231.asp
1. http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1437/021217indiasupercomp/
2. http://www.top500.org/list/2002/11/
3. http://www.cdacindia.com/html/press/spot245.asp
4. http://www.cdacindia.com/html/press/innews.asp#padma
5. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/comp/articleshow?artid=31391693
6. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DL18Df03.html
Supremes Grant Stay in Pavlovich DVD CCA Case
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0522213
endall writes "Sandra Day O'Connor [0]granted a stay last week for DVD
Copy Control Association so that the court could gather more
information. She requested filings by later this week. I'm guessing
that this delays implimentation of the [1]California Supreme court
decision on the matter."
Links
0. http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/12/30/scotus_dvd/index.html
1. http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/20001213_ca_supct_order.html
Serial ATA, Here and Now
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0218246
[0]Xev writes "We have heard a lot about this new technology; over at
HEXUS.net they have a [1]review of a retail drive. The first on the
internet, it is interesting to see the performance of the unit as well
as the hotswap feature, and other new functions. Is this a solution to
cheaper hot swap?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=477
Requiem for the Disappearing Pay Phone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0129208
[0]StarEmperor writes "[1]This Washington Post article describes the
steady disappearance of pay phones as cell phones become more
commonplace. Many pay phones, which used to generate hundreds of
dollars per month in revenue, are now used so infrequently that they
cost money to operate. I wonder what kind of environmental hazard is
posed by junking thousands of pay phones?"
Links
0. http://www.starempires.com
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49017-2002Dec28.html
Video Storage And Hard Drive Manufacturers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/2222231
IrateSurf writes "A [0]new column posted over at the [1]Storage
Supersite questions whether or not PVRs (Personal Video Recorders) are
good for the hard drive industry. It's interesting, considering topics
like whether the noise of a hard drive is worse than a VCR. The
discussion is a response to an [2]earlier column talking about the bad
market for hard drive makers."
Links
0. http://storage.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,801818,00.asp
1. http://storage.ziffdavis.com/
2. http://storage.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,797704,00.asp
Windows Security Holes Go Mostly Unexploited
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1955256
[0]murky.waters writes "Wired News has an [1]article with a decidedly
different take on security holes in Microsoft Windows: Despite the
[2]thousands of known exploits and virii, most MS users aren't target
of much harm, and the big guns such as Klez have had almost no effect
on home users. An interesting read that, if true, challenges some
common arguments."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,56955,00.html
2. http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+exploits
Act Now To Sidestep A W3C Patent Pitfall
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/2147230
Jay Sulzberger, Corresponding Secretary of LXNY (New York's Free
Computing Organization) writes with a report on the ongoing fight over
patents in Web standards. "In the past two years the Free Software
Movement has moved W3C, the Official Standards Body of the World Wide
Web, from a proposed patent policy, which would have, in future, denied
us our present right to full and free use of free software to build the
Web, to a policy intended to guarantee that free software may be used
without fear of patent encumbrances. This move is an important victory
for us. But the present proposed policy on patents has a bug that is
worth fixing. The mechanism of the bug is non-obvious, except to people
who have studied the GPL and certain other free software licenses. It
is a bug that, if the proposal is made an official standard, would
allow for patent encumbrances to be laid on certain free software in
circumstances where today no encumbrance is allowed." Read the rest of
Jay's commentary (below) on this devil in the details.
The Joystick Is The Root of All Evil
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1820236
Waab writes "David Yoo, of the [0]Parsons School of Design has taken
some time out of his busy [1]schedule to put together one of the
funniest sites I've seen all year, [2]Mothers Against Videogame
Addiction and Violence. With articles like "EverQuest: A Threat to
Society?" and "America's Army: A New Low" (articles currently offline
"due to editing"), MAVAV gives worried parents one more senseless cause
to rally round. Even [3]Tycho and Gabe love it."
Links
0. http://www.parsons.edu/
1. http://dexter.parsons.edu/~dyoo/2002-3/
2. http://www.mavav.org/
3. http://www.penny-arcade.com/
Freshmeat
23 Ounces Of Glass 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107874/
23 Ounces Of Glass is an aqua glass styled blue and gray theme.
Balsa 2.0.4 (GNOME 2 Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107913/
Balsa is a Gnome e-mail client supporting POP3, IMAP, and local mail
delivery. It can be compiled with multi-threading support for faster
response, and can do nifty things like read your GnomeCard address
book, use LDAP, and render HTML mail.
Balsa 1.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107910/
Balsa is a Gnome e-mail client supporting POP3, IMAP, and local mail
delivery. It can be compiled with multi-threading support for faster
response, and can do nifty things like read your GnomeCard address
book, use LDAP, and render HTML mail.
BHL 0.99
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107905/
BHL is an Emacs mode which enables you to convert plain text files into
HTML, LaTeX, and SGML (Linuxdoc) files. The BHL mode handles common
font-styles, three levels of sections, any kind of lists, URLs and
horizontal rules. BHL handles a table of contents: you can browse the
toc, insert the toc where you want, and update the sections' numbers
with one keystroke.
BlackHole Spam/Virus Filter 1.0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107903/
Blackhole Spam/Virus Filter provides spam and virus filtering using dot
files in all the major MTA/SMTP servers for UNIX and similar systems.
It also can be used as a qmail-queue replacement or a Postfix Content
Filter to cover the entire SMTP servers userbase. It is different from
other, similar programs, in that it scales for thousands of users from
being in C and not executing external programs for most of its work. It
is uses flat config files or MySQL to store the configs of each user.
Almost every type of check in existence for spam is implimented. It can
be setup like an access list with each check type (over 15 checks
currently) having its own separate rules for action and scores to
choose action precedence. Subject tagging, custom headers, and detailed
report logging can be fully configured from the config file, there is a
global config file for default users setup, and it works with clamscan,
which gives a fully Free spam/virus solution which matches any
commercial offering.
Bonobo: Object Activation Framework 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107916/
OAF is the Object Activation Framework for GNOME. It has a similar
purpose to gnorba, the GNOME 1.x CORBA activation library, and will
replace it for GNOME 2.0. It allows you to do much more powerful
activation queries than gnorba. Each server is described by an XML file
that defines its attributes. When querying or activating, one may
specify complex requirements using the OAF query language.
Cfour 1.0 (CgiParser class)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107886/
Cfour provides C++ Common Console Classes that are reusable, for
console I/O, _easy_ file I/O, and a class for managing configuration
files using an XML style format. Cfour currently remains OS
independent. The Cfour classes were used in parts of webcpp and mkscs.
CVS 1.11.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107914/
CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions
of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why
changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. Unlike the simpler systems,
CVS does not just operate on one file at a time or one directory at a
time, but operates on hierarchical collections of directories
consisting of version controlled files. CVS helps to manage releases
and to control the concurrent editing of source files among multiple
authors. CVS allows triggers to enable/log/control various operations
and works well over a wide area network.
Eric3 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107906/
Eric3 is a Python IDE written using PyQt and QScintilla. It has
integrated project management capabilities with class browsing
functions, gives developers an unlimited number of editors with syntax
highlighting and code folding, an integrated Python shell, an
integrated Python debugger, a file system browser with class browsing
capabilities for Python files, and more.
ERW 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107885/
ERW (Entities and Relationships on the Web) is an innovative system for
handling complex databases using a Web browser. It uses the most recent
standards endorsed by the W3C to offer to the user a sophisticated
environment, similar to a dedicated client. Moreover, the user
interface is generated in a completely automatic way starting from a
conceptual description of the database by means of an XML-based
description language for entity-relationship schemata. From the same
description, you can also automatically obtain diagrams and
documentation. ERW can be used for content management, in particular
when the data is structured along complex relations.
FileFinder 0.9 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107918/
FileFinder is a Java program that helps you locate your files quickly
and easily. You can catalog all sorts of media (CD-ROMs, Zip disks,
directories on harddisks, harddisks, floppies, etc.). It contains a
search feature to locate your file(s), and you can create groups in a
tree structure, to help catalog your media. You can also add/search the
contents of archived (zip, jar, etc.) files within media.
Games for Gnome2 2.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107919/
This package contains games for the GNOME2 desktop. Games included in
this package are FreeCell (a popular solitare game), Glines (a color
lines game), Gataxx (another disc-flipping game), Gnect (four in a row
game), Gnibbles (a snake game for up to four players), Gnobots II
(improved version of an old BSD robots game), GNOME-Stones (a game
based on a very old arcade game where you have to collect gems),
Gnometris (GNOME version of the popular Russian game Tetris), GNOME
Mine (the popular logic puzzle minesweeper), GNOME Klotski (a game
based on the not so popular Klotski), GNOME Tali (a sort of poker with
dice and less money), Iagno (GNOME version of the popular Othello),
Mahjongg (GNOME version of the classic Eastern tile game), Same GNOME
(game where the goal is to remove as many balls in as few moves as
possible), and GNOME xbill (a port of the classic anti-Windows game).
Gedcom Parser Library 0.20.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107907/
The Gedcom parser library provides an API to applications to parse,
process, and write arbitrary genealogy files in the standard GEDCOM
format. It provides a callback interface (like the SAX interface in
XML) and an object model interface (like the DOM interface in XML).
Grip 3.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107915/
Grip is a CD player and CD ripper/MP3-encoder for the GNOME desktop. It
has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built in, but can also use
external rippers (such as cdda2wav). It also provides an automated
frontend for MP3 encoders (presets for lame, bladeenc, l3enc,
xingmp3enc, mp3encode, and gogo), letting you take a disc and transform
it easily straight into MP3s. The Ogg Vorbis format is also supported.
Internet disc lookups are supported for retrieving track information
from disc database servers. Grip works with DigitalDJ to provide a
unified, "computerized" version of your music collection.
hdup 1.5.2.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107898/
hdup is used to back up a filesystem. Features include encryption of
the archive (via mcrypt), compression of the archive (bzip/gzip/none),
the ability to transfer the archive to a remote host (via scp/rsync),
and no obscure archive format (it is a normal compressed tar file).
Hibernate 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107904/
Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence
and query service for Java. It lets you develop persistent objects
following common Java idiom, including composition, association,
inheritance, polymorphism, and the Java collections framework. To allow
a rapid build procedure, Hibernate rejects the use of code generation
or bytecode processing. Instead, runtime reflection is used and SQL
generation occurs at system startup time. It supports Oracle, DB2,
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Interbase, Microsoft SQL Server, Mckoi SQL,
Progress, SAP DB, and HypersonicSQL.
IaraJS 0.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107893/
IaraJS is a set of JavaScript templates for the construction of Web
sites, using JavaScript components.
Ivy software bus 1.2.2 (Java)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107899/
Ivy is a simple protocol and a set of libraries that allows
applications to broadcast information through text messages, with a
subscription mechanism based on regular expressions.
Jabber Gadu-Gadu Transport 1.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107896/
The Jabber Gadu-Gadu transport provides Gadu-Gadu protocol support
(which is a very popular proprietary instant messaging protocol in
Poland).
JSwat Java Debugger 2.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107884/
JSwat is a graphical, stand-alone Java debugger, using the JPDA
library. It offers breakpoints with monitors and conditions, colorized
source code display, single-stepping, displaying variables, viewing
stack frames, and expression evaluation.
LibCGI 0.8.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107900/
LibCGI is a simple to use and powerful library written from scratch to
assist in the making of CGI appliactions in C. It has support for
string manipulation, linked lists, cookies, sessions, GET and POST
methods, and more.
LinuxTrade 3.26 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107908/
LinuxTrade is a curses (text-based) implementation of the Scottrader
Java application, plus additional features inspired by the excellent
MedVed QuoteTracker Windows program, plus its own set of unique
features. It is lightweight, yet full featured. It can save a session
to a file and replay it. It has portfolios, real time quotes, charts
with live updates, time and sales, fundamental and technical
indicators, top ten and market movers, news articles, alerts, and Level
2 market depth indications from Archipelago and the Island Book.
ncc 1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107895/
ncc is a C source code analyzer which generates program flow and
variable usage information. Using it should be as easy as changing
CC=gcc to CC=ncc in makefiles, and effort has been made to support most
common gcc extensions. ncc has been tested with the sources of the
Linux kernel, gtk, gcc, gdb, bind, mpg123, ncftp, and many other famous
projects.
obliquid 0.4.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107894/
obliquid is a PHP/XML application framework for building groupware Web
portals. Any data which is handled by any module is highly
configurable. It has a core allowing to build pages using templates
blocks, multilingual support and themes. It also has a
users/groups/operation module and a calendar supporting availabilities,
calls, and meetings.
Perl HTTPd 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107912/
Perl HTTPd is a very small and simple HTTPd written in Perl. It is by
no means a replacement for Apache. It features request logging and
multiple connections.
Samsung Contact 8.0.1pre1 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107889/
Samsung Contact is Samsung SDS's Linux/Unix unified communication,
business messaging, and collaboration system. It supports desktops
running Microsoft Outlook, including support for calendaring, wide-area
scheduling, public folders, and delegation.
SDLInvaders 0.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107901/
SDLInvaders is a simple clone of the famous game Space Invaders using
SDL.
Select 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107883/
Select is a text classification program. It uses supervised learning
methods with incremental learning. Several different classification
algorithms are included. It can be used, for example, for email
classification.
SigmaPi Neurosimulator 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107917/
SigmaPi is a simulator for recurrent neural networks of arbitrary
topology. It uses the LSTM neuron model, and implements a training
algorithm based on RTRL with some extensions taken from RProp.
SpackleStats 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107890/
Spackle is designed to be a flexible client/server architecture for the
gathering and displaying of statistics, primarily suited to monitoring
servers. It's written in PHP and bash shell script, uses RRDtool for
stats logging and graphing, and PostgreSQL or MySQL for the server-side
database.
Working Overloaded Linux Kernel 4.0s-pre4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107909/
The Working Overloaded Linux Kernel (WOLK) project provides stable and
development kernels for either server or testing purposes. These
kernels provide a server kernel and also a service for developers and
end users who can't be up-to-date with the latest kernels/patches but
want to test new kernel features. Patches may be added upon request.
Yaab 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107891/
Yaab is a simple address book written in PHP. It supports MySQL and
PostgreSQL. It supports basic commands, like adding new contacts,
modifying already existing ones, deleting, viewing, and searching.
Newsforge Reports
Happy New Year
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0250204
NewsForge/Linux.com staff is taking a short break Dec 31 and Jan 1.
We'll do a few NewsVac updates these two days, but our next original
article will appear on Jan 2, 2003. See you then!
The most popular Linux article ever?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/29/1856249
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - You've seen a headline or two recently on
NewsForge that said something like "Microsoft fights off Windows rival
Linux." I say "headline or two" because we goofed up and and linked to
this story at least twice, under different headlines. It was an easy
mistake to make because this AP story has run in more newspapers and on
more news Web sites than any other story I have ever seen with the word
"Linux" in it.
Linux Advisory Watch - December 27th 2002
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/123255
By: Benjamin D. Thomas Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive
newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been
announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages
and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were
released for bind, perl, canna, klisa, cyrus-imapd, wget, kde, and
fetchmail. The distributors include Caldera, Debian, Gentoo, and
SuSE.
Newsforge Newsvac
DesktopLinux.com poll to close tomorrow
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1038233
Anonymous Reader writes "In the final month of the Desktop Linux
distribution 'quick poll', Debian is leading the pack with 24% and
Mandrake is in second place with 20.8% of the votes. Total number of
votes cast is 9725."
Desktop Linux Application Tips
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1037234
Anonymous Reader writes "Walt Pennington authors this practical guide
for using Desktop Linux applications. Pennington covers some essential
areas for users getting started downloading Linux, creating .pdf files,
disabling pop-up ads, and tips for secure online transactions in this
article . . ."
McNealy: Sun won't go down on his company
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/168220
SAN FRANCISCO Â While critics and rivals snipe that his company, Sun
Microsystems, is sinking, Scott McNealy maintains his Captain
Courageous demeanor.
Annual scorecard
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/160253
The year is drawing to a close, so now is a good time to evaluate my
predictions for 2002.
Case Study: Open source packs free IP telephony
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/160212
Open source IP telephony software packages are helping users move away
from the traditional world of proprietary office phone systems, PBXs
with closed operating systems and expensive specialty components.
So Many Holes, So Few Hacks
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1550245
Hole after hole, breach after breach, flaw after flaw is found -- and
most of the time, it's in a Windows system. Yet hackers generally don't
exploit them. Why is that?
Glass Panes and Software: Windows Name Is Challenged (by Lindows)
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1031255
An upstart company, Lindows.com, is trying to persuade the Federal
District Court in Seattle to invalidate Microsoft's trademark on
Windows. (free registration required)
Book Review: Linux Apache Web Server Administration
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1027217
We review three out of the eight books in the Craig Hunt Linux Library
series published by Sybex Inc.
Mandrake 9.0 Review
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1025217
Today we are looking at Linux Mandrake, a relative newcomer but which
has picked up a large user base through the years which keep its
development alive and well. The first version of Mandrake was based on
Red Hat which is a fine distro in itself. The makers wanted too keep
all that was good with Red Hat and get rid of all the bad, such as
using KDE instead of GNOME as default desktop. Over the years, though,
it has changed from simply being Red ...
Free Software at Rosenzweig and Maffia
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/30/1022249
A committee has been formed in NYLXS to try to take on first hand the
task to driving sales for Free Software. We've dubbed this effort, 'The
Free Software Chamber of Commerce'. The result of our efforts is
bearing fruit, and we hope to be an anchor and a safe haven for both
well trained consultants and businesses looking for innovative
solutions to their business problems.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Forever Flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5a9f/
Tshirts: Geek Invaders
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/gaming/5c34/
Interests: Linux French
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5bc4/
Interests: O'Reilly 2003 Calendar
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/other/5c55/
Interests: Perl Gerl
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5bcb/
Interests: I dig Mac OS X
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5bcf/
Interests: Ninj4 Hooded Sweatshirt
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/altware/5c4e/
Interests: Megatokyo Blanket
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/5b59/
Cube Goodies: Smart Mass Thinking Putty
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5ac8/
Electronics: Archos Jukebox Studio 20/ Radio FM 20 MP3 Players
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/5784/
Computing: Auravision EluminX Illuminated Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5c3f/
Electronics: Universal System Selector
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/video/5c1b/
Other Apparel: Power Golf Shirt
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/golfshirts/5b8f/
Computing: Auravision EluminX Illuminated Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5c3f/
Other Apparel: The ThinkGeek Monkey Hoodie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/hoodies/5b88/
Gadgets: Forever Flashlight
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5a9f/
Electronics: Hitman 2 for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5c6e/
Computing: Sylvania SF170 17" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5c73/
Electronics: Splinter Cell for Xbox
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxsoft/5c69/
Cube Goodies: Tiny R/C Digi Q Cars
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5ad6/
Sourceforge
RubyCocoa 0.4 was released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238973
RubyCocoa is a Mac OS X framework that allows Cocoa programming in the
Object-Oriented Scripting Language Ruby. RubyCocoa allows writing a
Cocoa application in Ruby. It allows creating and using a Cocoa object
in a Ruby script. In Cocoa application, mixture of program written by
both Ruby and Objective-C is possible. RubyCocoa 0.4.0 was released!
http://www.imasy.or.jp/~hisa/mac/rubycocoa/
http://rubycocoa.sourceforge.net/ Changes from 0.3.2 ------------------
* Ruby 1.8 supported * revive RubyCocoa.framework * rename the extended
library and move the library The '.pkg' binary package is available for
Mac OS X 10.2. All of framework, library, documents, samples and
ProejctBuilder templates are contained in the package. These items will
be installed into the appropriate place. It is available to start of
RubyCocoa programming or use of RubyCocoa application immediately.
What's RubyCocoa? ----------------- RubyCocoa is a Mac OS X framework
that allows Cocoa programming in the Object-Oriented Scripting Language
Ruby. RubyCocoa allows writing a Cocoa application in Ruby. It allows
creating and using a Cocoa object in a Ruby script. In Cocoa
application, mixture of program written by both Ruby and Objective-C is
possible. Some cases using RubyCocoa: * Exploration of a Cocoa object's
feature with 'irb' interactively * Prototyping of a Cocoa application *
Cocoa application that include good feature of Ruby and Objective-C *
Wrapping Mac OS X native GUI for Ruby script
PHPEclipse 1.0.3 preAlpha released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238989
PHPEclipse is an open-source PHP IDE. Built as an Eclipse plugin, it
takes advantage of a well-designed, robust and widely used application
framework. Project Page: http://www.sf.net/projects/phpeclipse
Homepage: http://www.phpeclipse.org ChangeLog:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=57621&release_id=
130306
Hatari version 0.25
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=239005
Version 0.25 of the Atari ST emulator Hatari has been released. In this
version the support for big endian systems like PowerPC machines has
been improved, especially the Spectrum 512 pictures are now working
better there. Hatari now also compiles and runs on Mac OS X.
Additionally the blitter chip is now beeing emulated, too, and there is
also support for big VDI screen resolutions. And finally, you can now
save YM and WAV sounds.
Bossogg v0.9.0 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238928
Bossogg is a client/server for creating an ogg vorbis player in your
entertainment center. First client is done in SDL with Truetype fonts
so it's easy to read. Uses PostgreSQL for lookups. MP3 and FLAC support
is in and rewritten from scratch. This is the stepping stone to a lot
of new features.
PHP Weather 2.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238931
PHP Weather makes it easy to show the current weather on your webpage.
All you need is a local airport, that makes some special weather
reports called METARs. The reports are updated once or twice an hour.
This release contains five new translations (for a total of 11
translations) and fixes some bugs, including a bug that prevented the
Configuration Builder from working when register_globals were turned
off.
Benchw release 0.5b
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238626
Benchw provides a toolset to benchmark the capabilities of several
different database engines for data warehouse type activities. It is
designed to provide a simple way to test data loading, index creation
plus query performance in the spirit of TPC-H. This release adds
default index generation and sapdb load capability - so now Oracle,
Mysql, Postgresql, DB2 and Sapdb are supported. The documentation has
been brought closer to completion. The generated form of the queries
has been finalized (it has changed from the alpha releases). A BSD
style license file has been included.
Gallery v1.3.3 bugfix release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238913
Gallery is a slick, intuitive web based photo gallery (written in PHP)
with authenticated users and privileged albums. Easy to install,
configure and use. Photo management includes automatic thumbnails,
resizing, rotation, etc. User privileges make this great for
communities. This release includes a security fix and a number of small
bugfixes. This release is primarily aimed at fixing a variety of small
bugs that have existed in Gallery for a few releases, as well as a
couple of fairly serious bugs (including a very serious SECURITY bug
that can lead to a remote exploit) that were introduced in the version
1.3.2. If you are using the 1.3.2 release we STRONGLY RECOMMEND that
you upgrade to 1.3.3 as soon as possible to minimize the possibility of
a web server compromise. Bugs fixed: - Fix SECURITY HOLE introduced in
the Windows XP Publishing feature introduced in 1.3.2 (as of 1.3.2
build 27) See http://gallery.sourceforge.net/article.php?sid=64 for
specific details. - Hiding all elements in an album causes those
elements to get permanently detached from the album (making it
inconvenient to recover them). - Fixed minor bugs regarding supporting
Nuke 6's user database - Fixed minor bugs in the slideshow code.
Feature additions/changes: - The config wizard now allows you to select
an option to print via Shutterfly without making a (very small)
donation to the Gallery project. - Convenience function allows you to
access a sub-album's permission dialog without opening the album. For
more detailed information, you can read the Gallery changelog:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gallery/gallery/ChangeLo
g?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup regards, The Gallery
Dev Team
gwc 0.18-0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238621
This release contains no new bug fixes, but has a much faster click
detection algorithm, and up to 200 markers. Gnome Wave Cleaner is a
digital audio restoration tool for CD quality audio wavefiles. Dehiss,
declick and decrackle in a GUI environment. Have fun. Please let me
know of any problems. jw (aka weltyj at yahoo.com)
Furthur 1.7.1 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238383
Furthur is a peer-to-peer cataloging and music sharing tool that
allows: fully enforcable legal sharing model, instant downloads with no
waiting lists, in-depth cataloging functionality, and detailed
attribute searches. Upgrade to this version is recommended for all
existing users. This release includes fixes for known memory leaks,
high CPU usage issues, and an improved search system. Hello again, The
Furthurnet team is proud to announce the release of: Furthurnet 1.7.1
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39429&release_id
=129955) A great deal of hard work has gone into this release. Due to
the nature of some of the bugs that are fixed here, we highly recommend
that everybody upgrade. Version Notes - Notable changes include: a)
Fixed the rest of the major memory leaks and high CPU usage bugs b)
Fixes free disk space display for Mac OS X c) Improved search d)
Improved connectivity Thanks again for your patience and ongoing
support. - The FurthurNet Team -
sylpheed-0.8.8claws released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=238415
Sylpheed-Claws is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client and
newsreader. Supports POP3, APOP, IMAP, SMTP, SMTP AUTH, NNTP, LDAP.
Features multiple accounts, spell-checking, address book, SSL, GPG/PGP,
filtering, scoring, and i18n. This is a bugfix release.
############################################################# 26th
December 2002 Version: 0.8.8claws SYLPHEED-CLAWS RELEASE NOTES
<http://claws.sylpheed.org> This release of sylpheed-claws is based on
version 0.8.8 of the main Sylpheed branch. Notes for this release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This release fixes a bug which would run into
an infinite loop and eventual crash when invalid characters were
encountered in MIME header encoding. New features in this release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * add 'Locked' flag to possible filtering
/ matcher conditions * Bug fix: [bug #633443] 'Crash on deleting
messages' * updated translations Bulgarian and code reorganisation,
cleanups, and more. CLAWS' EXTRA FEATURES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * pop
before smtp authentication * Automatic saving of message when composing
* signature in the message view can be coloured * built-in gdb crash
handler * Customisable toolbars * quick search function * Folder color
setting * 'Dynamic' signatures * Font configuration * Icon theming *
Spell checking (with aspell) * filtering/processing mechanism *
automatic account selection * 'smart' wrapping * message scoring * hide
read messages * mbox support * IMAP over SSH Tunnel * addressbook:
import Mutt addressbook * addressbook: import Pine addressbook *
addressbook copy and paste * harvest addresses for addressbook *
Request Return-Receipt * extra Folder Properties: Return-Receipt, save
messages, default To:, default address for replies, subject
simplification, folder CHMOD, default account * revised compose window
* manual selection of MIME type and encoding for attachments * 'ignore
thread' * improved clickable URL support * new mail notification *
selective download * 7bit and 8bit encoding of attachments * NNTP:
auto-mark cross-posted messages * configurable (non-)display of images
* online/offline modes * User-definable quotation characters * export
addressbook to html file * display url in statusbar on single-click *
message priority setting * new message cache system * new sort function
* controllable size of log text in log window * ability to select part
of a text mime-part to reply * reply flag gets set on sending of a
reply * sylpheed man page * allow user to 'Save all' attachments in a
mail with multi-attachments * GnuPG signatures can now be verified by
double-clicking [application/pgp-signature] in the text view * GnuPG
users are informed of expired signatures and keys. * save 2 or more
selected files to a single file * MH folder drag 'n' drop support * Cc
and Bcc Template definitions * --online and --offline command-line
switches * Automatic message drafting and cache saving on kill * SSL
certificate management * 'on-the-fly' changing of the type of GnuPG
encryption and/or signing used (MIME/ascii) * Logging can be stopped *
user-definable newsgroup names abbreviation length * Manual and FAQ
remote and local links * Powerful Extended Search * Indication of
unread answers to marked mails: '(!)' is appended to the folder name
when a marked message has a response * Customisable message view
toolbar * Actions: trailing ">" syntax to insert command's output
without replacing old text (in contrast to trailing "|"). * Address
book: 'Edit Group Details' dialog allows multiple selection in either
pane * Warning dialog is displayed when the user attempts to save
incomplete rules in scoring, filtering and processing. * .mh_sequences
file is created in new MH folders * 'tools' directory that contains
various scripts: calypso_convert.pl import mbox files exported by
calypso eud2gc.py convert a Eudora (v.3?) addressbook to vCard
(GnomeCard) format filter_conv.pl convert sylpheed main's filter rules
into claws' filtering format gif2xface.pl convert a gif file to an
xface google_msgid.pl Actions script to lookup selected message-id in
google using mozilla. gpg-sign-syl GnuPG cleartext-signing script for
use with Actions kmail2sylpheed.pl convert a Kmail addressbook to a
Sylpheed addressbook kmail2sylpheed_v2.pl new version of the address
book conversion script for newer versions of Kmail/Kaddressbook
newscache_clean clean up old files and directories in the newscache
directory OOo2sylpheed.pl enable OpenOffice to send documents through
sylpheed outlook2sylpheed.pl convert an Outlook contacts list to a
Sylpheed addressbook sylpheed-switcher enable quick-switching between
claws and main in a non-destructive way sylprint.pl process a Sylpheed
mail and print it using enscript if available or lpr if not tb2sylpheed
convert an addressbook exported from The Bat! into a Sylpheed
addressbook update-po translators' tool that eases the creation of *.po
files uudec decode UUencoded mails, for use with Actions ...and more.
---------------------------------------------------------- See
ChangeLog.claws and README.claws for full information regarding changes
in this release. Also see ChangeLog[.jp] for changes synchronised from
sylpheed main. Sylpheed-Claws GnuPG key: Sylpheed-Claws
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