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Slashdot
Google buys Pyra Labs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/16/0728230
[0]Argyle writes "[1]SiliconValley.com reports that [2]Google has
bought Pyra Labs. Pyra Labs is the creator of the Blogger software and
runs the [3]blogger.com and [4]blogspot.com services. In weblog
fashion, founder Evan Williams [5]reported the news on his weblog in
the middle of the [6]Live from the Blogosphere event."
Links
0. http://cruftbox.com
1. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/
2. http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000802.shtml#000802
3. http://www.blogger.com/
4. http://blogspot.blogger.com/
5. http://evhead.com/archives/2003_02_01_archive_default.asp#104537225413624191
6. http://boingboing.net/blogosphere.html
Spam Catchers Block Latest Crypto-Gram
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/16/0218230
An anonymous reader writes "Bruce Schneier sent out a note about
SpamAssassin and possibly other spam filters blocking his excellent
Crypto-Gram newsletter. Fortunately you can get [0]it here (early no
less!)." Schneier's email reads, in part "Tomorrow I will be sending
out the February CRYPTO-GRAM, as I do on the 15th of every month. In
the process of creating this month's Crypto-Gram, I discovered that
SpamAssassin thinks that this issue is spam, probably because of
certain links and descriptions of scams in the text. I have anecdotal
evidence that other spam filters block Crypto-Gram as well. ... I'd
apologize for the inconvenience, but I'm not sure what I could do to
make it less so -- I don't intend to alter my content to accommodate
spam filters."
Links
0. http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0302.html
An Extensive History of Anime
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/1547222
[0]Ninja Master Gara writes "While it is a bit dated, [1]Right Stuf has
a [2]fascinating set of in depth history of anime in Japan and the west
and follows the development of both cultures, including landmark series
from [3]the 60s, [4]the 70s, [5]the 80s and [6]beyond, the origins of
today's major anime release companies, and commentary on various
aspects of the industry and culture. While it is labelled an
'Introduction to Anime', it serves as a much more interesting look back
for long time anime fans. Right Stuf also has a great [7]timeline of
important releases."
Links
0. http://anime.oddball.net
1. http://www.rightstuf.com/
2. http://www.rightstuf.com/introduction/index.html
3. http://www.rightstuf.com/introduction/ni03.html
4. http://www.rightstuf.com/introduction/ni04.html
5. http://www.rightstuf.com/introduction/i08golden.html
6. http://www.rightstuf.com/introduction/i17animein90s.html
7. http://www.rightstuf.com/timeline/index.html
Keyboard Layouts for the 21st Century?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/2218258
[0]jules asks: "Trying to do some programming on an iBook the other day
brought to my attention the fact that despite the constant improvements
to the design of computer hardware and software, the keyboards we use
are still a throwback to the early 1980s. I mean - my Mac doesn't have
room for page up/down or home/end keys, but it devotes a whole key to a
sort of double-S shape that I will never press. And my PC keyboards all
waste plastic on a backwards-apostrophe key and a scroll-lock (+ LED!),
while functions that you use all the time, such as switching between
windows, cut/copy/paste, back/forwards, undo/redo etc, all have to
double-up with other keys.. Have any organizations actually tried to
re-invent the keyboard recently? (..not counting the manufacturers who
stick a few 'multimedia' keys along the top for consumer PCs). Would
this be doomed to failure because of the tens of thousands of legacy
apps that expect things to be the way they are? What sort of keys would
you include in your fantasy keyboard layout?" It's not just the keys on
your keyboard that are important, it's also how you arrange them. What
kind of keyboard arrangements might we see in the future?
Links
0. http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com
The RIAA and MPAA Target Day-Job Downloaders
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/2153246
BrianUofR points to this [0]USA Today article, which says "the
[1]Recording Industry Association of America and the [2]Motion Picture
Association of America are sending a six-page brochure this week to
Fortune 1000 corporations with suggested policies -- including a sample
memo to workers warning them against using company computers to
download songs and movies."
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/industry/02/14/illegal.downloading.ap/index.html
1. http://www.riaa.org/
2. http://www.mpaa.org/
Speak Up On FCC VoIP Regulation
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/212259
[0]jeffpulver writes "Speak now or forever hold your peace. The FCC
will decide whether or not to regulate Internet Telephony in the U.S.
over the next several months. On February 5th I filed a petition with
the FCC on behalf of [1]Free World Dialup, asking for a Declaratory
Ruling that states that Broadband Internet Telephony which doesn't
touch the public switched telephone network (PSTN) should not be ruled
as either "Telecommunications" or as a "Telecommunications Service" as
defined by the Telecom Act of 1996. On February 14th the FCC put the
pulver.com petition out for public comment. The public has until March
14th to respond." This is an important issue -- read on below for some
more information on the background and significance of the present
petition.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://pulver.com/fwd
Crack Windows XP With... Windows 2000
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/2048222
An anonymous reader writes "According to [0]this story seen on
[1]Brian's Buzz on Windows, access to a Windows 2000 CD is all that is
needed to bypass all (well, most) Windows XP security features. An
attacker can boot up XP and start the Windows 2000 Recovery Console
which allows them to operate as any user, even Administrator, without
requiring them to enter a password. This method even allows someone to
copy files to removable media, something which normally the
Administrator can't even do in the Recovery Console."
Links
0. http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/
1. http://www.briansbuzz.com/
War Hero Thwarted Nazi Heavy Water Production
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/1910240
[0]Freshly Exhumed writes "Its doubtful you know the name of Einar
Skinnarland, but his sabotage over several years repeatedly thwarted
Nazi plans to exploit Norway's heavy water production capabilities for
their atomic bomb research plans. Skinnerland recently passed away in
Canada and his daring exploits are [1]recounted here. Details of some
of the raids on the production facilities can be found [2]on pafko and
[3]Stephen's Study Room. So many 'what if?'s and [4]suspicions have
swirled around the Nazi atomic bomb program that this man's efforts
seem crystal clear for a change."
Links
0. http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~leblancj/nt_to_unix.html
1.
http://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id=%7B4B10E295-9976-445A-B2C2-349F557BA0F7%7D
2. http://www.pafko.com/trips/norway/n10/
3. http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/freshman.htm
4. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/09/1730244&tid=99
70-Year-Old Prank Revealed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/1913250
Saturday in the [0]San Francisco Chronicle a [1]story about a prank
that the [2]Clampers (E Clampus Vitus, man!) pulled on UC Berkeley was
featured. In short the Clampers faked a [3]brass plaque that intimated
that Sir Francis Drake landed in [4]Marin 462 years ago. The Clampers
are an organization known for, well, drinking and horsing around, but
this kind of prank, one that spans 70 years (or more than 400,
depending on your point of view) is epic and inspiring.
Links
0. http://sfgate.com/chronicle/
1. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/15/MN163879.DTL
2. http://www.sonnet.com/eqdir/clamper/skunks.html
3. http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/plate.htm
4. http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/smoke.htm
Penny Black Project Investigates Sender-Pays E-mail
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/1952231
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "The Inquirer reports: [1]Microsoft
contemplating charging for emails. 'MICROSOFT IS UNFOLDING something it
calls the Penny Black project in which people sending emails might have
to pay for the privilege.' Microsoft's explanation of the project is
here: [2]The Penny Black Project." There are a lot of things going on
at Microsoft Research -- no guarantee that particular ones are going to
be released in the real world. (And Microsoft isn't the only party
interested in sender-pays, or at least sender-risks-paying systems.)
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7817
2. http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/sv/PennyBlack/
Freshmeat
GCC Myths and Facts
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/730
Since my good old Pentium 166 days, I've liked to search for the best
optimizations possible so programs can take the maximum advantage of
hardware/CPU cycles. If I have a nice piece of hardware, why not run it
at its full power, using every little feature? Shouldn't we all try to
get the best results from the money invested in our machines?
2-Disk X window embedded Linux 1.0.0 (Source code)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113120/
2-Disk X window embedded Linux is a tiny net-centric Linux that aims at
portable secure remote system usage. It contains many utilities
including: X Windows, vncviewer, rdesktop, a Web browser, a file
manager, a text editor, a terminal, a window manager, a menu system, a
dialog system, X scripting facilities, and many others. It aims to work
from 1 or 2 floppy disks in any remote location.
Apache mod_suid 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113111/
Apache mod_suid allows per-vhost execution of scripts under their own
UIDs. It functions in a way similar to Apache's perchild MPM, but
differs in a number of ways. It does per child user/group switching;
the Apache MPM makes switches based on vhosts. All processing is done
under a specific UID/GID, including PHP and mod_perl scripts.
archmbox 4.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113135/
Archmbox is a simple email archiver written in Perl which can extract
email messages from one or more mbox-formatted mailboxes.
Article Manager PHP 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113143/
Article Manager is a simple content management PHP program designed to
speed up the activity of adding news, articles, or press releases into
a Web site. A number of latest article summaries can be included in
your main page or press release page with links to whole article pages.
Installation is very easy.
asterisk-oh323 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113094/
asterisk-oh323 adds H.323 support to the ASTERISK soft PBX. It does
this by interfacing the OpenH323 library to ASTERISK through a loadable
module. The package provides the channel driver as well as a wrapper in
a shared library form. It is able to initiate and receive calls to and
from H.323 endpoints, and has been successfully tested with the H.323
terminals on the OpenH323 site (ohphone, openphone) and Microsoft
NetMeeting.
BPhpWebmail Frontend 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113152/
BPhpWebmail Frontend is an easy-to-use and easy-to-install Web mail
frontend. It features support for multiple POP and IMAP servers, Inbox,
Outbox, Sent, and Saved folders, and an address book.
CBQ.Init GUI 0.01b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113118/
CBQ.Initi GUI is a frontend to the CBQ.INIT script. It allows users to
easily limit their bandwidth at the IP/port level.
crip 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113105/
crip is a terminal-based ripper/encoder/tagger tool for creating Ogg
Vorbis files (or MP3 files for crip 1.X) under Unix/Linux. It is
well-suited for someone seeking to make a lot of Ogg/MP3 files from CDs
and have them all properly labeled and professional-quality with a
minimum of hassle.
Dia2Postgres 0.7.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113134/
Dia2Postgres is a Perl script that can be used to convert Dia diagrams
into PostgreSQL scripts or PHP mirror classes which can add, update,
and modify table entries automatically. It has support for inheritance,
simple references (limited to a single field), and a fake enum type
which creates a table.
discreader 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113103/
discreader is a very simple CD audio ripper. Instead of reading the
tracks specified in the CD's table of contents (TOC), it reads tracks
as specified by the user. For example, you could read the whole CD as
one track, or split it in some other way. This is generally not very
useful, but can be helpful when the CD's TOC is corrupted.
dvd::rip 0.50.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113095/
dvd::rip is a full featured DVD copy program written in Perl. It
provides an easy-to-use but feature-rich GTK+ GUI to control almost all
aspects of the ripping and transcoding process. It uses the widely
known video processing swissknife, transcode, and many other Open
Source tools.
ecasound 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113106/
Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio
processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback,
recording, and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect
processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling. It supports a wide
range of audio inputs, outputs, and effect algorithms. Effects and
audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can
be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs. A
versatile console-mode user interface is included in the package.
Floppy ISDN/DSL for Linux 2.1.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113144/
Fli4l is a single-floppy Linux-based ISDN/DSL-router. It features
configuration with a simple ASCII-file, several possible
connection-flavors (in/out/callback, and raw IP/PPP), channel bundling
(an extra channel can be added through a Windows/Unix-client),
configuration of multiple networks, least-cost routing, automatic
choice of provider, display/calculation of connection times and costs,
and a Windows/Unix imonc client with interface to imond and telmond
(see screenshot).
fontilus 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113108/
Fontilus is a set of extensions for Nautilus to help manage fonts on
your system.
g3data 1.2.1 (GTK-2.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113097/
g3data is a program for extracting data from graphs (i.e., scanned
graphs from scientific publications). It can read many different image
formats and outputs the extracted data through stdout or to a file.
gimp-print 4.3.9 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113124/
Gimp-Print is a collection of very high quality printer drivers for
UNIX/Linux. The goal of this project is uncompromising print quality
and robustness. Included with this package is the Print plugin for the
GIMP (hence the name), a CUPS driver, and two drivers (traditional and
IJS-based) for Ghostscript that may be compiled into that package. This
driver package is Foomatic-compatible and provides Foomatic data to
enable plug and play with many print spoolers. In addition, various
printer maintenance utilities are included. Many users report that the
quality of Gimp-Print on high end Epson Stylus printers matches or
exceeds the quality of the drivers supplied for Windows and Macintosh.
GNOME Remote Connection Manager 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113149/
grcm (GNOME Remote Connection Manager) is a highly configurable remote
connection manager that allows you to store remote connections like
telnet, ssh, and rdesktop in a simple-to-use GUI application.
GrubConf 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113146/
GrubConf is a graphical GRUB configuration editor. It provides an easy
to use interface allowing effortless modification of OSes and the
flexibility to configure the most obscure options. It is designed to
require minimal user interaction while providing tools for the most
adventurous user.
Hardware lister T.00.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113099/
lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed informaton
on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact
memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU
version and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc.
Hierarchical Data Format 1.4.5-final
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113131/
HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) is a general purpose library and file
format for storing scientific data. It arranges data into datasets
(multidimensional arrays) and groups (a structure for organizing
objects).
Hierarchical Data Format 1.5.47 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113132/
HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) is a general purpose library and file
format for storing scientific data. It arranges data into datasets
(multidimensional arrays) and groups (a structure for organizing
objects).
honeyd 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113158/
Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network. The
hosts can be configured to run arbitrary services, and their TCP
personality can be adapted so that they appear to be running certain
versions of operating systems. Honeyd enables a single host to claim
multiple addresses on a LAN for network simulation. It is possible to
ping the virtual machines, or to traceroute them. Any type of service
on the virtual machine can be simulated according to a simple
configuration file. Instead of simulating a service, it is also
possible to proxy it to another machine.
JMP 0.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113150/
Java Memory Profiler (JMP) uses the JVMPI interface to track objects
and method times in the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). It uses a GTK+
interface to display statistics. The current instance count and the
total amount of memory for each class is shown as is the total time
spent in each method.
KickPIM 0.4.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113130/
KickPIM is an applet for KDE's Kicker panel which displays your
KAddressbook entries in a popup menu. You can view and edit address
data and send email messages very easily. It will also remind you about
birthdays.
libxml++ 0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113163/
libxml++ is a C++ interface for working with XML files, using libxml
(gnome-xml) to parse and write the actual XML files. It has a simple
but complete API.
LinPacker 0.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113133/
Linpacker is a tool to optimize the placement of rectangles in a band
of semi-infinite size (2D bin packing problem) with a genetic
algorithm. It can be useful for cutting stocks in trucks and factories.
Linux Systems Management Interface 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113102/
The Linux Systems Management Interface (LSMI) system is a Web frontend
to an Enterprise Management System. It aims to deliver an easy-to-use
interface for system administrators to use in managing their systems.
It deals with statistics gathering, trend analysis, alarms, and traps.
LJChk 0.0.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113139/
LJChk is a script for working with livejournal servers via the XMLRPC
over HTTP protocol. Functions include continous checking for friends'
updates, monitoring changes in a friends list, posting both in your own
journal and in community journals, with the ability to use all the
options available through the livejournal Web interface, and
auto-posting quote lists with references to other users' posts.
Login Anomaly Detection System 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113154/
The Login Anomaly Detection System (LADS) detects anomalies in logins
and logouts and is able to perform various actions in response.
MAHO·WM -- Hazuki 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113049/
MAHO·WM -- Hazuki is a theme inspired by the Japanese animation
series "Ojamajo Doremi" (See "Magical Doremi" in
Europe, not counting Spain, at least.). The idea was to create one
color scheme for each character, starting with Hazuki (the orange
witch).
Mambo SiteServer 4.0.12 RC 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113096/
Mambo SiteServer is a dynamic Web content management tool that is
capable of building sites from several pages to several thousand. It
comes complete with 10 built-in modules, a WYSIWYG editor, site
statistics, an admin interface, and much more.
MAMECAT 0.44 beta 45
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113092/
MAMECAT stands for M.A.M.E. Catalog/Launcher. It consists of three
programs: qmamecat, an X11/Qt based GUI and the main application;
qmsetup, a startup setup wizard for qmamecat; and catgen, a simple
catalog generator. qmsetup and catgen are started on demand by
qmamecat.
mcGallery 1.11 (Professional)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113090/
mcGallery is a photo gallery management script that allows you to
display several albums. Each album and each photo can be shown with a
title, a name, and a description. Thumbnails are automatically
generated. The password protected admin panel lets you add or delete
individual photos or entire albums, and shows the most popular photos.
English and French language files are provided.
MRX Ramdisk 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113104/
MRX Ramdisk is a simple ramdisk creation tool. It writes the current
system binaries and snapshot to /boot/ramdisk.gz, with automatic
library dependency tracking.
Multiplication Game 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113151/
Multiplication Game is a simple math puzzle game written for GTK+ 2,
inspired by Emacs' multiplication game. It displays a multiplication
problem where every digit is replaced by a letter. Your job is to
figure out which letters are which digits.
MumabAs 0.1.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113107/
MumabAs is a GUI for configuring which mailboxes mutt should watch for
new mail.
MVideo 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113089/
MVideo manages a collection of movies in DVD, DivX, VCD, or other
format. It uses a MySQL database to store all the information needed to
manage all genres of film archives.
Onyx 4.3.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113136/
Onyx is a powerful stack-based, multi-threaded, interpreted, general
purpose programming language similar to PostScript and Forth. It can be
embedded as an extension language into other applications, and was
designed to have a small memory footprint. It is among the smallest
embeddable interpreters available.
OpenEJB 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113119/
OpenEJB is a pre-built, self-contained, portable EJB container system
that can be plugged into any server environment including application
servers, Web servers, J2EE platforms, CORBA ORBs, databases, etc.
Parctrl 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113161/
Parctrl is a CGI interface for a parport interface used to control any
kind of device. If you have such kind of home-made device (or even if
you don't, it's easy to build), you may use Parctrl to remotely access
your parport through a CGI script and browser. You may use it to turn
remote machines on or off in your local network, turn lights on or off,
security systems, alarms or any kind of electrical device. If you are
connected to the Internet, you may access it from anywhere in the
world. It has two parts: a driver, that does the low level access, and
the CGI script, which acts as a interface for the driver. Parctrl uses
secure SHA password authentication, and also allows you to restrict
users access to some parport outputs.
PHP Generic Access Control List 3.1.0b3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113142/
PHP Generic Access Control List provides a set of PHP functions giving
Web developers a simple, yet immensely powerful "drop in"
permission system for their current Web-based applications.
PHP TroubleTicket 0.2.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113160/
PHP Trouble Ticket attempts to adress the need for a centralized means
of problem reporting and tracking in multi-user environments (medium to
large companies, development groups, etc.). It helps to direct problem
reports to the responsible administrator(s), keep track of the status
of a problem being worked on, and offers an up-to-date list of recent
changes applied. PHP Trouble Ticket aims to be widely configurable,
easy to use even for the not technically inclined and multi-language
capable.
php-syslog-ng 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113140/
php-syslog-ng is a frontend for viewing syslog-ng messages logged to
MySQL in realtime. It features customized searches based on device,
priority, and date.
PhpDig 1.5.devel.20030215 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113112/
PhpDig is a search engine written in PHP that uses a MySQL database
backend. It features indexing of both static and dynamic pages,
spidering of almost all links in HTML content, in hrefs, areamaps, and
frames, and full text indexing. The search results appearence is
skin-able, using a very simple templates system.
phpIP Management 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113137/
phpIP Management is a tool to manage IP addresses. It features
authentication for accessing the IP database, form validity checks,
customizable searches, and historical logging.
PJIRC 1.73
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113116/
PJIRC is a very complete IRC applet which handles multichannel,
privates, text coloration, graphical smileys, etc. In addition, it's
still quite light.
Port Scan Attack Detector 1.0.0-pre5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113114/
Port Scan Attack Detector (psad) is a program written in Perl and C
that is designed to work with Linux firewalling code (iptables in the
2.4.x kernels, and ipchains in the 2.2.x kernels) to detect port scans.
It features a set of highly configurable danger thresholds (with
sensible defaults provided), verbose alert messages that include the
source, destination, scanned port range, begin and end times, TCP flags
and corresponding nmap options (Linux 2.4.x kernels only), email
alerting, and automatic blocking of offending IP addresses via dynamic
configuration of ipchains/iptables firewall rulesets. In addition, for
the 2.4.x kernels psad incorporates many of the TCP, UDP, and ICMP
signatures included in Snort to detect highly suspect scans for various
backdoor programs (e.g. EvilFTP, GirlFriend, SubSeven), DDoS tools
(mstream, shaft), and advanced port scans (syn, fin, Xmas) which are
easily leveraged against a machine via nmap.
QPong 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113128/
QPong is another clone of the game "pong". It features some
nice graphics and is very flexible. You can configure the images,
sizes, speeds, and shapes of the pads and balls. Most importantly, it's
fun to play.
Quiz Manager 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113091/
Quiz Manager is a easy-to-install and administer mini-quiz and contest
management application that simplifies the process of adding quizzes
into your site. After configuring voting times, it can be placed on a
page using a server side include. It features IP and cookie checking,
and supports Web- based easy installation.
rfstool 0.11 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113115/
RFSTOOL allows you to access ReiserFS partitions from a Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP system. It also allows you to access ReiserFS
partitions from Linux. It is a complete rewrite of the ReiserFS
functions needed to list directories, copy files, and backup metadata.
RPy 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113145/
RPy is a very simple, yet robust, Python interface to the R Programming
Language. It can manage all kinds of R objects and can execute
arbitrary R functions (including the graphic functions). All the errors
from the R language are converted to Python exceptions. Any module that
later were installed on the R system can easily be used from within
Python, without introducing any changes.
sms-queue 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113113/
sms-queue handles an SMS queue for small networks or single user
machines. It is designed for areas where many SMS messages are sent. It
does not actually send the SMS itself, but instead calls an external
application (depending on the SMS gateway you want to use) via a simple
standard interface. The communication between client and server is
based on a simple ASCII protocol over TCP/IP which should make it easy
to develop your own frontend.
Sound Monitor 1.99.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113098/
Sound Monitor is a GNOME panel applet that displays a vu meter,
oscilliscope, or spectrum analyzer of the output of the esound daemon.
The esound server information can be displayed, and the volume can be
adjusted for active application streams and samples. An extra program,
esdpvd, is included that will allow saving of stream volumes between
sessions. Newer versions include a theme editor.
SuckBot 0.008
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113162/
SuckBot is an IRC bot written entirely from scratch, and entirely in C.
Its focus is to be lightweight and extremely modular. It supports
dynamic plugins that can be loaded/unloaded during runtime without
interruption. It is still in the early development stages. Some
programming experience is necessary to use it. It has been tested on
Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.
SuperWaba 3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113117/
SuperWaba is a JavaVM for handhelds. It can run in PalmOS and Windows
CE devices, and is fully emulated under JDK and browser. It has support
for exceptions, threads, lots of user interface controls, and double
and long 64-bit types. It has grayscale and color support, a beautiful
set of 3D controls in PalmOS, and support for JNI and Java libraries.
It is also is fast and small, lets you use all device's memory if
needed, and supports Symbol scanners, sockets, and serial/IR.
timestamp 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113122/
Timestamp is a text-filtering pipe that marks each line with a
timestamp. The time is set when the first character of the line is
received, and the utility is capable of coping with CR repeats fairly
well (it won't over-write or update the timestamp).
Topal 0.7.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113153/
Topal is yet another program that links GnuPG and Pine. It offers
facilities to encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify messages. Multiple PGP
blocks included in the text of a message are processed. Decryption and
verification output can be cached to reduce the number of times the
passphrase is entered. RFC2015 multipart messages can be sent and
received with help from some scripts, procmail, and a patch to Pine.
There is a high level of configurability.
Trackballs 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113126/
Trackballs is a simple game similar to the classic game Marble Madness.
By steering a marble through a track filled with vicious hammers, pools
of acid, and other obstacles the player collects points. When the ball
reaches the destination, the player continue to the next, more
difficult track - unless, of course, time runs out first.
Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator 0.80-pre3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113129/
UADE (Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator) plays old Amiga music formats by
UAE Amiga emulation. It supports at least 150 different formats.
VDRadmin 0.23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113156/
VDRadmin is a program to administer VDR (video digital recorder) via
HTTP. A small HTTP server is included.
Webanalyse 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113148/
Webanalyse is a Web site traffic statistics tool written in PHP 4. It
doesn't use any databases or Apache logs. Its reports include Web site
statistics by day, week, month, and year, referer, host, IP, browser.
The big advantage lies primarily in detail of each visit--you can
follow the pages or articles which are visited on your site. WebAnalyse
can be added very easily on all the pages where you wish to follow the
activity.
Xfprot 0.12beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113109/
XFPROT is a graphical frontend for the F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Small
Business Edition. It is based upon the XSTEP-3.5.1 library.
yappa-ng 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113159/
yappa-ng is an easy to use online PHP photo gallery. It has a
comfortable and elaborate album-oriented photo album administration Web
interface. Each picture can be viewed in many different sizes with
resizing created automatically on the fly. It has complete user
selectable language support, and supports password protected albums,
hit counters for albums and images, album info, image captions, gallery
overview, different themes, and a 'Top 10 images' ranking system for
each photo album.
Newsforge Reports
Commentary: The Greatest Flaw In Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/1342225
- By Patrick 'LinuxAddict' Pauwels - The largest flaw with Linux is not
in its ease of use or installation. There's no crisis with lack of
software. The hardware support is solid. Actually, I feel Linux is very
much ready for the masses. The greatest flaw with Linux is that nobody
knows what it is.
Linux Advisory Watch - February 14th 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1139257
- 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 w3m, wml-net, hypermail, postgresql, lynx,
python, pam_xauth, fileutils, and mozilla. The distributors include
Conectiva, Debian, Mandrake, and Red Hat.
Open Source in Mexico - Part Two
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/12/0146222
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - While attending CONSOL 2003, I quickly
realized that the Open Source movement in Mexico is just barely
starting to discover business -- or perhaps it's the other way around.
In many ways, the idea of Open Source is much more political in Mexico
than in the U.S., and there is a uniquely Mexican holdback to Open
Source adoption that is, sadly, a reflection of some of the worst
aspects of Mexican corporate and ...
Newsforge Newsvac
CodeCon 2.0 Presentations
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/169253
Whether or not you'll be attending next week's CodeCon, here's a
preview of what they'll be talking about.
Swiss Taxpayers To Receive OpenOffice, Mozilla
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/1453242
hysterion writes "Mozillazine reports: Starting this year, the State of
Geneva will mail all tax forms with a CD which includes OOo and Mozilla
(1.2.1, translated). The tax software -- for Windows, Mac and Linux --
is shared with another state and replaces an Excel sheet. Gotta wonder
what the other Swiss would say if all IRS forms came in such a
package..."
Open source threatens Java servers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1828234
Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems
business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.
Zope 2.6.1 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1826206
FEBRUARY 11, 2003 Zope Corporation announced the release of Zope 2.6.1,
the latest version of the award-winning open source application server.
The new release represents the successful global collaboration of
community developers, as it is the first to contain a majority of
enhancements from the Zope community.
Wireless e-mail/PIM for Domino on Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1824205
SolutionPlanet writes "If you are running Lotus Domino on Linux and
have been looking for a wireless email solution, you need to look no
further.
Corporations Targeted in Download Fight
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1427233
The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture
Association of America are sending a six-page brochure this week to
Fortune 1000 corporations with suggested policies _ including a sample
memo to workers warning them against using company computers to
download songs and movies. The brochure also carries a clear threat:
Stop workers from stealing copyrighted materials or be sued.
Text service warns of attacks
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1425209
Londoners are getting a text message service that will tell them what
to do if terrorists attack the capital. The City Alert Texting System
(Cats) will warn people where attacks are taking place and pass on
information about what to do to people caught in an incident.
Intel Offers a Peek at Future CPU Designs
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1424214
Chip giant tells plan for Madison, next-generation Itanium processor,
due later this year.
Verizon seeks to delay ID'ing user
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1423252
Verizon Communications struggled Thursday to convince a skeptical judge
that it should not be forced to reveal the name of a customer alleged
to have downloaded more than 600 songs over the Internet.
Opera "borks" Microsoft
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/1423215
Anonymous Reader writes "In a news release today, Opera software has
declared war on Microsoft Corporation. The company has released a
special version of its popular browser designed to ridicule Microsoft
websites."
Thinkgeek
Electronics: Gruvstick MP3 Player
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/5cac/
Gadgets: Portable Lie Detector
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce6/
Electronics: Mustek Gsm@rt Mini 3
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5c9e/
Tshirts: I Didn't Get the Memo
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5cba/
Tshirts: Esc
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5cc0/
Tshirts: Network Security Staff
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5cb5/
Interests: O'Reilly Coaster Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/other/5c2c/
Cube Goodies: Meetings
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd9/
Gadgets: Radiation Detection Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5cef/
Cube Goodies: Indifference
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cdb/
Cube Goodies: Motivation
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd7/
Computing: iGesture Pad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/
Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/
Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Electronics: SI-5 Gen2 Speakers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5c86/
Electronics: Panzer Dragoon ORTA for Xbox
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxsoft/5ce8/
Computing: PowerPad Extended Life Notebook Batteries
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cec/
Computing: Glow Wire PC Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5b85/
Gadgets: ER1 Personal Robot System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce0/
Gadgets: Securikey Authentication System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5cd6/
Sourceforge
Revival/2k 1.0.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=252151
Revival/2k has released a new version of the Extended Web-Interface.
v1.0.1 is now available. Revival/2k is a modular network interface
system that allows multiple web applications (forums, mail, login,
etc), internet servers (NNTP, POP3, etc) and a Telegard/Renegade styled
telnet server all using the same DBs, and shareing information. The
initial release of the WIGUEST module has also been made. v0.1.0 is
also available, and requires the The extended web-interface v1.0.1 or
later to operate. WIGUEST is a guestbook system for Revival/2k. V1.0.1
adds support for GuestBook type modules. If you're seeing this outside
of the Revival/2k project, you can visit Revival2k at
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/revival2k
DVArchive V2.0 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=252110
DVArchive allows you to turn your PC into a "Virtual ReplayTV" that can
download shows and serve them back up to your ReplayTVs as well as
automated schedules and the like. DVArchive V2.0 is a major update with
lots of bug fixes, lots of new features and a drastically rewritten
infrastructure/plumbing. DVArchive V2.0 is now available You can read
more about DVArchive at it's home page http://dvarchive.sourceforge.net
DVArchive V2.0 makes some serious changes in your DVArchive.xml and
Local.guide files. Please read the CHANGELOG.txt before running it and
if you are upgrading, be sure to backup your Local.guide and
DVArchive.xml files first. If this will be your first use of DVArchive,
please review the README.txt before running it. -- Gerrys Plea :-) ***
PLEASE READ THE CHANGELOG.txt and README.txt *** Most questions folks
have asked are answered in the CHANGELOG.txt or the README.txt or
TROUBLESHOOTING.txt. Please check them over before you report a problem
- it's good for you (quick resolution) and the community in general
(saves resources for the new issues). Thanks in advance! -- A brief
summary of new features: * Support for Replay 4xxx and 5xxx units *
New, efficiant/clean/single window interface - Combined single window
DVR Explorer - Context sensitive menus (regular and popup) - Full Drag
and Drop support * Ability to store show files using the shows title
(vs numbers) in your local guide * New XML based guides (no more guide
corruption) * Fixes to eliminate lockups * Ability to remotely turn
ReplayTV off (to free up time and speed up downloads) * Ability to edit
ALL information about a show (including date/time, ratings, etc) *
Periodic renegotiation of time offset (so that DVA keeps working even
if your computers clock drifts over time - useful when DVA is left
running all the time) There is really a lot more - the item about a new
User interface is deceptive as this has literally dozens of
changes/enhancements contained in it.
FreeGuide TV Guide 0.5.2-1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=252113
This include channel sets and movie highlighting as well as a fixed NA
grabber. (The files uploaded when this release was named 0.5.2
contained some minor Windows bugs which have now been fixed.) FreeGuide
is a TV guide. Download TV listings from the Internet, view them
offline, create a personalised TV guide and choose favourites. It uses
the XMLTV tools to grab listings for the UK, USA, Canada, Norway,
Sweden, Germany and New Zealand.
ntfsprogs 1.7.1 (stable) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=252138
This release includes urgent bug fixes! Upgrade from 1.7.0 and
1.7.0beta is essential. See the ChangeLog for details. (Note ntfsprogs
was formerly linux-ntfs.) The goals of this project are: create a new
Linux kernel driver for the NTFS file system (v1.2 and later 3.0), user
space utilities (e.g. format, ntfs check, etc.) and a library to avoid
code duplication and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs.
Tiki 1.5 -Regulus- RC2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=252439
This is a new release candidate before the 1.5 release. Lot of bugs and
problems found in the RC1 version have been fixed in this new release.
Tiki is a CMS system based on a Wiki, it has all the features a regular
Wiki application has and a lot more. Tiki uses PHP and templates via
Smarty.
SCons 0.11 is now available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=251609
SCons alpha release 0.11 is now available for download. SCons is a
software construction tool (build tool, or substitute for Make)
implemented in Python, based on the winning design in the Software
Carpentry build tool competition (in turn based on the Cons build
tool). IMPORTANT: Release 0.11 contains the following interface
changes: - The default suffix for static object files when using gcc
has been changed to ".os" to allow shared and static object files to
exist side-by-side in the same directory. - When no command-line
targets are specified, the default behavior is now to build all derived
files in or below the current directory (like Make). This can be
disabled by explicitly specifying "Default(None)" in an SConscript
file. - Setting the BUILDERS construction variable now clears previous
Builder attributes from the construction Environment. - An "env"
argument has been added to the strfunction() method of Python function
Actions. See the release notes for more information about these
changes. This release adds the following features: - A new CacheDir()
function and related command-line options --cache-disable,
--cache-force and --cache-show support the ability to share derived
files between builds. - Support for the IRIX platform and SGI MIPSPro
tool chain. - Support for the PharLap ETS tool chain. - Support for
compiling with Microsoft VC++ when running Cygwin Python. - New
AddPreAction() and AddPostAction() functions. - Python function Actions
can now include the contents of construction variables in their
signatures. - A new strfunction() method has been added for external
command Actions. - The SConscript() function now takes optional
"build_dir" and "duplicate" keyword arguments that make it easier to
set up a build directory. - The same Win32 object files can now be
linked into either shared or static libraries. The following fixes have
been added: - Fixed many (not all) situations when interrupts (CTRL-C)
wouldn't actually stop a build. - Libraries in the LIBS construction
variable can now explicitly include a library prefix and suffix. - The
Win32 scons.bat script now has DOS-standard CR-LF line endings. - Fixed
how the Environment.Append() method works BUILDERS (and other
dictionaries). - Fixed how a file prefix is added when the target isn't
specified. - Better error messages whene a BuildDir is read-only. - A
platform or tool module can now be directly imported even after it's
been included in a construction Environment. - The output of -c -n is
now correct when a target is a directory. Performance has been improved
as follows: - Added support for caching values when use
--implicit-cache. The following changes have been made to the SCons
packaging: - Added new --standard-lib, --standalone-lib and
--version-lib options to the "setup.py install" command to make it
easier to install the SCons build engine (library) into different
locations. If no explicit library installation location is specified,
the SCons "setup.py" script now looks for an existing SCons build
engine in these three locations and prefers where the build engine was
installed previously. The documentation has been improved: - Eliminated
description of some deprecated keywords. - Updated description of
BuildDir() to try to explain more clearly how to set up a build
directory.
FinkCommander (GUI for Fink package mgr) v. 0.5.0
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=251651
Version 0.5.0 of FinkCommander has been released. It has a number of
significant new features, including a package browser, which provides a
Finder-like interface for viewing the files intalled on your system by
a particular Fink package. FinkCommander is a graphical user interface
for the Fink software packaging system for Mac OS X. It provides an
intuitive front-end to the Fink command-line tools for downloading and
installing Unix software. If you have version 0.4.3 installed, you will
need to move it to the trash before installing this version.
Freevo version 1.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=251680
Freevo is a Linux application that turns a PC with a TV capture card
and/or TV-out into a standalone multimedia jukebox/VCR/PVR/HTPC/DVR/set
top box. It uses MPlayer to play and record audio+video. It is
optimized for use with a TV+remote. There is a new stable binary
release (1.3.1) available on SourceForge.net's download page. It
includes a number of important changes from the last stable release
(1.3.0). The binary release now includes all external libraries (e.g.
SDL) and applications (e.g. MPlayer). The current version is useful for
watching/recording TV, AVIs, DVDs, playing MP3/OGG, viewing images.
AOLserver 4.0 beta 2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250769
The second beta release of AOLserver 4.0 is available. In addition to
bug fixes, this includes enhancements for international and Win32
support. 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.
Tiny COBOL Compiler release 0.60
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250879
The Tiny COBOL compiler project is developing a COBOL compiler for use
on Linux; it generates GNU x86 assembler code. With this release,
improvements have been made in the following areas: locking for
relative files, better support of print files (write after and before
advancing) and better compatibility with 85 Standard for some indexed
file I/O operations.
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