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Slashdot
Scientists Grow Decaffeinated Coffee Plants
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/19/0459201

An anonymous reader writes "According to a CBC News story, researchers
have genetically modified coffee seedlings to [0]produce up to 70 per
cent less caffeine." The Japanese researchers quoted in the article say
"..demand for decaffeinated coffee is growing worldwide. Caffeine can
trigger palpitations, increase blood pressure and disrupt sleep in
sensitive people", and so "..used a tool called RNA interference to
genetically engineer the one-year-old plants." Seems like these boffins
may be competing against the University Of Hawaii researchers we
[1]mentioned last year to take away your buzz.
Links
0. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/06/18/gm_coffee030618
1. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/17/0144235&tid=134

Gemstar Ebook Crashes, Burns
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/19/0137232

[0]Robotech_Master writes "In [1]a lengthy announcement on its ebook
catalog page, [2]Gemstar, owner of [3]TV Guide and the
[4]Rocket/Gemstar eBook, has announced it is going out of the ebook
business. Gemstar will not be selling any new devices or ebook content
after July 16th. Of particular interest to those who purchased the
[5]newer Gemstar eBook models that eliminated the ability to install
free content directly on the devices: 'We will also continue to provide
the newly released [6]Personal Content feature available through the
web bookstore at least through July 16, 2006.' It's too bad, really;
I've heard that the Gemstar has one of the [7]most legible displays of
any of the ebook alternatives available. They could have done quite
well as general-purpose reading devices, if Gemstar had not [8]locked
them directly to its own overpriced content in a stunning demonstration
of self-proctology."
Links
0. http://www.eyrie.org/~robotech
1. http://www.gemstar-ebook.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/eBookstore.woa/wa/
2. http://www.gemstar.com/
3. http://www.tvguide.com/
4. http://www.gemstar-ebook.com/ebcontent/devices/default.asp
5. http://www.gemstar-ebook.com/ebcontent/devices/1150_intro.asp
6. http://www.gemstar-ebook.com/ebcontent/supt/personal_content.asp
7. http://www.knowbetter.com/ebook/articles/reb1100_review1.htm
8. http://www.seyboldreports.com/ebooks/features/0011-gemstar.html

U.S. Imposes Big Tariffs On Korean Chipmakers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2228200

[0]dipfan writes "This is serious - the U.S. government has decided to
levy steep [1]import tariffs on South Korean computer chips (and
[2]Vietnamese catfish). The result is a 44 percent tariff on DRAM
semiconductors made by [3]Hynix. The case was brought by Micron
Technology on the grounds that the South Koreans were [4]receiving
unfair subsidies. Hynix says the tariff is 'outrageous', and the South
Koreans plan to appeal to the World Trade Organisation."
Links
0. mailto:<moc.oohay> <ta> <nafpid>
1. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136234,00.html
2. http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0306/18/m03.html
3. http://www.hynix.com/eng/index.html
4.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=US%20Trade%20Sanctions

Tourist-Class Soyuz Spacecraft Seats Open
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2242239

brandido writes "Put another notch in the belt for space tourism -
Space.com is reporting that: "If you're looking for the ultimate in
get-up-and go, take note: [0]Tourist-class seats will be available on a
Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station in
2004-2005. This off-planet trek comes courtesy of a deal struck between
[1]Space Adventures, a U.S. adventure travel firm, Russia's RSC Energia
and the Russian Space Agency (Rosoviakosmos)." However, NASA has yet to
be officially notified or to give formal approval, so there are still
some speed bumps in the road map."
Links
0. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/space_adventures_030618.html
1. http://www.spaceadventures.com/

Sweden To Outlaw File Sharing, Crypto Breaking?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2328233

Martin Kallisti writes "The [0]Swedish Department of Justice has today
proposed a bill to be put into effect, if it passes Parliament, on the
1st of January, 2004. It is in accordance to EU directives, but will
also criminalize the downloading of material from the Internet without
the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Furthermore, it will
become illegal to break cryptos, circumvent copy protection (mod chips
et al), copy books, and as I understand it, use software that is
designed to help with any of these tasks, and many other things." An
anonymous reader points to [1]an English-language article about this
Swedish EUCD proposal, which also mentions a hefty $4 levy on blank
digital media such as CD-ROMs.
Links
0. http://justitie.regeringen.se/inenglish/index.htm
1. http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4190.cfm

Slashback: Sorveteria, Rockets, Anger
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1811231

Slashback tonight with more on model rocketry (and metaphysical
rocketry to boot), Metallica's music online -- this time voluntarily,
the fall of Ars Digita, nmap's reaction to SCO, and more. Read on for
the details.

The Return Of Shareware Games
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2147251

An anonymous reader writes "CNN has a new column up looking at the
[0]re-emerging trend of shareware as a means to distribute games. With
development prices soaring and space on retail shelves getting scarce,
smaller companies like [1]PopCap Games and [2]GarageGames are returning
to gaming's roots - and making money in the process."
Links
0. http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/18/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm
1. http://www.popcap.com/
2. http://www.garagegames.com/

USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2025210

[0]Teese writes "According to [1]this Bangkok Post article, in December
the [2]USB Forum renamed USB 1.1 to USB 2, and USB 2 stayed as USB 2.
They did this because consumers were demanding that the computers they
buy have USB2 on board. The story also claims that both Sony & toshiba
have released laptops with the USB2 that is really USB1.1. This was the
first I had heard of this and the article said the change took place in
December, has the USB Forum really been able to pull a fast one on us?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . c om
1. http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/18Jun2003_datacol61.html
2. http://www.usb.org/home

Closing In On The Quark-Gluon Plasma
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2011220

[0]Martin writes "A series of presentations and a press conference was
held today at [1]Brookhaven National Laboratory about [2] new results
from the [3]Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The latest run was
finished only a few weeks ago. The results are a new milestone in the
search for the [4]Quark-Gluon Plasma, a new state of nuclear matter.
The data were analyzed on large Linux clusters at BNL and in Japan and
France, with the biggest cluster of about 1100 dual-CPU nodes located
at the [5]RHIC Computing Facility. It's nice to see that results are
out so soon after the data were taken. There were previous stories
about RHIC on /., [6]here(1), [7]here(2) and [8]here(3)."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.bnl.gov/
2. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2003/bnlpr061103.htm
3. http://www.bnl.gov/rhic
4. http://www.bnl.gov/rhic/QGP.htm
5. http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/RCF/
6. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/19/058242&tid=134
7. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/07/20/1049202&tid=134
8. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=98/07/20/1241248&tid=106

Europe, Free Speech, And The Internet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1943251

drdale writes "[0]Declan McCullagh responds at CNET.com to a proposal
by the Council of Europe to require Internet sites to publish replies
by individuals whom the sites criticize. This would apply to all web
sites, apparently, including blogs. Per McCullagh, the Council's
proposals do not have the force of law, but often serve as the basis
for new laws." Imagine the chilling effect if [1]McCullagh's own
politechbot and similar sites had to follow such rules.
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-1017333.html
1. http://politechbot.com/

Newsforge Reports
CeBITes: Report from the first U.S. CeBit
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1541235

- by Lee Schlesinger - CeBIT America, a new American version of the
venerable European trade show, opened Wednesday at the Javits Center in
New York City. With the IT industry struggling, now seems an odd time
to start a major new venture. Both the attendance and the mix of
exhibitors indicate that there's no groundswell of enthusiasm for a new
show now.

XML shows promise, but don't underestimate its problems
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/1815217

- by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols - Extensible Markup Language (XML) is
everywhere. It's the basis of the new middleware, Web Services. It's
the format of choice for both Microsoft's new Office products and .NET
services. And every Java vendor worth their salt is working with it.
Indeed, IBM's program director for emerging e-business standards group,
Steve Holbrook, says, "XML is the most important protocol since HTML."

EGOVOS endorses South Africa's Open Source strategy
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/1655215

- by Tony Stanco - The Center of Open Source & Government
[www.egovos.org ] endorses the South African Proposed Strategy for
Using Open Source Software in the South African Government by providing
rationally defensible policy guidelines. The South African Strategy is
a reasonable road map for a viable Open Source Government Policy for
the following reasons:

Newsforge Newsvac
IBM releses Linux WebSphere SDK for Web Services
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/19/0519253

Anonymous Reader writes "The free WSDK v5.0.1 download includes: An
embedded version of IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express, V5.0
with additional support for ORB and EJBs. WSDK supports SOAP 1.1, WSDL
1.1, UDDI 2.0, JAX-RPC 1.0, EJB 2.0, Enterprise Web Services 1.0 (JSR
109), WSDL4J, UDDI4J, and WS-Security. It comes with the IBM WebSphere
UDDI v2.0 registry, an entry-level database providing a JDBC
implementation, the IBM SDK for Java ...

What SCO Wants, SCO Gets
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/19/0518218

Anonymous Reader writes "...like many religious folk, the Linux-loving
crunchies in the open-source movement are a) convinced of their own
righteousness, and b) sure the whole world, including judges, will
agree. They should wake up. SCO may not be very good at making a profit
by selling software. (Last year the company lost $24.9 million on sales
of $64.2 million.) But it is very good at getting what it wants from
other companies. And it has a ...

Win4Lin 5: A Real Win for Linux Users
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/19/0517231

Timothy R. Butler writes "About a month ago, NeTraverse contacted OfB
Labs with an early release copy of Win4Lin 5.0, the follow-up to the
already impressive Win4Lin 4.0 released in May 2002. Win4Lin, for those
not familiar with it, offers near-native (or better) speed
"virtualization" of a Windows box so that one can run Windows 9x
(95/98/Me) inside GNU/Linux."

LinuxQuestions.org adds a Debian Forum
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2350238

jeremy writes "LinuxQuestions.org has added a Disribution specific
sub-forum for Debian. This marks the fourth Disribution specific
sub-forum (Debian joins Slackware, LFS and Conectiva). All four have
participation from the Distribution.For more information you can read
the announcement or go right to the Debian forum.

Death of a Browser
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1916233

Love it or hate it, this week has been all about Microsoft killing
MSIE for the Mac. Some love it, some hate it, but all view the MSIE
decision as historic. The question is, what does it mean for the Mac's
future: a portent of Microsoft abandoning the platform? The loss of a
great browser? Good riddance to an outdated browser? The Dark Ages of
web development in which Microsoft calls the shots from its fully
Windows-based, integrated web ...

Review: Windows Services for UNIX
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1914218

Anonymous Reader writes "Everyone knows what Microsoft does by now.
What some people do not know is that Microsoft releases a system
integration software named Windows services for UNIX. The review shows
us what to expect from the package and how it compares to Cygwin."

Windows to Linux basics: Analysts say transition from Windows to Linux isn't easy
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1911251

Michael S. Mimoso writes "Microsoft's new Licensing 6.0 scheme may
drive Windows NT shops away from proprietary systems and make them at
least consider Linux and open-source software, but several industry
analysts contacted by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com warn that the
transition won't be easy."

Eset Unveils NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Mail Servers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1743243

Eset Software, a leading provider of Internet software security
solutions, announced today the debut of NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Mail
Servers, extending the industry-leading effectiveness of NOD32
antivirus detection software to the Linux email server environment.

Sun Sets Sights on IBM's AIX Customers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1735253

Moving to profit from SCO Group's revocation of IBM's Unix license
(which IBM denies SCO has the right to do), Sun Microsystems charged in
to play the role of White Knight for Big Blue's AIX customers.

Intellectual property battles will wound Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/1728234

As SCO's fight to assert Unix intellectual property rights drags on,
Linux may be the loser if businesses are tempted to avoid the tangle
altogether.

Freshmeat
ADMsmb 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126352/

ADMsmb is a security scanner for Samba based on the source of
smbclient. It will get the netbios name, share list, workgroup, domain,
and OS. It will then try to access any exported shares, perform a
session brute force, and perform brute force on a directory specified.

Aquaxios 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126455/

Aquaxios is modified from Axios. The window buttons have been replaced
with Aqua-style buttons.

Boost.Build 2.0-m4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126469/

Boost.Build is a build system with a simple and high-level language. It
supports build variants, and several different compilers and tools.

brinance 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126499/

Brinance is a commandline financial planning and tracking program,
hoping to be a functional replacement for something overly complicated
like GnuCash for those who prefer the commandline. It is written in
simple Perl and has a few advanced features, such as scheduling
transactions in the future and having as many accounts as one might
care to have.

CDAY Calendar Almanac 1.20-pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126414/

The CDAY Calendar Almanac displays historical anniversaries such as
birthdays and general events using multiple calendar systems, including
Hebrew, Julian, JDNs, Great Underground Empire (Zork), Gregorian, and
Shire (Lord of the Rings). Separate command line and Web-based versions
are included, along with a free library of thousands of events.

CWirc 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126419/

CWirc is a small IRC client that uses an IRC server to transmit raw
Morse code over the Internet, which can be received by other CWirc
clients in near real-time. It attempts to emulate a standard amateur
radio rig by supporting virtual channels and listening to multiple
senders transmitting on the same channel. Morse code is keyed locally
using a straight key connected to the serial port, and sound is played
through the sound card.

Danubio Streaming Architecture 2.1.0-00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126454/

Danubio Streaming Architecture (DSA) is a fast, reliable, and scalable
framework for the development of multimedia networked applications.
Programmers can embed multimedia features such as audio/video stream
playback, recording, processing, and transmission over wired/wireless
networks into their applications by using DSA's simple and effective
C++ API. DSA is based on a complex plugin architecture that make it
able to interact with any audio and video device.

Device::SerialPort 0.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126446/

Device::SerialPort is a Perl interface to the POSIX serial and modem
routines. Its functionality mirrors the Win32::SerialPort module so
that serial routines can be written across platforms easily.

devlabel 0.41.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126507/

Devlabel is a program which dynamically creates symbolic links to
disk/partition names. It uses the disk's and/or partition's unique
identifiers to keep the symlink pointed to the correct location even if
the underlying partition's name has changed. So, regardless of whether
/dev/sdb6 becomes /dev/sdc6, devlabel figures this all out and points
the symlink to the correct data.

Doug's Impromptu Survey 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126436/

dsurvey (Doug's Impromptu Survey) is a quick, down and dirty,
easy-to-configure, CGI-based online survey. It is implemented as a set
of Perl CGI and config scripts which work with Apache 1.3 and MySQL
3.25.

Downloader for X 2.5.0beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126492/

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.

DSPAM 2.6.0.69
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126504/

DSPAM is a server-side anti-spam agent for UNIX email servers. It
masquerades as the email server's local delivery agent and
filters/learns SPAM using a Bayesian statistical approach which
provides an administratively maintenance-free, self-learning Anti-Spam
service. Each email is broken down into its most interesting tokens,
each assigned a spam probability. All probabilities are then combined
to produce a statistical probability of spam. This approach, applied to
a mature corpus of email, has the potential to yield a 99.5% success
rate with only 0.03% chance of false positives.

Efes 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126462/

The Efes hardware recognition and certification system is a graphical
user interface able to run under (almost) every Linux distribution, so
that the system administrator is assured that the underlying hardware
is compatible with Linux.

Enigmail 0.76.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126491/

Enigmail is a &quot;plugin&quot; for the mail client of Mozilla and
Netscape 7.x which allows users to access the authentication and
encryption features provided by the popular GnuPG software. Enigmail
can encrypt/sign mail when sending, and can decrypt/authenticate
received mail. It can also import/export public keys. Enigmail supports
both the inline PGP format and the PGP/MIME format, which can be used
to encrypt attachments. Enigmail is cross-platform, although binaries
are supplied only for a limited number of platforms. Enigmail uses
inter-process communication to execute GPG to carry out
encryption/authentication.

ePiX 0.8.10a (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126527/

ePiX is a powerful, flexible, lightweight, text-based utility for
creating mathematically accurate, publication-quality line figures in
LaTeX. Output may include mathematical typography, and can be resized
easily and robustly. Programming constructs may be used to create
complex, logically-structured figures with just a few commands. The
output is plain text, and is included directly into a LaTeX document. A
script to convert the output to EPS is included.

floppyfw 2.0.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126450/

floppyfw is a router and simple firewall on one single floppy. It uses
Linux basic firewall capabilities, and has a very simple packaging
system. It is perfect for masquerading and securing networks on ADSL
and cable lines, using both static IP, DHCP, and PPPoE, and provides a
simple installation, which usually involves editing of only one file on
the floppy.

Gentoo Administration and Update Script 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126153/

Gentoo Administration and Update Script (GAUS) is a collection of
scripts that simplify the process of updating your Gentoo system.

GiNaC 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126512/

GiNaC (GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)) is a C++ library
for symbolic calculations. It is designed to allow the creation of
integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together with more
established areas of computer science (like computation-intense numeric
applications, graphical interfaces, etc.). Contrary to other CASes it
does not try to provide extensive algebraic capabilities and a simple
programming language but instead accepts a given language (C++) and
extends it by a set of algebraic capabilities.

Group-Office 1.06(STABLE)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126448/

Group-office is Web-based office suite written in PHP that is
extensible with modules. It features user management (optionally
synchronized with system and Samba), module management, an e-mail
client, a file manager, a scheduler, and project management.

GTKSee 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126437/

GTKSee is a image viewer and image browser with slide show capability
which aims to be an ACDSee clone.

imageSearch 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126517/

imageSearch is a Python script that recursively searches directories
for duplicate images. When duplicates are found, they are displayed in
a GUI as a tree with buttons for deleting the ones you don't want.

IndLinux Milan 0.5 (Hindi)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126468/

IndLinux Milan is a Hindi interface to GNOME, that allows those who can
read and write Hindi to use an environment in their own language.

IPSquad Packages From Scratch 1.2beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126440/

IPFS (IPSquad Package From Source) is a system which allows you to
trace an program's installation from sources and register it in your
favorite packaging system. (Only Slackware 8.1 is currently supported.)
IPFS watches a command (generally make install), collects the list of
added files, and then registers them in the chosen packaging system as
if the install was made from a normal package. Unlike other similar
products, IPFS is able to track both shared and statically linked
programs. A Slackware 8.1 package for IPFS is available for download.

IRCG XML 4 Gamma 19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126417/

IRCG is a solution for delivering XML messages to huge numbers of
clients in real-time. IRCG leverages the power of established IRC
products and the PHP programming language for providing low-latency
message streams over persistent HTTP connections. The use of
time-proven technology and an easy-to-adapt scripting language is
designed to reduce development time and to maximize the value of
existing hardware investments. Typical applications of IRCG include
online gaming communities and chat systems. IRCG is fully compatible
with the ActionScript XMLSocket technology found in Flash-enabled
clients.

Issue Handler 0.8.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126467/

The Issue Handler is a simple product for managing (structuring,
editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to
manage information.

JCalc 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126426/

JCalc is a Java applet that functions as an expression calculator. It
can handle trig functions along with various other specialty functions.
The calculator is based on an Equation class that implements an
expression lexer/parser such that it could be removed and used in
another program.

KnoppiXMAME 1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126525/

KnoppixMAME is a bootable arcade machine emulator with hardware
detection and autoconfiguration. It works automatically on all modern
and not-so-modern hardware, including gameports and joysticks. It is
powered by Knoppix Debian GNU/Linux, X-MAME, and gxmame.

LBreakout 2.5beta-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126458/

LBreakout is a breakout game with nice effects, graphics, and sounds.
It's got a menu to configure a lot of things and a high score chart. It
can be played either by mouse or keyboard. New levels can also be
created, and most other aspects of the game can be customized.

Linux Security Auditing Tool 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126508/

Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditing
tool. It is modular in design, so new features can be added quickly. It
checks many system configurations and local network settings on the
system for common security/config errors and for packages that are not
needed. It has been tested on Linux (Gentoo, Red Hat, Debian, etc.) and
Solaris (SunOS 2.x).

Logrep 1.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126471/

Logrep is a secure multi-platform framework for the collection,
extraction, and presentation of information from various log files. It
features HTML reports, multi-dimensional analysis, overview pages, SSH
communication, and graphs, and supports more than 15 popular systems
including Snort, Squid, Postfix, Apache, syslog, iptables/ipchains, NT
event logs, Firewall-1, wtmp, Oracle listener, and Pix.

mod_mp3 0.40 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126433/

mod_mp3 turns the Apache Web server into an MP3 or Ogg streaming
server. It can play from a list of files, either in order or randomly.
It can also be used to cache MP3s into memory and have the server
operate entirely from memory. It has an XML-RPC interface for you to
write interfaces around and supports retrieving information via
XML/RSS.

MozillaModern fluxbox 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126429/

MozillaModern fluxbox uses the colors from the Mozilla Modern GTK
theme.

Mp3 Database 6.5 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126423/

MP3 Database uses Apache/PHP/MySQL to work as an MP3/OGG Jukebox. Users
select songs from a client machine; the program will pull from a CD on
the server and play (using mpg123/ogg123). Users can also alter the
volume with a Web interface to aumix.

Mumps Compiler 6.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126475/

Mumps Compiler is a compiler for a subset of the Mumps language, a
language used mainly in healthcare. It is compatible with most
operating systems with a standard C compiler.

MyLANsite 0.1b rev A
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126445/

MyLANsite ist a content management system that was developed for LAN
parties. It contains a range of useful scripts for managing tasks such
as subscriptions, seat reservations, and tournament brackets. It is
currently only available in German.

netclasses 1.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126509/

Netclasses is an easy to use interface to socket programming in
Objective-C with GNUstep. The core netclasses supports virtually any
protocol, but the distribution comes with everything needed for TCP/IP
(opening ports, background connections, etc.). Netclasses seamlessly
integrates into NSRunLoop, which means there should be no need for
redesigning applications to use it.

NSD 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126513/

NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS nameserver.

ogmencoder 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126494/

ogmencoder is a Perl script that uses MPlayer/Mencoder and Transcode to
create an OGM (audio Vorbis) backup of your DVD, ready to be burned to
a CD-R. OGG (but the usual extension for the video files is OGM) is the
file format for multimedia developed by the Xiph.org Foundation. It is
very similar to the common Microsoft AVI. The main difference between
OGM and AVI is that the new format can store audio with the Ogg Vorbis
codec. With this codec, you can decrease the bitrate of your movies (I
use 64 kbps), saving space to increase the video bitrate. Ogmencoder is
completely automatic. Basically, the only thing you have to do is to
insert the DVD in the reader and launch the program.

Oracle Perl Procedure Library 1.01 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126498/

extproc_perl is an Oracle external procedure library that allows Oracle
functions and procedures to be written in Perl. A Perl interpreter is
embedded in the external procedure, and remains persistent for the life
of a client session.

OZradio 0.9.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126466/

OZradio is a Linux FM radio player and CD Player for KDE and GNOME. It
supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to
save up to 10 preset stations, a sound mixer, volume control, a mute
button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of
radio, and programmable recording.

Passepartout 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126524/

Passepartout is a GTK-based Desktop Publishing application. It features
layout templates, an XML- based typesetting engine called xml2ps, user-
defined text formatting with XSLT stylesheets, support for importing
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files and almost any raster images, text
running around image (or text) frames, and printing to PostScript and
EPS.

Perl HL7 Toolkit 0.66
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126443/

Perl HL7 Toolkit provides a number of Perl libraries and scripts for
developing HL7-capable applications in Perl.

PhonoRipper 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126506/

PhonoRipper aims to be an easy-to-handle all-in-one GUI tool for
creating audio CDs from analog sources like vinyl records. The main
parts are just graphical frontends to well-known commandline programs,
so some dependencies must be fulfilled to run PhonoRipper. English and
German versions are available.

PHP Serverbase 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126331/

PHP Serverbase is a Web-based application that allows you to easily
manage the configuration of your servers. Information about components,
IP addresses, network services, aliases, and customers can be stored in
a MySQL database. Data can be added, edited, deleted, and searched with
ease. It also allows you to create a detailed report of your servers'
configurations.

phpMyFAQ 1.3.3-beta3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126485/

phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It
also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a
news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML
support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation
script.

phpwebtools 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126519/

phpwebtools is a full-featured Web toolkit, containing classes to aid
in the development of Web-based applications using standard windowing
conventions (such as the GTK notebook) and wrappers and tools for other
commonly-used PHP functions.

php_tree 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126495/

php_tree is a class that supplies raw functions to display, inject,
retrieve, and delete information from databases holding
&quot;flat&quot; tree information in rows ident, parent, and haschild.

polyxmass 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126497/

polyxmass is a mass spectrometry framework where users are able to
define brand new polymer chemistries (with the polyxdef module), and
use these definitions in order to make simple mass calculations (with
the polyxcalc module) or perform complex simulations of polymer
chemistry with related mass data computations (with the polyxedit
module). The framework allows full customization of every aspect of the
polymer chemistry being defined, and of the way the polymer sequences
are graphically displayed. This program was formerly called
&quot;polyXmass&quot;.

prtunnel 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126522/

prtunnel tunnels a TCP connection through to a remote server using an
HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy. It is useful if you are behind a proxy and want
to use a program that doesn't have native proxy support.

QDBM: Quick DataBase Manager 1.5.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126489/

QDBM is a library of routines for managing a database. It is developed
referring to GDBM for the purpose of the following three points: higher
processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API.

Quark 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126441/

Quark is a daemon-like player that uses Gstreamer to play music. It
features a front-end that sits in your system tray.

QueryForm 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126461/

QueryForm is a Java GUI application that provides a powerful form-based
front end for relational databases. It supports multiple concurrent
connections to different databases. Tables can be queried through a
simple form-based interface or a custom WHERE-clause editor. Query
results can be browsed one row at a time through the the form interface
or viewed in a scrollable grid, and can be exported to CSV files or
INSERT statements. Table rows can be created, updated, or deleted, and
table metadata can be viewed for each table in a database.

Recovery Is Possible! 54 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126430/

Recovery Is Possible (RIP) is a CD or floppy
boot/rescue/backup/maintenance system. It has support for a lot of
filesystem types (Reiserfs, ext2/3, iso9660, UDF, XFS, JFS, UFS, HPFS,
MINIX, MS DOS, NTFS, UMSDOS, and VFAT) and contains a bunch of
utilities for system recovery. It also has Ethernet/DSL/cable network
support.

Red Nazguul 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126412/

Red Nazguul is a theme based on a Lord Of The Rings wallpaper.

RFC 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126482/

RFC (Remote Filesystem Checker) is a set of scripts that aims to help
system administrators run a filesystem checker (like tripwire, aide,
etc.) from a &quot;master-node&quot; to several &quot;slave-nodes&quot;
using ssh, scp, sudo, and few other common shell commands.

Riverwatcher Active Content Environment 3.0 RC5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126516/

RACE (Riverwatcher Active Content Environment) is a tag-based Web
scripting language designed for simplicity and integration with HTML.
It is available as an Apache module, CGI executable, or commandline
interface for shell scripting, and supports MySQL, MSQL, and any ODBC
data source.

rpmrebuild 1.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126451/

rpmrebuild is a tool to build an RPM file from a package that has
already been installed. It can be used to easily build modified
packages, and works on any Linux distribution that uses RPM.

runit 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126472/

runit is a daemontools alike replacement for SysV-init and other init
schemes. It currently runs on GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and can
easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems. runit implements a
simple three-stage concept. Stage 1 performs the system's one-time
initialization tasks. Stage 2 starts the system's uptime services (via
the runsvdir program). Stage 3 handles the tasks necessary to shutdown
and halt or reboot.

S tar 1.5a15 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126442/

Star is a very fast, POSIX-compliant tar archiver. It reads and writes
POSIX compliant tar archives as well as non-POSIX GNU tar archives.
Star is the first free POSIX.1-2001 compliant tar implementation. It
saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can
restore individual files from the archive. It includes a FIFO for
speed, a pattern matcher, multi-volume support, the ability to archive
sparse files and ACLs, the ability to archive extended file flags,
automatic archive format detection, automatic byte order recognition,
automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives, and
special features that allow star to be used for full and incremental
backups. It includes the only known platform independent
&quot;rmt&quot; server program that hides Linux incompatibilities. The
&quot;rmt&quot; server from the star package implements all
Sun/GNU/Schily/BSD enhancements and allows any &quot;rmt&quot; client
from any OS to contact any OS as server.

Sauron 0.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126501/

Sauron is a free DNS/DHCP management system with Web and command line
interfaces. It is able to manage multiple DNS/DHCP servers. Complete
dhcpd and named configurations are generated from a central SQL
database.

sbcd 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126520/

sbcd is a curses CD player for Linux/Unix based on the Creative Labs
'play' utility that was included with Sound Blasters for DOS.

SetDesigner 2.0 (SetObject Framework)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126503/

SetDesigner is a tool specifically designed for aiding in the design
and visualization of theatrical sets. It is not a CAD program. The laws
of physics are not enforced by the program itself. Sets can be designed
in SetDesigner by sizing and arranging predefined common elements of
sets (for example: platforms, and flats), and defining paint schemes
for these objects.

Six 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126449/

Six plays Hex, a game with very simple rules and deep tactical
complexity. Two players, one with black and one with white pieces,
alternate placing marks on a rhombic board of hexagonal cells. Black's
goal is to connect the two opposite black sides of the board with black
pieces. White's goal is to connect the white sides of the board with
white pieces.

skalibs 0.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126488/

skalibs is a set of general-purpose, low-level C libraries, all in the
public domain. It can replace or hide the standard C library to some
extent. It is designed to allow building of small static binaries. It
is used in building all skarnet.org software, including execline and
skadns.

Smail 3.2.0.115
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126515/

Smail is a Mail Transport Agent. Its job is to accept mail messages
from sources on the local machine, or from remote hosts, and deliver
those messages to the appropriate destinations, be they to remote hosts
or to files or programs on the local machine. Smail is designed to be
mostly compatible with sendmail but uses a much simpler configuration
scheme.

SmartEiffel 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126409/

SmartEiffel (formerly named SmallEiffel,) is The GNU Eiffel Compiler.
This is a free Eiffel compiler distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License. It is intended to be a complete, though small
and very fast, free Eiffel compiler. The current distribution includes
an Eiffel to C compiler, an Eiffel to Java bytecode compiler, a
documentation tool, a pretty printer and various other tools. Eiffel is
an advanced object-oriented programming language that emphasizes the
design and construction of high-quality and reusable software.

SNMP::Info 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126493/

SNMP::Info gives an object oriented interface to information obtained
through SNMP. This module is geared towards network devices. Speciality
sub-classes exist for a number of network devices and MIBs.

Snownews 1.0-beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126480/

Snownews is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports RSS feeds that
comply to W3C's RDF 1.0 specification and Radio Userland's 0.9x and
2.0. Snownews depends on ncurses and uses libxml2 for XML parsing.

SoulSeek for Linux 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126447/

Soulseek (http://www.slsk.org) is a communication and file-sharing
system. It is quite similar to Napster: it lets you exchange files,
search for files, chat with other users in public and in private,
browse their files, and get recommendations for music. SoulSeek for
Linux is a GUI client for the system written in Python/wxPython. It
includes all the major functionality: chat, searches, and file
transfers.

SRG 1.0b2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126459/

SRG (Squid Report Generator) is a log file analyzer and report
generator for the Squid Web proxy. It was created to allow easy
integration with authentication systems such as those that are used for
squid itself. It is fast and flexible, and can report details down to
the individual files fetched.

SuperKaramba 0.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126487/

SuperKaramba is a tool that allows anyone to easily create and run
little interactive widgets on a KDE desktop. Widgets are defined in a
simple text file and can be augmented with Python code to make them
interactive. Current widgets include everything from simple news
headline displays to complete custom replacements for kicker, the KDE
toolbar.

TalkSoup 0.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126510/

TalkSoup is a GNUstep IRC client built on the extensibility of the
Objective-C language. The entire IRC client is implemented by plugins,
so one can pick and choose what they want to use.

The Battle for Wesnoth 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126460/

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy
theme.

The Chalmers Haskell-B Compiler Snapshot 2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125958/

The Chalmers Haskell-B compiler implements full Haskell 1.3, as well as
some optional extensions. It is written by Lennart Augustsson and based
on the classic LML compiler by Augustsson and Johnsson.

The Gallery 1.3.4 (1.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126438/

Gallery is a slick Web-based photo album written using PHP. It is easy
to install, includes a config wizard, and provides users with the
ability to create and maintain their own albums in the album collection
via an intuitive Web interface. Photo management includes automatic
thumbnail creation, image resizing, rotation, ordering, captioning and
more. Albums can have read, write, and caption permissions per
individual authenticated user for an additional level of privacy.

TkPanel 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126473/

TkPanel tries to feel and look like another 'panels' that exists for
Linux, but since it's made with Tcl/Tk it's easier to edit the source
code for your needs. It displays the time and system load, executes
predefined programs, can change colors, arranges programs on submenus,
and has other interesting tools.

Tornado 1.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126474/

Tornado is the clone of a C64 game. The goal of the game is to destroy
the opponent's house with certain weather phenomena: rain, snow, hail,
lightning, and the tornado.

Tundra IRC 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126484/

Tundra IRC is an IRC client written entirely in Java, to ensure
compatibility with any platform. It features a clean, tabbed interface,
and supports multiple servers and channels. The primary reason it was
written was to provide a suitable IRC client for Mac OS X.

Tux Paint 0.9.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126428/

Tux Paint is a simple and entertaining drawing program geared towards
young children. It has a simple interface, sound effects, and a cartoon
character (Tux, the Linux penguin). Along with drawing brush strokes,
lines and shapes, you can also enter text and place &quot;rubber
stamp&quot; (or &quot;sticker&quot;) images on the picture. Tux Paint
is extensible, and could be useful in an educational environment (such
as a grammar, elementary, or grade school). It's portable across
numerous platforms, and runs well even on slower systems like the
Pentium 133MHz.

twin 0.5.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126502/

Twin is a text-mode window environment. It turns a text terminal into a
X11-style display with window manager, terminal windows, and can also
serve as display for remote applications. Each terminal window provides
the functions of a text-mode Linux console. Twin runs on X11, libggi,
itself, the Linux console, and any termcap/ncurses-compatible tty. It
supports multiple simultaneous displays, and can attach/detach each
display on the fly.

typespeed 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126444/

Typespeed is a tool and game for testing your typing speed. It displays
your CPS (total and correct), typo ratio, and some points to compare
with your friends. It is a clone of 'ztspeed', and features a network
play mode for challenging your friends.

UDP Ping Logger 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126470/

Uplog is an UDP-based ping program that gives an ASCII graphical log of
packet loss. Once per second, it sends a UDP packet to the echo port of
the target host and waits for a reply. If it gets a reply an X is
written, otherwise a dot is written to the log file. If a packet with
an incorrect sequence number arrives, a colon is written to the log
file. By examining the log file, one can easily see when and how the
packet losses occur.

unacha para linux 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126463/

unacha para linux is a little program that lets you link together files
that were split apart with hacha (a file splitting program for
Windows).

WS Perl Encrypter 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126434/

WS Perl Encrypter allows you to easily encrypt your Perl source code.
It can be run from a Web interface or from the console, and can encrypt
any type of Perl script, including Perl modules.

XmlRpcCS 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126486/

XmlRpcCS is a simple XML-RPC client and server for C# and other .NET
applications. It is similar to XML-RPC.Net, but is much lower tech,
works with Mono, and does not require attributes, proxies, or IIS.

yappa-ng 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126514/

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.

Yazd 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/126528/

Yazd is Java-based discussion forum software that can be easily
configured through an administration interface. It is highly flexible
and uses JDBC to connect to a backend database.

Thinkgeek
Tshirts: hacker.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/6103/

Tshirts: resistance is futile
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/60fd/

Tshirts: 2+2=5
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/60f5/

Cube Goodies: Plasma Mug w/Electronic Coaster
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/60c3/

Tshirts: geek.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/6111/

Cube Goodies: Airzooka Air Gun
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/60b6/

Tshirts: wardriver
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/60f0/

Tshirts: gamer.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/gaming/6119/

Cube Goodies: Desktop Personal Air Conditioner
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/60ad/

PC Mods: Lian-Li Aquarium PC Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6169/

PC Mods: Lian-Li Quiet PC Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6132/

PC Mods: Led Fan Grills
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/lighting/607c/

PC Mods: Acrylic PC Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6089/

PC Mods: Glow Wire Light Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/lighting/609a/

PC Mods: Cold Cathode Cooling Fans
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cooling/6085/

PC Mods: Glow Wire IDE Cables
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cables/608f/

Electronics: Radio YourWay
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/5f8f/

PC Mods: ThermalTake Active Memory Cooling Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cooling/6048/

Cube Goodies: Luminglass
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PC Mods: ThermalTake Aquarius II CPU Cooler
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cooling/6044/

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