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Slashdot
Using gzip As A Spam Filter
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1314222
[0]captainclever writes "[1]Kuro5hin have an interesting [2]article on
detecting spam using gzip." Here's a sample: "Loosely speaking, the LZ
(Zip) and the related gzip compression algorithms look for repeated
strings within a text, and replace each repeat with a reference to the
first occurrence. The compression ratio achieved therefore measures how
many repeated fragments, words or phrases occur in the text."
Links
0. http://rwj100 AT soton DOT ac DOT uk
1. http://kuro5hin.org/
2. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/1/25/224415/367
Oasis Forms "Lawful Intercept" XML Committ
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/0611201
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Oasis has announced the formation of the
[1]Lawful Intercept XML Technical Committee. The [2]announcement refers
to it as a "universal global framework for supporting rapid discovery
and sharing of suspected criminal and terrorist evidence by law
enforcement agencies." It's not really clear if this is supposed to aid
in information exchange about suspicious activities/individuals, or
'intercepting' in the sense of eavesdropping, or what exactly."
Links
0. http://www.oasis-open.org/
1. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-01-23-a.html
2. http://xml.coverpages.org/LawfulInterceptTC.html
Adopt a KDE Geek
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/0042256
sultanoslack writes "In an effort to bring together KDE hackers that
are students, unemployed or by other means lacking in hardware and
capital with users in that have spare goodies, [0]Adopt-a-Geek has been
launched. [1]More details are available on [2]how to help out. Been
wondering what you can do to help out? Here's your chance!"
Links
0. http://dot.kde.org/1043618134/
1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=kde-cafe&m=104361223225621&w=2
2. http://devel-home.kde.org/~wheeler/adopt-a-geek/
Gibson to Embed Guitars with Ethernet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/2351201
[0]caseyuw writes "Gibson is planning to roll out their [1]Magic this
year with the delivery of guitars using Cat 5 instead of analog cables
to connect instruments and amplifiers. The debate over the quality of
digital vs analog signal processing is not new, but using a 'Magic' Les
Paul would force you entirely into the digital domain." We mentioned
this [2]last year, but the above article has much more information.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030124S0035
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/04/1753259&tid=141
Humankind Makes Last Stand Against Machine
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/2214233
[0]MrZeebo writes "According to this Financial Times story, Garry
Kasparov has [1]begun another match against a computer chess program on
Sunday, this time playing against the Israeli-developed [2]Deep Junior.
Kasparov is the highest-rated chess player of all time, and lost to
[3]Deep Blue in 1997. According to the article, Deep Junior, despite
evaluating less moves per minute than Deep Blue, is considered to be a
superior chess player. The match will span 6 games, the last one being
February 7th." Kasparov has [4]won the first game.
Links
0. mailto:greg@[ ]dberg.com ['lee' in gap]
1.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1042491215888
2. http://www.x3dworld.com/Entertainment/CI_X3DEvnt_DeepJunior.html
3. http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/
4.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20030127/tc_nm/life_chess_kasparov_dc
Who Owns Your Digital Media?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/2317253
[0]Ren Bucholz writes "In what was designed to be a "safety valve," the
[1]Copyright Office is holding its tri-annual [2]search for exemptions
to the DMCA's prohibitions on circumventing access controls. The
[3]Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted [4]comments last December
that outlined four "classes of works" that should be exempt, including
copy-protected CDs, region-coded DVDs, DVDs with unskippable
promotional material, and public domain works that are only available
on DVD. They are asking people to [5] write in support of the four
exemptions that they have proposed. The Copyright Office is only
accepting comments until February 19th, so get on it!"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.copyright.gov/
2. http://www.copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms/index.html
3. http://www.eff.org/
4. http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20021218_eff_dmca_reply_comments.html
5. http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/2003-DMCA-1201-comments.php
Superbowl XXXVII
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/2329246
So, if you're a good, patriotic American, you're certainly watching the
Superbowl right about now. The dot-com ads should be pretty much absent
this year, but perhaps there will be something more interesting than
[0]ads for recycled movies. Maybe even the game will be worth watching.
:)
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/25/superbowl.commercials.reut/
Review: Illegal Art
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1952245
An anonymous reader writes "I just got back from the Chicago opening of
[0]Illegal Art, Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age, January 25
- February 21 (See [0]the website for location, film screening dates,
and information on the panel debate featuring [1] Lawrence Lessig) and
quite enjoyed myself." The anonymous review follows.
Links
0. http://www.illegal-art.org/
1. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/
Warcraft III Expansion
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1928218
[0]Ultra Magnus writes "Looks like [1]Blizzard is releasing an [2]
expansion pack to WC3. I've always been pleased with their expansions
before, so I hope this lives up to expectations."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.bnetd.org/
2. http://www.blizzard.com/war3x/pressrelease.shtml
Web-based Road Monitoring
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1923201
[0]James Evans writes "The National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCAR) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are testing a
[1]Web-based system for weather forecasting and winter road treatment
that could soon save lives, cut costs, and help keep millions of
drivers on the move. Highway officials and road crews in Des Moines and
Ames, Iowa, will test the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS)
February 3 to April 4. The MDSS uses several computer models to project
hour-by-hour weather and road conditions up to two days in advance,
with an update every three hours."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.ucar.edu/communications/newsreleases/2003/mdss.html
Newsforge Reports
Open Source and the Art of First Programming
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1834204
- By Dan Razzell - In recent years, I've seen an increasing tendency
for computers to be presented, not only to the public but within the
industry, as if they were appliances. I recognize the mindset: the
sizes and shapes are about right, and you plug them into the wall. Just
another kind of television, really. User manuals are seen as
intimidating, so the solution is to eliminate them. What does a
consumer need to know anyway, except where to ...
LinuxWorld wrapup: The futility of trying to see it all
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/167242
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - No one person can see everything at a
show like LinuxWorld. I was on the go every second the show was open,
and I didn't meet even a fraction of the 150+ exhibitors. And I barely
had time to do more than poke my head into a few of the many conference
sessions, even though they were at least as important as the goings-on
in the exhibit hall.
Linux is a natural for India
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1423219
- By Prakash Advani - Today India is a hot topic for discussion as far
as Linux is concerned. Many users around the world want to understand
the mindset of Indians regarding Linux. This article attempts to give
some insight to the market dynamics here, and how they make Linux a
natural fit for India.
Newsforge Newsvac
Webglimpse 2.6.2 shareware
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1016238
iwork writes " Webglimpse is a fast, flexible search engine for
indexing individual websites or categories of information across the
web."
What will it take?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1015250
Anonymous Reader writes "In an editorial, Linux and Main wonders, in
light of this weekend's SQL Server worm, just how severe one of the
recurring exploits of Microsoft software will have to be before people
notice."
OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1015227
Jeremy Andrews writes "In late November of 2002, OpenBSD creator Theo
de Raadt announced on the project's mailing lists that after over a
year of attempting to obtain useful UltraSparc III documentation, they
had still not made much headway. I attempted to discuss this issue with
Danese Cooper who works in Sun's Open Source Programs Office, with as
of yet limited results."
Developers turn to Linux, stunt Microsoft growth
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1014224
A.Guru prasadh writes "NEW YORK: Developers who have been dedicated
Microsoft users for more than a decade, are so fed up with the high
prices and unreliable systems that they are switching to Linux."
Introducing ServerBeach and the PersonalServer
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1845232
SAN ANTONIO - ServerBeach, a discount dedicated hosting company, is a
new alternative for technology hobbyists seeking the flexibility and
reliability of dedicated servers without the high cost.
Open source needs political muscle
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1734228
Deployment of Linux in US government institutions could be stunted if
the open source community does not learn better lobbying skills, a
leading US academic has warned.
Sun Microsystems in good shape for 2003: CEO
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1558259
DAVOS: The head of Sun Microsystems said on Saturday the US computer
and software maker is in good shape for 2003, although he declined to
make any forecasts for the year.
Microsoft finds it's business as usual
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1556255
2002 was a good year for Microsoft --Â certainly more so than 2001 And
the optimism continues, with a distinctly Microsoft-friendly
administration in power in the US that has as good as declared itself
uninterested in pursuing the company through the courts for any
corporate misdeeds it may or may not have committed in the past.
IBM releases 2003 Linux Software Evaluation Kit
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1551216
Anonymous Reader writes "IBM has released its new 2003 Linux Software
Evaluation Kit. It has been expanded to 4 CDs for 2003. In addition to
the newest levels of DB2 Universal Database, WebSphere Application
Server, and Lotus Domino, the 2003 SEK will also include WebSphere
Studio Site Developer, WebSphere MQ, Tivoli Access Manager, and more.
Sign-up here and get the Linux Software Evaluation Kit mailed to you at
no charge. ."
Europarl to discuss ban of all software patents
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1550234
guerby writes: Michel Rocard (ex France Prime Minister) now on the
Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport is
proposing an amendment (pdf link) to explicitely rule out patentability
on information (processing, ...) at the european parliament. The
rationale is beautifuly written. Let's hope it has some influence on
the outcome of the ongoing battle to stay free of software patents in
Europe.
Freshmeat
Largefile Support Problems
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/709
The Unix98 standard requires largefile support, and many of the latest
operating systems provide it. However, some systems still chose not to
make it the default, resulting in two models: Some parts of the system
use the traditional 32bit off_t, while others are compiled with a
largefile 64bit off_t. Mixing libraries and plugins is not a good idea.
amSynth 1.0-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110729/
amSynth is a realtime polyphonic Analogue Modeling SYNTHesizer. It
provides virtual analogue synthesis in the style of the classic Moog
Minimoog/Roland Junos. It offers an easy-to-use interface and synth
engine, while still creating varied sounds.
Angband 3.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110726/
Angband is a single-player rogue-like dungeon exploration game that
runs on a wide variety of computer systems.
Blassic 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110758/
Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory,
and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs
written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting
language.
Busca 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110725/
Busca is based on a popular Italian card game similar to hearts. You
may play against artificial intelligence or against your friends with
network play.
CRM114 2003-01-26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110756/
CRM114 is a Controllable Regex Mutilator and Smart Filter, designed for
easy creation of filters for things like incoming mail, system logs, or
monitoring processes. Filtering rules can be either hard-coded (such as
regexes), soft-coded (calculated at runtime or read from an external
file or process), or learned dynamically by phrase matching (by SBPH
hashing). This makes it possible to create very accurate filters with
very little actual work.
DCTC 0.84.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110714/
DCTC (Direct Connect Text Client) is a library that gives access to the
direct connect world, like IRC but more file-sharing oriented.
Downloader for X 2.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110717/
Downloader for X is a tool for downloading files from the Internet via
both HTTP and FTP with a powerful but userfriendly interface. It
supports reconnecting and resuming on connection timeouts, has a
download queue for multiple files, support for simultaneous downloads,
and many other features for powerful downloading.
Eddi 1.1.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110752/
Eddi is a powerful and easy-to-use text editor for X. It can use macros
and has syntax highlighting.
FLAC 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110715/
FLAC is a Free Lossless Audio Codec. The FLAC format supports
streaming, seeking, and archival, and gives 25-75% compression on
typical CD audio. Input plugins for Winamp and XMMS are also provided.
Gammu 0.67 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110749/
Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is cellular manager for various
mobile phones and modems. It currently supports Nokia 3210, 33xx, 3410,
3510, 51xx, 5210, 5510, 61xx, 62xx, 63xx, 6510, 7110, 82xx, 8310, 9110,
and 9210, and AT devices (such as Siemens, Alcatel, WaveCom, IPAQ, and
other). It has a command line version with many functions for
ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP, date/time, alarm, calls, etc. It
can also make full backups and restore them. It works on various Unix
systems (like Linux) and Win32.
GSpeakers 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110735/
GSpeakers is a GNOME loudspeaker design program built with the Gtkmm
2.0 toolkit.
JGraphpad 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110724/
JGraphpad is a powerful diagram editor for Swing that offers XML, drag
and drop, zoom, automatic layout, print support, and much more. With
JGraphpad, you can create flow charts, maps, UML diagrams, and networks
with thousands of nodes. JGraphpad is available with sourcecode, which
may be used to develop new (commercial) applications.
kbarcode 1.1.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110733/
kbarcode is a KDE3-based program for creating, handling, managing, and
printing barcodes for private or business purpose. kbarcode is able to
handle all major types of barcodes, like UPC, EAN, CODE39, and ISBN. It
comes with a label designer to create customized labels and a batch
print function. It's designed to print several thousands barcodes in
one pass, but also allows you to easily print a single label. kbarcode
uses SQL to store all information about articles, barcodes, customers,
etc.
KCDLabel 2.11-KDE3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110751/
KCDLabel is a program to create labels, covers, and booklets for CD
cases. It can include text, bitmapped images, and directory content
recursively read from a directory. KCDlabel can print and output
postscript files. It can also create round labels to stick on CDs.
KCDLabel can access CDDB to retrieve information about a CD.
KMovisto 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110757/
KMovisto is a free molecule viewer which reads GAUSSIAN files, exports
POV-Ray scripts for high quality presentations, and VRML files for
creating 3D molecule sceneries for the Web.
KSocrat 3.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110728/
KSocrat is the simple English/Russian and Russian/English dictionary
for the K Desktop Environment.
Lace2000 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110743/
Lace2000 is a theme based on a lace pattern from Lace CD 2000 and some
bobbin images taken from VanDieren (bobbinmaker.com).
LibSDBI 0.9.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110745/
LibSDBI is a very simple SQL database interface, for multiple types of
SQL databases. Its aim is to be able to manage multiple database types
with a single interface, and it follows the KISS theory. It loads the
database dependent codes from shared object(.so). In the basic tarball
the PostgreSQL module is included.
maildrop 1.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110753/
Maildrop is a powerful email filter/delivery agent. It supports
mbox-style mailboxes and maildirs (a mail storage format used by
Qmail). Its mail filtering language supports RFC822 parsing and
GDBM/Berkeley DB database files. The maildrop package also includes a
command-line tool to perform various operations on MIME messages.
man-pages-ja 20030115
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110718/
man-pages-ja is a comprehensive collection of Japanese man pages for
Linux. It contains Japanese version of LDP man-pages, man pages for GNU
tools, and ones for various opensource applications.
Mango 0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110747/
Mango is recipe management software. The main motivation of the project
is to provide an open source Mealmaster compatible application.
MiddleMan 1.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110727/
Middleman is a fast HTTP/HTTPS proxy server with features designed to
remove unwanted content and increase privacy. It features an XML-like
configuration file and an intuitive Web interface. It can be used to
filter HTTP headers, block certain files or mime types, block cookies
to and from certain sites, redirect requests, forward requests through
another proxy using NTLM or Basic authentication, block inappropiate
content using a keyword scoring system, and manipulate the contents of
files using either its builtin rewrite feature or an external program
or script. It fully implements the HTTP/1.1 protocol, including
persistent connections and gzip encoding.
Modeling Framework 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110754/
Modeling Framework fills the gap between the Python object world and
relational databases in that it allows users to transparently create,
retrieve, update, or delete Python objects from a database without
having to write a single line of SQL. Main features include generation
of database schema, generation of Python code templates ready to be
used, support for transparent mapping of (class) inheritance in
relational databases, object-oriented query language, use of standard
Python getters to traverse relationships (the related objects are
automatically fetched when needed and when appropriate), and automatic
checking for referential-integrity constraints, etc. Supported
databases are PostgreSQL and MySQL.
MP3Gain 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110740/
MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same
volume. It does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do.
Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the
file actually sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes
are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because
the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and
re-encoding.
mxflat 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110759/
mxflat is a theme that was made to match the GTK[1|2]-flat engine. It
is quite customizable, but also works very well if you do not adjust
anything.
Nuxeo Collaborative Portal Server 2.2 beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110739/
Nuxeo CPS is the collaborative web content management solution for
Zope. Users create and manage content in Workgroups and publish them in
Publications spaces (Hierarchies) through a dedicated workflow.
Managers can easily set global and local roles for users (Workgroup
Managers, Members, Visitors, Reviewers, and Readers). All actions are
available through simple Web interfaces. Nuxeo CPS also features office
document integration, indexing, and conversion to HTML format;
versioning; attached comments; interactive services (e.g.
mailing-lists); and skinning of hierarchies.
Odin Plus Plus 0.3a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110738/
OPP (Odin Plus Plus) is an open source C++ class library intended to
provide functionality surpassing that of the Rogue Wave class
libraries. It includes basic object components, a solid thread library,
and an excellent set of advanced internet components. It also has
template collection classes, an I/O library, and the beginnings of an
object database.
Python/XML 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110720/
The Python XML package contains parsers, SAX and DOM interfaces, sample
programs, and documentation. It is currently in beta.
QTParted 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110742/
QTParted is a Partition Magic clone. It uses libparted for raw disk
access, so you need parted installed to use it. The goal of QTParted is
to fully wrap all function of parted and create a user friendly PM
clone for Linux.
Quadromania 0.01 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110722/
Quadromania is a board game. The computer is your partner here. It
scrambles the playing field following defined rules. The task of the
player is to restore the original state of the playfield by applying
the same rules. The game is written in C and uses SDL and SDL_image for
graphics and input.
RivaTV 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110762/
The RivaTV project is trying to produce Linux drivers for graphics
boards with nVidia chips that have a video-in feature.
saCASH 0.6.1 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110748/
saCash is a Quicken-like financial account manager. It handles multiple
accounts, account transfers, and reconciles information.
searchtool 0.4.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110723/
searchtool is a server browser for Internet games. It features the
ability to ping servers, download a new serverlist, search for
player(s), manage your favourite servers, connect to server of choice,
and more. Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, and Unreal Tournament 2003 are
supported.
Steel Bank Common Lisp 0.7.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110730/
Steel Bank Common Lisp is a development environment for Common Lisp,
with support for almost all of the ANSI standard: garbage collection,
lexical closures, powerful macros, strong dynamic typing, incremental
compilation, and the Common Lisp object system (multimethods and all).
It also includes some extensions, such as an interface to call out to
C. These are all available through an integrated native compiler, plus
the usual Lispy integrated interpreter and high level debugging
support.
TCP Re-engineering Tool 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110719/
TCP Re-engineering Tool monitors and analyzes data transmitted between
a client and a server via a TCP connection. It focuses on the data
stream (software layer), not on the lower level transmission protocol
(as packet sniffers do).
UnixODBC.pm 0.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110731/
UnixODBC.pm provides Perl programs with a subset of the X/Open ODBC API
to the EasySoft unixODBC DBMS libraries, as well as a peer to peer API
for querying ODBC data sources on networked systems. In addition, it
provides peer client and server scripts and configuration files, sample
clients that perform ODBC queries on local and networked systems, and
two multi-host data managers: one that uses Apache and CGI to provide a
Web browser interface, and another that uses Perl/Tk.
UrlGet 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110737/
UrlGet is a download manager that uses GTK+2, libxml2, and libcurl. It
allows you to classify URLs before downloading them, and allows you to
import URLs from .html files. Every category has an independent
configuration that can be inherited by each download in that category.
Velocity editor plugin for Eclipse 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110750/
Velocity editor plugin for Eclipse provides an editor for the scripting
language of Jakarta's template engine Velocity. The editor is
implemented as an plugin for the Eclipse platform.
Video4Linux Grab 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110741/
The v4lgrab project is real-time capturing software for a Video4Linux
device.
Webcpp 0.8.0 pre2 (Preview)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110721/
Webcpp (Web C Plus Plus) is a command line utility that takes your
source code and converts it into an HTML file, using a fully
customizable syntax highlighting engine and stylesheets. Webcpp
currently supports Ada95, Assembler, ASP, Basic, C, C#, C++, Cg, CLIPS,
DOS Batch, EMF, Fortran, Haskell, Java, Javascript, Markup, Modula2,
Objective C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Power Builder, Python, RenderMan, Ruby,
SQL, Tcl, Unix shell, and VHDL highlighting.
Webtop web-based email system 1.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110736/
Webtop is a Web-based POP3 email client that includes many filter
options, spam fighting features, custom folders, email import/export,
and email-to-PDF generation. The Webtop also includes a calendar,
notepad, Webdrive, automated email reminders, contacts, mailing lists,
and Web-based administration. One installation can support multiple
users and each user can set up as many POP3 accounts as they need.
WorDoG 0.6 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110746/
WorDoG (World Domination Game) is basically a derivate from Risk, the
popular board game. The project aims to provide this strategical
multiplayer game on a HTML-only basis. All necessary calculations are
done serverside by PHP, and data is stored in a database (it can use
ADOdb).
Writemime 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110716/
Writemime is a simple C++ package that makes it easy to create and send
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) messages in a C++ program.
It also includes a driver program which allows access to most of the
functionality from the Unix command line. Creating a message is
trivially easy and it will handle all encoding issues internally.
ZoneMinder 0.9.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110744/
ZoneMinder is a set of applications which support capture, analysis,
recording, and monitoring of video data coming from cameras attached to
a Linux system. It features a user-friendly Web interface which allows
viewing, archival, review, and deletion of images and movies captured
by the cameras. The image analysis system is highly configurable,
permitting retention of specific events, while eliminating false
positives. ZoneMinder is built around the definition of a set of
individual 'zones' of varying sensitivity and functionality for each
camera. This allows the elimination of regions which should be ignored
or the definition of areas which will alarm if various thresholds are
exceeded in conjunction with other zones. All management, control, and
other functions are supported through the Web interface.
ZorbIPtraffic 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110734/
ZorbIPtraffic shows the IP traffic on a network interface in real time.
It can display traffic statistics for each IP on your internal network,
and it summarizes the total traffic for each IP per year, per month,
and per day. All information is stored in a MySQL database, which makes
it easy to search the traffic measurements for a specific day.
ZorbIPtraffic only works if you use iptables.
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