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Slashdot
Sony Combines Pocket Drive with 802.11
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0011226

    [0]Ernest writes "They presented this at Net&Com 2003 in Tokyo. I've
    found this announcement in German at [1]ComputerWoche Sony selected
    Linux as the file server's operating system. They'll start selling this
    little 390 gram thing on the japanese market at the end of March for
    585$. Inside is a 20GB 2.5" disk of which (only) 17GB will be available
    for files." 
Links
    0. mailto:ernest@terku i l e .ch
    1. http://www.cowo.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&artid=45504

ESA to Give New Life to Old Satellites
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0016252

    [0]JPNews writes "The European Space Agency is [1] designing a program
    (www.esa.int) to re-configure dying television transmission satellites
    to be used as a [2]XM Radio-like satellite radio network. 'Once in
    position, 35,000 km away in space, TV satellites will remain in orbit
    forever, but their useful life amounts to 15 years or less... further
    life can be squeezed from a low-propellant TV satellite switched over
    to mobile digital radio broadcasting where precision position control
    is less important.'" 
Links
    0. http://jpnewswire.blogspot.com/
    1. http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEM67L1A6BD_index_0.html
    2. http://www.xmradio.com/how_it_works/satellites.html

Is the BSA "Grace Period" a Scam?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0733256

    An anonymous reader asks: "I work at a small non-profit that has 18
    employees plus a 13 seat computer lab. We received a form letter from
    the Business Software Alliance (BSA) telling us to do a self audit and
    if we find any unlicensed software to report it during our 'Grace
    Period' because 'if you organization's software is not licensed, it
    could become to focus of a BSA investigation'. Now this is obviously a
    method to scare up some business for the BSA members. If we ignore
    this, how likely is it that we will be 'investigated'. I know that I
    cannot produce the original CD's and/or documentation for some of the
    software that we HAVE paid for." 

Nokia's Cellular GBA  - The N-Gage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0029236

    An anonymous reader writes "Hold on to your Game Boys, folks! It
    appears that the Finland cell phone manufacturer, Nokia, will be
    throwing in its lot in the handheld gaming industry with its [0]N-Gage.
    Not only is this critter capable of playing games, but other noticeable
    features include a cell phone, radio, and MP3 player. Game companies
    such as Sega, Taito, and Eidos have already expressed support for it." 
Links
    0. http://www.n-gage.com/

Carmack Needs Rocket Fuel
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2243243

    [0]Reality Master 101 writes "Saw an [1]interesting post on the
    [2]Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society BBS from [3]John Carmack, who
    is working on an [4]X-prize vehicle. Apparently he is having a lot of
    trouble getting Peroxide from the major suppliers, and is possibly
    thinking of helping someone set up a company to produce peroxide. With
    NASA's recent problems, there has been a lot of talk about promoting
    more private investment in rocketry. But how can it happen when the
    suppliers won't even sell peroxide to well financed, registered,
    X-prize teams? Anyone want to start a peroxide business?" 
Links
    0. mailto:RealityMaster101@hotmai[ ]om ['l.c' in gap]
    1. http://lists.erps.org/archives/erps-list/msg04244.shtml
    2. http://lists.erps.org/index.shtml
    3. http://www.idsoftware.com/
    4. http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/

Remotely Counting Machines Behind A NAT Box
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2129218

    Overtone writes "[0]Steve Bellovin of [1]AT&T Labs Research has
    published a paper showing [2]how to remotely count the number of
    machines hiding behind a NAT box (in IMW 2002, the [3]Second Internet
    Measurement Workshop). Your friendly DSL or cable broadband provider
    could implement this technique to enforce their single-machine license
    clause. Bellovin explains how to change the NAT software to defeat the
    measurement scheme, but the fix is complicated and unlikely to appear
    in commercial home gateways anytime soon." 
Links
    0. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/
    1. http://www.research.att.com/
    2. http://www.research.att.com/~smb/papers/fnat.pdf
    3. http://www.icir.org/vern/imw-2002/

Gnome 2.2 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/2031210

    heydrick writes "[0]This message confirms that [1] Gnome 2.2 is
    officially released. And a month ahead of the originally planned
    six-month release cycle. Check out the [2]Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use
    a [3]mirror to download." 
Links
    0. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-February/msg00255.html
    1. http://www.gnome.org/
    2. http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/
    3. http://www.gnome.org/mirrors/ftpmirrors.php3

Dell Dropping The Floppy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1933223

    adambwells writes "Dell wants to stop including floppy drives as
    standard hardware on its Dimension line of desktops, and will start
    this practice later this quarter, as reported in this Yahoo [0]article.
    Says Dell's product marketing: We would like to see customers migrate
    away from floppies as quickly as possible, because there are better
    alternative technologies out there ... it's an antique technology. At
    some point, you've got to draw the line. You wouldn't think of using a
    processor from 15 years ago." They plan to educate their customers
    about recordable CDs and USB pen drives as replacements." 
Links
    0. http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/030205/tech_1.html

Jack Valenti's Views On The Digital Age
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1828238

    [0]ditogi writes "The [1]Harvard Political Review did a quick
    [2]interview with the lord of darkness himself, Jack Valenti. He gives
    his thoughts on government mandated copy prevention, fair use, and
    lobbying. In response to his famous 'VCR is [to the movie
    industry]...as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.' quote,
    he responds, 'I wasn't opposed to the VCR.' And what does he think of
    his current job? 'I think lobbying is really an honest profession.'" My
    favorite quote: "In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because
    a digital copy never wears out. It is timeless." Update: 02/05 20:05
    GMT by [3]T: [4]Derek Slater writes "I'm the author of the Valenti
    article you guys linked to. I've made [5]some brief comments about it
    on my site, and figured I'd send them along." 
Links
    0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    1. http://www.hpronline.org/main.cfm
    2. http://www.hpronline.org/news/347207.html?mkey=628413
    3. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
    4. http://cmusings.blogspot.com
    5. http://cmusings.blogspot.com/2003_02_02_cmusings_archive.html#88495460

Sim-Dud?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1559236

    [0]Lumpish Scholar writes ""The Sims Online" was one of the most
    anticipated releases of 2002; but (according to [1]this Los Angeles
    Times story in the Baltimore Sun, "'The Sims Online' sold 105,000
    copies, or only about a quarter of the initial shipment in December,"
    and (as quoted in [2]this article in the New York Times), "the
    company's president, John S. Riccitiello, said the number of
    subscribers was half what Electronic Arts expected." (Check out
    [3]Google News for more articles, and a registration-free partner link
    to the New York Times story.) Meanwhile, the game's [4]customer reviews
    at Amazon.com have an average rating of only two (out of five) stars." 
Links
    0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    1. 
http://www.sunspot.net/technology/la-fi-sims4feb04,0,4697897.story?coll=bal-technology-headlines
    2. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/03/technology/03SIMS.html
    3. http://news.google.com/news?q=%22sims+online%22
    4. 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000067FDV/ref=cm_rev_all_1/102-0709448-0156118?v=glance&s=videogames&vi=customer-reviews&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER




Newsforge Reports
E-Government Conference laden with Open (and Shared) Source goodies
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1512247

    - by Tina Gasperson - The Center of Open Source & Government is
    sponsoring a conference that is designed to "raise awareness" and
    "share experiences among policy makers" from the U.S. and Europe. The
    event is jam-packed with speakers that Open Source advocates will find
    interesting. And Microsoft will be there too. 

SPI working on elections, welcoming Perens back to the fold
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1526200

    - by Tina Gasperson - Software in the Public Interest (SPI), the entity
    that owns the Debian trademark, is holding elections and working to
    generate enough interest in said elections to actually elect some new
    board members. Ironically, the last "original" board member just
    resigned at the same time a former board member is getting
    re-acquainted with the project. 

LPI helps UnitedLinux with certs; extends offer to other distros
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1356201

    - by Tina Gasperson - Linux Professional Institute and UnitedLinux
    announced at LinuxWorld that they are working together to produce two
    certifications specific to UnitedLinux. The exams do not change the
    status of LPI as a vendor-neutral certification, says Evan Leibovitch. 




Newsforge Newsvac
Group to push Linux for desktop computing
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/0111200

     The widespread use of Linux on the desktop hasn't caught on so far.
    But don't count it out quite yet: A new group, the Linux Desktop
    Consortium, is being formed by a growing number of Linux and
    application vendors to promote the use of the open-source operating
    system on corporate and home desktops. 

Knoppix gives bootable, one-disk Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/014221

    Computers should work for humans, but too often the relationship has
    been upside down. Technologies such as Knoppix and Live Eval, though,
    illustrate a way in which Linux radically alters computing's "terms of
    trade." Knoppix offers advantages for common situations you're likely
    to encounter. Let's start with a look at a few concrete applications of
    Knoppix and related packages that you might need in your own computing. 

Linux upsets Unix home
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/013201

    Linux clusters born in the world of academia are sprouting legs and
    appear ready to march right into the enterprise, despite the growing
    pains facing the emerging technology. 

Sam's joins $300 Linux PC club
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1936211

    Sam's Club, the members-only branch of retail giant Wal-Mart, has
    entered the budget PC race with a $299 system running Red Hat's version
    of the Linux operating system. 

Peace, Love ... and Lycoris
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1934236

    Anonymous Reader writes "'Flower Power' was the mantra of a generation
    in the 1960s. That metaphor takes on a whole new meaning as
    DesktopLinux.com interviews Lycoris executives, CTO Joseph Cheek and
    marketing guru Jason Spisak about Lycoris' Linux desktop." 

PC-To-Phone calls available for GNU/Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/172206

    Anonymous Reader writes "GnomeMeeting.Org, OpenH323.org and Quicknet
    Technologies Team to Deliver First Complete End User VoIP Solution for
    Linux." 

MS Frets Not Over Slammer, Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1626226

    Despite online flap over a line in Microsoft's latest SEC filing
    referencing open-source software's impact on sales of its own
    applications, as well as reports that a South Korean civic group may
    sue over Slammer damages, the tech giant isn't losing any sleep. 

Announcing the GNOME 2.2.0 Desktop and Developer Platform
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1625232

    Five months ago, we were only just beginning to recover from the
    enormous task that was GNOME 2.0. We were committed to a six month
    release cycle for 2.2, and after such a long period of development and
    point-releases, we were excited to be working on new features again. We
    were, as the release code names suggested, "Back to the Future". 

MandrakeSoft extends its enterprise offerings with
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1618208

    Gael Duval writes "MandrakeSoft today announced the immediate release
    of Mandrake Corporate Server 2.1, a comprehensive and versatile Linux
    solution that provides large accounts with critical business server
    functions, plus MandrakeSoft's famous "user friendly" touch." 

Candle Introduces Leading-Edge Performance Management And Availability
Technology For Linux Environ
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1331259

    Candle Corporation announced OMEGAMON(r) XE (Extended Edition) for
    Linux, a comprehensive solution for managing the performance and
    availability of the Linux operating system running on IBM eServer
    zSeries mainframes. 




Freshmeat
Anthill Pro Build and Release Management Server 2.0.5 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111992/

    Anthill Pro is an automated manager for the build and release process
    of Java software development. It can provide daily reports of an
    overnight build, with automated test runs, a revision log which lists
    newly implemented features. Anthill Pro adds to the already robust
    feature set of the open source version of Anthill. Anthill Pro is easy
    to use in heterogeneous environments since it allows you to use
    different JDKs and different classpaths to build different projects. It
    also provides robust support for project dependencies, allowing you to
    rebuild all dependent projects with the latest version of a dependency.
    Every project can store its latest artifacts in Anthill's built-in
    repository, and Anthill gives you the ability to rebuild any previously
    built version. 

AstroCam System 2.3.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112086/

    AstroCam is an C-based Stepmotor Controlsystem including a CGI Web
    interface. You can use it for controlling webcams over the
    Internet/intranet or everything else you want to do with a stepmotor. 

atop 1.9 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112061/

    Atop is an ASCII full-screen performance monitor, similar to the top
    command. At regular intervals, it shows system-level activity related
    to the CPU, memory, swap, disks and network layers, and it shows for
    every active process the CPU utilization in system and user mode, the
    virtual and resident memory growth, priority, username, state, and exit
    code. The process level activity is also shown for processes which
    finished during the last interval, to get a complete overview about the
    consumers of things such as CPU time. Atop only shows the active
    system-resources and processes, and only shows the deviations since the
    previous interval. 

BEJY 1.1.1.41 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112065/

    BEJY is a modular server application. It has functionality similar to
    inetd and some helper classes/functions to ease the implementation of
    new protocols. It provides a generic multithreaded TPC/IP server
    implementation with optional SSL support, covering the complete
    connection and thread management. Each supported service provides its
    protocol implementation(s), where the protocol dependend handling is
    done. The current version comes with HTTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP
    protocol implementations. The HTTP protocol implementation also
    contains a servlet engine, a JSP engine, a handler to invoke CGI, and
    other useful things. 

Big Sister 0.98beta3 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112112/

    Big Sister is an SNMP-aware monitoring program consisting of a
    Web-based server and a monitoring agent. It runs under various Unixes
    and Windows. 

Clover framework 0.3 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112030/

    CloverETL is Java-based framework for creating ETL transformations. It
    follows the concept of transformation graphs which consist of
    individual nodes performing simple operations on data. Any
    transformation can be defined as a set of interconnected nodes through
    which data flows. 

Dav 0.8.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112109/

    Dav (Dav Ain't Vi) is meant to provide a stable text editor that is
    efficient in both memory and processor usage. Its user interface is
    designed to be intuitive and to increase productivity. 

DMI Gallery 2.0-pre-1 (Galerias II)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112035/

    DMI Gallery is an editor-oriented image gallery application based on
    DMI. The editor just needs to FTP full-sized pictures into the
    directory and small and medium-sized thumbnails are automatically
    created. If a text documents with the same name as the picture is
    uploaded, it will be inserted as a description. DMI Gallery provides a
    complete set of navigation controls, and allows designers to create
    templates in their favorite HTML editor to customize the look and feel
    of the image gallery. 

DMI Gallery 1.4.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112033/

    DMI Gallery is an editor-oriented image gallery application based on
    DMI. The editor just needs to FTP full-sized pictures into the
    directory and small and medium-sized thumbnails are automatically
    created. If a text documents with the same name as the picture is
    uploaded, it will be inserted as a description. DMI Gallery provides a
    complete set of navigation controls, and allows designers to create
    templates in their favorite HTML editor to customize the look and feel
    of the image gallery. 

EnergyMech 2.9.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112047/

    The EnergyMech is an advanced IRC bot. It has many features including
    DCC partyline, powerful userlist handling, a telnet console, bot
    linking, and more. 

exiftags 0.97 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112098/

    exiftags parses a JPEG file looking for Exif (Exchangeable Image File)
    data, formatting, and printing image properties. Digital cameras
    typically add Exif data to the image files they produce containing
    information about the camera and digitized image. exiftags includes
    support for some camera manufacturer-specific properties. 

eZ publish 3.0 release candidate 2 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112036/

    eZ publish is a professional open source content management system
    (CMS). It lets you update and maintain the content of your site through
    a user friendly Web interface, eliminating the need for HTML code. It
    is dual licenced under the GPL and the eZ publish Professional licence,
    where you can get the right to use the source code for making your own
    commercial software. It is useful for building Web sites, Web shops,
    intranets/extranets, news sites, portals, and more. 

FLP 1.040 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112107/

    FLP (Flaimo's Little Package) is a collection of PHP classes for
    internationalization. It formats date and time strings, replaces
    keywords, converts measurement units between SI and the US Customary
    System, and more. 

Frogg 1.0.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112031/

    Frogg is a completely stand-alone player for Ogg Vorbis files, although
    support for other formats is coming soon. Designed from the ground up
    for low memory usage and a lightweight GUI, it's great for playing the
    occasional Ogg clip without starting up iTunes. 

Gammu 0.68 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112090/

    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. 

gcc 3.2.2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112058/

    The GNU Compiler Collection contains frontends for C, C++, Objective-C,
    Fortran, Java, and Ada as well as libraries for these languages. It is
    a full-featured ANSI C compiler with support for K&R C as well. GCC
    provides many levels of source code error checking traditionally
    provided by other tools (such as lint), produces debugging information,
    and can perform many different optimizations to the resulting object
    code. 

GCompris 2.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112083/

    GCompris is a complete educational suite for children 3 to 10 years
    old. It is activity-based, and currently includes more than 30
    activities. It offers activities dedicated to little kids which teach
    them how to use a mouse and keybord. It teaches letters, numbers, and
    words, basic algebra training, reading time on an analog clock, and
    much more. 

GKrellM Volume 2.1.7 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112055/

    GKrellM Volume is a plugin which controls the sound mixer device of
    your choice. 

GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1.3 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112040/

    GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by
    both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured
    documents via a "wysiwyg" and user friendly interface. The
    program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts.
    It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra
    systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language,
    which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs,
    and even to extend the editor. 

gPHPEdit 0.0.31 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112079/

    gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and
    other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down
    function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting. 

HTTP Navigator 2.0.1 alpha 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112073/

    HTTP Navigator is a set of PHP classes, based on Perl's LWP, that
    simplifies sending and receiving HTTP messages. Features include:
    cookie handling, basic authentication, chunked encoding, and
    keep-alive. 

icoutils 0.18.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112082/

    The icoutils are a set of programs for extracting and converting images
    in Microsoft Windows icon and cursor files. These files usually have
    the extension .ico or .cur, but they can also be embedded in
    executables and libraries (.dll-files). Icoutils can also create icon
    and cursor files. 

IDSA 0.95 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112096/

    IDS/A is a combined system logger, reference monitor, and intrusion
    detection system for applications. An IDS/A enabled application can not
    only be monitored, but also instructed to restrict functionality.
    Features include a powerful logging component and an extensible and
    modular access control subsystem which can driven by misuse signatures,
    anomaly detection modules, or even a human operator. 

Jahia CMS and Portal Server 4.0 Alpha 1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112076/

    JAHIA CMS and Portal Server is an open source and collaborative Java
    solution for building complex and dynamic Web sites. Unlike traditional
    corporate portal solutions, JAHIA provides a comprehensive and
    out-of-the-box platform for developing, integrating, delivering, and
    managing Content, Web Applications, and Web Services across intranets,
    extranets, and the Internet. 

JSX2 0.1.5 (Object Export)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112039/

    In one line, JSX2 externalizes object data as XML, so it can be
    distributed, stored, and processed independently of the code that
    created it. In another line, that data can be deserialized back into
    objects. JSX uses the JOS API, and so works for all objects, complex
    object graphs, dynamically adjusts to recompiled classes, and enables
    classes to customize their serial form for evolution. The XML format
    for JSX2 is much easier to process than that of JSX. 

K-3D 0.2.5.2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112060/

    K-3D is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering system for GNU/Linux
    & Win32. Features include creation and editing of geometry in
    multiple realtime OpenGL solid, shaded, and texture-mapped views;
    unlimited undos and redos; complete extensibility at runtime through
    third-party plugins; animated procedural geometric effects; all
    parameters animatable through a consistent control-spline based
    interface; rendering pipeline to Renderman Interface compliant
    rendering engines; optimization for use with the Aqsis rendering
    engine, which features solid modelling, true displacement, and user
    programmable shaders; and support for background and batch rendering. 

KCachegrind 0.3a 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112081/

    KCachegrind visualizes traces generated by profiling, in various ways,
    including a TreeMap visualization of the calls happening, and a
    condensed version, the Coverage analysis. It's designed to be fast and
    to provide a quick overview of very large programs, such as KDE
    applications. It uses Cachegrind as profiling backend, which uses the
    CPU simulator in Valgrind. Thus, profiling does not need any
    preparation, can cope with shared libraries and plugin architectures,
    and allows for profile runs to not influence the measuring by the
    profile itself, however, the disadvantage to this is slower profile
    runs. 

Linux Test Project 20030206 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112108/

    The Linux Test Project is a joint project with SGI, IBM, OSDL, Bull,
    and Wipro Technologies with a goal to deliver test suites to the open
    source community that validate the reliability, robustness, and
    stability of Linux. The project consists of well over 950 individual
    testcases and a test driver to automate execution of the tests. 

Loggerithim 6.2.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112102/

    Loggerithim is a monitoring package. It allows you to monitor your
    systems graphically, proactively spot problems, perform postmortems,
    throw alerts when bad things happen, predict future needs, and automate
    routine administration tasks. 

ManEdit 0.5.8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112037/

    The ManEdit UNIX Manual Page Editor is an editor specifically tailored
    for UNIX manual pages. It has a preview viewer, uses the manual page
    XML format for easy editing, and comes with a tutorial and reference
    guide. It uses the GTK+ widget set and features syntax highlighting, a
    complete drag and drop system for easy viewing and editing, a crash
    recovery system, and sample manual page templates. 

ManySMS 3.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112074/

    SMS is frontend for SmsSend. Users can easily send SMS messages to many
    GSM telephone numbers. The numbers are written in a text file. This
    program is designated for use in the Czech republic (operators:
    Eurotel, Paegas, Oskar), but can be easily adapted for different
    counties. It is written in Basic. 

mod_injection 0.3.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112089/

    mod_injection is an Apache 2.0.X filter module. It allows you to inject
    text in the HTTP response after a HTML tag, or after any given text
    string. The main intention of this module is to add a banner to several
    HTML pages on the fly. 

mon modules 2003-02-06 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112085/

    mon modules is collection of modules for mon which include an advanced
    PostgreSQL monitor, a SAP R/3 monitor, a TCP connection and chat
    monitor which works through a SOCKS server, and a WAP cgi-bin client
    that lets you check the status of your servers using a WAP phone. 

N-View 2.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112069/

    N-View is a network monitor for small and medium-sized networks. It
    features automatic scanning of subnets for host addresses, monitoring
    of ICMP responses from all hosts, signalling of timeouts and delays in
    the GUI and by mail, a portscanner, an SNMP client (MIB browser and
    trap receiver), a graphical display of network traffic for network
    interfaces, connectivity to hosts by telnet, HTTP browser, or an
    arbitrary external program (such as ssh), printing of network diagrams,
    automatic generation of HTML pages, and more. 

O-Kiraku Nikki 1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112050/

    'O-Kiraku Nikki' is Japanese for 'A Nice Calendar'. It is a simple PHP
    program that displays a calendar on a Web site, with the ability to add
    as many annotations as desired to any day, and have these annotations
    displayed on a Web page. It can be used as a diary, a Weblog, or a
    scheduler, etc. It comes with full multilanguage (Unicode) support, and
    includes by default English, Japanese, and Spanish translations. It has
    been designed with both security and simplicity in mind. 

openSkat 1.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112064/

    OpenSkat is an cryptographically secure implementation of the german
    card game Skat for multiple players over IRC (Internet Relay Chat). The
    fairness is based on several zero-knowledge-proofs from Christian
    Schindelhauers research paper "A Toolbox for Mental Card
    Games". It has a graphical user interface based on xskat 3.4. The
    modified sources are included and require an X11 environment. 

Packet Excalibur 1.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112091/

    Packet Excalibur is a multi-platform graphical and scriptable network
    packet engine with extensible text-based protocol descriptions. It is a
    network tool designed to build and receive custom packets. Packet
    Excalibur allows you to decide packet attributes from the physical
    layer to the top, to sniff and spoof packets with a single interface,
    to build scripts in the GUI, and to define additional protocols in
    simple text files. 

PHP vCard 2.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112044/

    PHP vCard generates vCards from any data. This is useful if you have a
    lot contact information stored in regular databases and want to make
    them available to end users as comfortable as possible. vCard files are
    supported by many PIMs. 

Pluggable Images Generator 0.2.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112057/

    Pluggable Images Generator (PIG) is mainly designed to create fractal
    images and dislay them. But since it's based on plugins, it can be used
    to create any type of computer generated image. 

ppm2html 1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112048/

    ppm2html is a small Linux tool that converts an RGB PPM image to an
    HTML page. The page will display an approximated version of the image
    only using ASCII characters and color definitions. The tool makes full
    use of 24 bit color in HTML. If a 'source string' is being defined this
    string will repeatedly be used as the character source for rendering
    the ASCII output. If omitted, random characters between 'a' and 'z'
    will be used. The 'red', 'green', and 'blue' values define the
    backgroundcolor of the HTML page. If no command line arguments are
    given the page is rendered black. 

pylibini 0.1.2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111738/

    pylibini is a Python module which provides powerful access and easy
    manipulation of .ini files in Python applications. 

PyTone 1.12.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112106/

    PyTone is a music jukebox written in Python with a curses-based GUI.
    While providing advanced features like crossfading and multiple
    players, special emphasis is put on ease of use, making PyTone an ideal
    jukebox system for use at parties. 

qpopper-mysql 0.8 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112080/

    qpopper-mysql is a patch to Qualcomm's qpopper POP3 daemon to enable it
    to do user authentication via a MySQL database, support virtual
    domains, support Maildir-style mailboxes, and log logins into a MySQL
    database for possible MTA SMTP authentication relaying use. 

Quake2Forge 0.2.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112104/

    Quake2Forge is The QuakeForge Project's version of id Software's game,
    Quake II. It aims to be a stable, portable codebase focusing on
    improving the quality of the game whilst maintaining backwards
    compatibility with the original. 

Rain gutter 1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111761/

    Rain gutter is a theme based on a photo taken by octoberX. 

RunLaunch 0.2 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112049/

    Run Launch is a GNOME program execution utility not unlike the Windows
    9x "Run" facility. Features include a "Run in
    Terminal" facility, a file browser, program history, automatic
    history completion, and keyboard shortcuts. 

ScreenIRC 0.5 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112066/

    ScreenIRC is an IRC client that lets you close the GUI without being
    disconnected from the IRC server. You can then reconnect later and see
    what has happened on the channels while you were away. 

sNibbles 0.1.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112092/

    sNibbles is a platform independent Snake/Nibbles game. 

SPIKE 2.8 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112059/

    SPIKE is an attempt to write an API that helps reverse engineer new,
    unknown network protocols. It features several working examples. 

struts-wml 1.1b3 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112100/

    struts-wml is a WML taglib for WAP enabled devices, based on
    struts-html. 

Subconv 0.2.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112113/

    Subconv converts DivX subtitles from one format to another (currently
    only from srt/tmplayer/microdvd to tmplayer). It can also adjust
    subtitle delay and split subtitles in a given time position. 

Sweep 0.8.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112045/

    Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool. It supports many music
    and voice formats including WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, and MP3, with
    multichannel editing and LADSPA effects plugins. Inside lives a pesky
    little virtual stylus called Scrubby who enjoys mixing around in your
    files. 

The Kiwi Toolkit 1.4.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112042/

    The Kiwi Toolkit is a foundation class library containing many useful
    classes that complement the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). It includes
    many classes and components that were not provided with the JFC, such
    as a TreeTable component, a DateChooser, an MVC charting package (bar
    charts, line charts, pie charts), a plugin framework for Java, an
    application resource manager (for loading images, icons, HTML pages,
    audio clips, and other resources from JAR files), a better
    internationalization API, and much more. 

Tk LaTeX Editor 1.0.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112027/

    Tk LaTeX Editor is a powerful LaTeX editor. It supports code
    highlighting, a document structure navigator, a project and file
    manager, spellchecking, command autocompletion, and much more. 

TR-IRCD 5.0.5-r 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112095/

    TR-IRCD is an ircd and a collection of services programs for IRC
    networks. The ircd is heavily influenced by ircd-hybrid and Bahamut. It
    includes support for IRC extensions such as md5-encrypted hostnames,
    local channels, and autokill exclusions, modules for commands,
    different protocols, channel modes, and languages. It supports IPv6 and
    many different architectures. 

Wcalc 1.5.2.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112111/

    Wcalc is a very capable calculator. It has standard functions (sin,
    asin, and sinh for example), many pre-defined constants (pi, e, c,
    etc.), support for using variables, a command history, hex/octal/binary
    input and output, unit conversions, bit-shifting, embedded comments,
    and an expandable expression entry field. It evaluates expressions
    using the standard order of operations. 

Webcpp 0.8.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112043/

    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, Euphoria, Fortran, Haskell, Java, Javascript, Markup,
    Modula2, Objective C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Power Builder, Python,
    RenderMan, Ruby, SQL, Tcl, Unix shell, UnrealScript, and VHDL
    highlighting. 

WebShop 0.7.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112094/

    WebShop provides a framework for an Internet shop using EJB 2. It
    includes the beans necessary to operate an e-commerce enterprise, as
    well as a sample servlet implementation of a shop. 

wGui 0.1.0 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112034/

    wGui is a simple, platform-independent dialog manager library using SDL
    and FreeType2. Written in C++ (with extensive use of the Standard
    Library and STL), the intention is to leave all of the antiquated C
    paradigms out of it (like #defines). 

Yet Another Font Installer 0.3.1 
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112056/

    Yet Another Font Installer (YAFI) is a set of programs that allow you
    to install TrueType and Type1 fonts for various applications like
    XFree, LaTeX, etc. 




Thinkgeek
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/

Electronics: Infoglobe Caller ID Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/5c83/

Computing: Dual RW DVD/CD Internal Drive
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5c94/

Computing: ADS Firewire Drive Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5cd1/

Electronics: PS2 Network Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2hard/5bd7/

Computing: Asylum GeForce Ti4600 AGP 4x
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/5ce3/

Computing: D-Link USB/FM Radio Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cc7/

Computing: Linksys USB 2.0/Ethernet Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5c97/

Computing: Logitech Cordless Freedom Joystick
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/gaming/5cc8/

Computing: IoGear Bluetooth to USB Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ce5/

Computing: NEC-Mitsubishi 18" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5cc3/

Interests: QuickKill
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/leetware/5c45/




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