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Sourceforge
SoX 12.17.4 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262862
SoX is meant to be the Swiss Army Knife of sound processing utils. It
can convert audio files to other popular audio file types and also
apply sound effects and filters during the conversion. This release
adds support for reading and writing MP3 files using the external
libraries libmad and libmp3lame; and a number of bugfixes. I'd like to
announce the release of SoX 12.17.4. It is avaliable from
http://sox.sourceforge.net/. The following things have changed since
the release of SoX 12.17.3: o Peter Nyhlen fixed a problem with reading
Comments in Ogg Vorbis files. o Added install target to allow
installing libgsm from main Makefile. Leigh Smith. o Minor updates to
sox.c to free unused memory and close all input files during failures.
o Pieter Krul added a patch that makes play script look at AUDIODEV
environment variable if it exists to find which device to use. This
allows scripts to work with Solaris SunRays and is a good idea in
general. o Updated config.sub to detect latest supported OS's. o
Fabrizio Gennari added support for reading and writing MP3 files using
the external libraries libmad and libmp3lame. o Jens Henrik Goebbert
sent in several bugfixes for integer overflows in the compand effect. o
Dan Dickerman sent in patches for integer overflows in the resample
effect. o Jimen Ching sent in a fix for multi-channel sound file
processing using the avg effect. o Richards Bannister added patches to
clean up prototypes and filter private sizes being to small. o Jimen
Ching adds -d option to specify 64bit data size and changed Ulaw/Alaw
encoding to default to 8bit data size if not specified. o David Singer
pointed out that a MS program creates AIFF files with an invalid length
of 0 in its header. Changed SoX to warn the user but continue instead
of aborting since SoX can still read the file just fine. o Bert van
Leeuwen added a file handler for Psion record.app used for
System/Alarms in some Psion devices. o Richard Bannister sent in a
patch to make writing vorbis files work with Vorbis 1.0 libraries. o
Fixed configure scripts so that they can be ran with the
--with-oss-dsp, --with-alsa, and --with-sun-audio options. Was causing
compile time problems. Reported by Raul Coronado. o Change Ogg Vorbis
support to use VBR encoding to match defaults of oggenc based on
suggestion from Christian Weisgerber. o Prints error message now when a
channel value of -1 is given. Reported by Pierre Fortin. o Fixed bug
were memory could be trashed if a input WAV file contained a comment.
Found by Rhys Chard. o Change command line to compile soxmix.o slightly
to try and make Forte compiler happy. o Added support for ALSA 0.9
driver. Jimen Ching
FileZilla 2.1.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262828
FileZilla is a fast FTP client for Windows with a lot of features. This
release provides a number of new features and bugfixes. New features: -
added statusbar to local and remote file list which shows the number of
(selected) folders and files with their size - added remote group /
owner column - sort settings of fileviews can be saved - Aborting file
exists dialog now skips transfer - enlarged transfer buffer, high-speed
FTP transfers should be slightly faster now. - renamed gssapi.dll into
FzGSS.dll. If you have gssapi.dll from older version in your FileZilla
folder, you can delete it. - improved exception handling - updated to
OpenSSL version 0.9.7a Fixed bugs: - FTP over SSL no longer forces
passive mode - remote column widths were not saved correctly - fixed
download options page in installer - fixed crash if no data was
sent/received during transfer for over 60 seconds and transfer did
continue then - silent installer now working properly (use /S switch)
NAT Monitor (natmonitor) v 0.5 STABLE relased
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262854
A graphical monitor to keep tracks of hosts bandwidth usage in a
Linux-NAT network. It autodetect hosts and has a nice summary
statistic. Now critical parts are complete. Program will still remain
in alpha state for a while, but seems stable and working. Next relase
will probabily have a better UI (I'm thinking about adding some menus
and a prefs windows) Download and test please, and summit me any
problem/bug!
TM4J 0.8.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262842
This is the latest stable release of TM4J. Primarily this release is a
bug-fix release. A number of bugs in the tolog query processing were
fixed. TM4J is a topic map engine implemented entirely in Java. Topic
maps are a standard paradigm for the interchange of knowledge
structures. This project aims to produce a complete suite of tools for
creating, processing and publishing topic map information. In addition,
this release clears up the way that resourceLocator and id properties
of objects interact when the topic map is exported to XTM files. For
more details see the release notes. Thanks to all those who reported
bugs with TM4J 0.8.1 and who provided patches and helpful comments.
Audacity sound editor 1.1.3 beta
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261798
Audacity 1.1.3 is the latest development snapshot of Audacity, a
multitrack sound editor for MacOS, Linux and Windows. Version 1.1.3
includes a mixer toolbar for directly controlling the hardware input
and output levels and recording source, gain and pan controls in every
track, improved audio I/O with lower latency, higher quality
resampling, and more. Audacity's project files now use standard AU
files, so they can be read by other programs, but unfortunately this
version of Audacity cannot open project files written by previous
versions of Audacity.
SOURCEFORGE.NET UPDATE - 2003-03-18 EDITION
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262061
0. Intro 1. New RSS Feeds 2. New SF.NET Download mirrors. 3. Project of
the month 4. Work for SourceForge.net 5. Stats and Top Projects SF.NET
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Dear SourceForge.net Developer, With this sitewide update, I'm pleased
to announce two new enhancements to SourceForge.net. First, we've
implemented new RSS feeds that are accessible to all projects and
developers to aid in the publishing of information and project status
to other sites. Second, SF.NET has added two new download servers,
including our first mirror in Australia. Details below. Progress on IBM
DB2's deployment on SF.NET continues. We are in the final phases of
testing before we rollout it out to SouceForge.net itself. Currently,
only mailing list archives are being powered by DB2. As you might have
noticed in recent weeks, SF.net's project search database has been
overwhelmed at times. As we roll out DB2 to the rest of the site in
April, we expect this issue, and other issues like it to be resolved.
Finally, in this time of global political uncertainty, it is good to be
reminded that Open Source software has no boundaries. The work you do
on your Open Source project benefits countless individuals and nations
in every corner of the globe. Regardless of location, faith, or race,
developers are collaborating together to create software that will not
only benefit themselves, but all of humanity. At a time when it's hard
to see something positive in the news, remember in our own way, the
Open Source community is making a difference. Thank you for supporting
SourceForge.net and the Open Source software movement. As always, if
you have a question or want to share feedback regarding the site,
please feel free to email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pat- Patrick
McGovern Director, SF.NET [EMAIL PROTECTED] New RSS Feeds.
--------------------------------------------- A convenient way to keep
up-to-date with the SourceForge.net site, project news, activity
information, and new projects is now available. SourceForge.net
provides a number of RSS feeds that may be accessed using an RSS reader
or aggregator (some content management systems also allow you include
data from an RSS feed on your website, much as Slashdot and Freshmeat
do in the right sidebar of their layout). Using these RSS feeds, you
can keep up-to-date with the latest project news and file releases,
Site Status updates and SourceForge.net statistics (such as top
projects). Project-specific RSS feeds may now be accessed using the
"View list of RSS feeds available for this project" link on the Summary
page for each project. Information about the full set of the available
SourceForge.net RSS feeds (14 feeds, in all), including information on
the software needed to view RSS feed data and a complete list of the
options available for each RSS feed, may be found at:
https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=15483&group_id=1
New SF.NET Download mirrors.
--------------------------------------------- SF.NET now has two
additional download mirrors. The first, Flow Communications, is our
first mirror in Australia. We know, from looking at statistics, that
SF.NET has many enthusiastic developers 'down under'. We are very
excited that SF.net now has a server in Australia to allow users in
that part of the world acquire files faster. To learn more about Flow
Communication, please visit their website at: http://www.flow.com.au/
Our second new mirror is Aleron, located in Virgina, USA. Aleron
provides high-speed, high-performance Internet connectivity, data
transmission and value-added network applications for it's customers.
For more information, please visit their website at:
http://www.aleron.com/ The SF.NET team would like to thank Flow
Communications, Aleron, and our other download partners, in helping
distribute Open Source code and Open Source binaries around the world.
Currently SF.NET serves approximately 500,000 files daily and these
mirrors help a great deal in providing global accessibility to all of
the software generated by our 60,000 projects. SourceForge.net's March
2003 Project of the month.
--------------------------------------------- Keeping a team of people
on task and well organized is a difficult chore. There are timelines to
meet, information to organize, and the need to be more efficient.
SourceForge.net's March 2003 Project of the Month helps with all of
these difficult issues. TUTOS, 'The ultimate team organization
Software', is a broad focused Open Source Application targeted at
making groups of individuals more successful when collaborating. Tutos
Project of the month page: http://sourceforge.net/pom_0303.php Tutos
Home Page: http://www.tutos.org Tutos SF.NET Summary Page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos Work for SourceForge.net
--------------------------------------------- We have a new position
for a senior web developer available at SourceForge.net. We are looking
for someone to help us maintain, upgrade, and add new features to
SourceForge.net. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of development
experience on high end, high volume websites (3+ million page views a
day). He/she as a vast level of knowledge of Internet technologies:
PHP, PostgreSQL, MYSQL, DB2, Linux, PERL, Apache, LDAP, Mailman. A
flare for design / UI is a bonus. SourceForge is a unique site with
unique challenges. We are looking for someone at the top of his/her
game. Location of Job is in Fremont, California. Please send resume and
URL's of sites you have worked on to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Text resumes
only. (No MSWORD files!) Stats and Top Projects.
--------------------------------------------- Number of Projects:
58,245 Number of Registered Users: 586,017 Daily Stats for March 12,
2003 SF.NET : 1,907,806 pages served SF.NET project web space :
3,211,337 pages served Total Pages: 5,119,143 CVS updates: 14,161 Open
Source Files downloaded in 24 period: 454,134 Outgoing Mailing list
emails: 1,362,151 Top 20 SourceForge.net Projects 1. Gaim
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ Gaim is an all-in-one IM client
that resembles AIM. Gaim lets you use AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC,
Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, and Gadu-Gadu, all at once. Gaim is NOT
endorsed by or affiliated with AOL, Yahoo, MSN or Napster. 2.
phpMyAdmin http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ phpMyAdmin is a
tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over
the WWW. Currently, it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter
tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys
on fields. 3. XboxMediaPlayer http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbplayer/
The XboxMediaPlayer for the Xbox allows you to use a modded Xbox to
play/view DivX, XVID, MPEG-1/2, MP3, JPG & other supported
video/audio/picture formats via your TV so it can used as a multimedia
jukebox. It also supports streaming media over a network. 4. DC++
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplusplus/ This project is aimed at
producing a C++ version of the popular DirectConnect client, enhancing
functionality and performance. A hub (server) is planned. 5. JBoss.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/ The JBoss/Server is the leading
Open Source, standards-compliant, J2EE based application server
implemented in 100% Pure Java. 6. eMule for Linux
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lmule/ This is a Linux port of eMule
client (see http://www.emule-project.net) using wxWindows class
library. 7 Miranda IM Client
http://sourceforge.net/projects/miranda-icq/ A free Win32 instant
messaging client. Smaller, Faster, Easier. 8. zenTrack
http://sourceforge.net/projects/zentrack/ A complete project
management, bug tracking, ticket, and tech support/help desk/phone log
system. Tracker is configuable and adaptable; a simple design. Supports
most databases, including mySql, Oracle, postgres, others. Works on
Windows and Unix. 9. Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution
http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/ Smart ERP+CRM solution for
Small-Medium Enterprises in the global marketplace covering all areas
from customer management, supply chain and accounting. For $2-200M
revenue companies looking for "brick and click" first tier
functionality. 10. POPFile - Automatic Email Classification
http://sourceforge.net/projects/popfile/ POPFile is an email
classification tool with a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy and a
web interface. It runs on most platforms and with most email clients.
11. PCGen -- A Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen/ PCGen is a java character
generator and maintenance program. All datafiles are ASCII so they can
be modified by users, and are available through the pcgendm project. An
XML conversion is underway. 12. Dev-C++
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ Dev-C++ is an full-featured
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw
or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set. 13. ScummVM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/ ScummVM is a cross-platform
interpreter for SCUMM-based games, used by LucasArts in games like
Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, The Dig, etc. It
also includes a non-SCUMM interpreter for Simon The Sorcerer 1/2. 14.
Newsfighter http://sourceforge.net/projects/newsfighter/ Newsfighter is
a J2EE web portal designed and geared for indy media. It combines a
skinnable template engine with a host of web-based content management
features. Cross-site data sharing and trust modelling features are in
the queue. 1.5 FreeCraft real-time strategy game engine
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecraft/ This is a free
cross-platform real-time strategy game engine. It is possible to play
over LAN, internet or against the computer and to build C&C, W*rCr*ft,
St*rCr*ft or AOE like RTS games with it. Currently, only a W*rCr*ft II
compatible theme is available. 16. Hibernate
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hibernate/ Hibernate - Relational
Persistence for Idiomatic Java. 17. TUTOS
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tutos/ TUTOS is the ultimate team
organization software; a webbased groupware or ERP/CRM system to manage
events/calendars, addresses, teams, projects, tasks, bugs, mailboxes,
documents, and your time spent with these things. 18. XMeeting
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmeeting/ The project goal is to
produce a Mac OS X native application that does Internet VoIP and video
conferencing. The application will base on protocol stack developed by
openh323.org. 19. bitpim http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitpim/ BitPim
allows synchronization of Phone Book, Calendar, WallPapers and
RingTones with the LG VX4400 cell phone. 20. Fink
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/ Fink is an attempt to bring the
full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X.
Packages are downloaded, built automatically and installed into a tree
managed by dpkg.
New release lksctp-2_5_65-0_6_8 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262312
A new release of lksctp based on linux kernel 2.5.65 is available for
download. This includes a kernel patch against 2.5.65 that includes
sctp specific changes that didn't go into 2.5.65; and a lksctp tools
tar ball that includes the user level library and test programs for
sctp users and developers. Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
is a reliable, message-oriented, multihomed transport protocol.
Developed by the IETF SIGTRAN working group to transport SS7 over IP,
it is now the third general-purpose transport developed by the IETF.
NOTE: Several users reported build/configure issues for the previous
release of lksctp-tools. We are still investigating this issue, but
have been unable to reproduce this issue locally. If you see the
following error: ... checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify' Try
`ltconfig --help' for more information. configure: error: libtool
configure failed make: *** [config.status] Error 1 we'd greatly
appreciate any debugging/fix for the issue. Best Regards, Jon Grimm
SpamAssassin 2.51 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=262344
SpamAssassin is a mail filter to identify spam using text analysis.
Using its rule base, it uses a wide range of heuristic tests on mail
headers and body text, to identify "spam", or unsolicited commercial
email. Download at: http://spamassassin.org/downloads.html If you're
running 2.50, this release is strongly recommended, since 2.50 cannot
expire Bayes tokens from its databases. It's also no longer a beta
release. Changes: - Bayes locking and concurrency issues fixed - Bayes
expiration was not working; fixed - spamd was not enabling Bayes after
auto-learning without restart; fixed - safer way to attach spams, for
broken mail clients, using 'report_safe 2' - a few doco cleanups
EJBCA 2.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261721
EJBCA 2.0 is finally released after extensive development and testing.
This is an important milestone for EJBCA and with all the new features
it is ready for the enterprise. EJBCA is a fully functional certificate
authority with a very flexible and powerful administration interface.
Changes ------------- Added Hard Token funtionallity, EJBCA can now
store store pin/puk data in database. Added email notification to added
end entities. Added Key Recover funtionallity. Changed initial
temporary super administrator from "CN=Walter" to "CN= SuperAdmin".
Removed CA and ROOTCA types in "ra adduser" cmd, from now on use
certificate profiles. Added allowOverrideKeyUsage in certificate
profiles. New fields in DN, givenname, surname, initials.
ExtendedKeyUsage extension (for use in OutLook). New servlet in
adminweb, AdminCertReqServlet that creates users out of PKCS10-
requests. Moved batch and deploy scripts into build.xml. Moved external
jars into ear-file. Tested on Weblogic 7.1. Lots of bugfixes and
cleanups. A copy of our latest release can be found here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39716&release_id=
147439
XOOPS 1.3.9 released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=261713
The XOOPS team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 1.3.9 If you
are already running XOOPS2 RC2 or a first time user, please read
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=700 This release
includes a number of security based enhancements which fix possible
cross site script and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Therefore all
1.3.8 users are STRONGLY ADVISED to upgrade as soon as possible. It
also includes an upgrade script that will modify one of the database
tables to enhance performance of database access. - Full Package
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=16 For new
users that would like to use XOOPS 1.3.x for some reason instead of
XOOPS2 ;-). This package contains entire XOOPS 1.3.9 source and a
several number of language packages. - Patch Files
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=341 ->
[tar.gz]
http://www.xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=342 ->
[zip] For those who already have XOOPS 1.3.8 running. This package
contains only the files that have been modified from XOOPS 1.3.8. To
upgrade from 1.3.8, overwrite the old files with the new ones, then
point your browser to 138_to_139.php and follow the instruction
displayed. Don't forget to remove this file from the server after the
upgrade is complete.
Slashdot
Robots!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/2342222
[0]i4u writes "Sony introduces at the [1]Robodex 2003 it's new version
of the humanoid Robot SDR-4X. The [2]Sony SDR-4X was introduced last
year. The new version [3]SDR-4X II has improved movement functions,
safety functions and conversation capabilities. The new speech
processor supports continuous speech recognition with about 20,000
words. The Sony SDR-4X II is about 580x190x270mm in size and weighs
about 7kg. [4]Sony Japanse Press-Release. See also the new robot
Toshiba announced - the [5]ApriAlpha."
Links
0. http://www.i4u.com
1. http://www.robodex.org/
2. http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13
3.
http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=255&mode=&order=0&thold=0
4. http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/Press/200303/03-0324/
5.
http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=252&mode=&order=0&thold=0
Hacker Leaks Unreleased CERT Reports
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/2339240
Call Me Black Cloud writes "A hacker calling himself "Hack4Life"
[0]swiped 3 unpublished vulnerability reports from a company working
with CERT and posted them to the Full Disclosure mailing list. A couple
of days later, he did it [1]again (while promising weekly leaks). Wired
also has a [2]story, including a [3]link to one of the postings."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1002-993375.html?tag=fd_ots
1. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,962679,00.asp
2. http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,58106,00.html
3. http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004526.html
Designers - Are You Influenced By What You Read?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/2346233
[0]Silent_E asks: "A student of mine is writing a paper on how
Stephenson's _The Diamond Age_ offers a good educational model for
distance learning. She has been asked by publishers to justify looking
at fiction as a way of talking about 'the real world.' That dialogue
made me wonder whether Slashdot folks currently or recently coding or
doing hardware design are, or have been, directly inspired by what
they've read in Science Fiction?"
Links
0. http://emrigsby AT yahoo DOT com
Portable Pioneer Adam Osborne dead at 64
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/25/0032236
douglips writes "Yahoo News has [0]the story. He's best remembered for
the blunder of announcing that his next version of the Osborne portable
computer was so much better, that nobody bought the current version and
the company died quickly. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community
will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying
his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon."
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=2&cid=581&u=/nm/20030324/tc_nm/tech_osborne_dc
Watching Kids Via Mobile Phone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/2247201
Joe the Lesser writes "This BBC article says how parents could soon
keep a much closer eye on what children are up to on their way to and
from school thanks to a [0]mobile monitoring system. It will send text
alerts to their mobile phone if the child deviates too far from that
route or takes too long getting there."
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2869337.stm
Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/2125236
An anonymous reader writes "According to an [0]article at The Inquirer,
by May 30th [1]Office Depot will only be carrying computer products
that have been certified by Microsoft and carry the 'Designed for
Windows XP' logo. This may be an initial glimpse at how Microsoft could
introduce Digital Restrictions Management by ensuring all retail
hardware and software products are approved by Redmond."
Links
0. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8472
1. http://www.officedepot.com/
Red Hat 9 To Be Released March 31
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/1947249
[0]Garfunkel writes "Looks like Red Hat is breaking tradition and
skipping 8.1 and 8.2 and [1]jumping directly to 9.0 RHN subscribers get
it a week ahead on March 31st. Available to the rest the world a week
later (April 7)." The website refers to the upcoming release simply as
"9" -- which doesn't rule out future point releases, but could it be?
Links
0. mailto:jay@@@jayandcarissa...com
1. http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/
Building A Better Inbox (Updated)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/190256
vudujava writes "[0]c|net is reporting that a new free (Update: not
free, actually, read more for details.), [1]web based email service is
opening it's doors today. They promise to deliver "100% spam free"
email to their users by using a challenge-response system to all
incoming, first-time mail. Catch the entire story [2] here. Although
the idea isn't new, it shows that we are notching up the "war on
spam"." Alert reader George Hotelling points out this [3]post on
Politech which may give you pause when it comes to the new mail
service's Terms of Service. And [4]kraksmoka writes "As reported on
this [5]article on MSNBC : 'Hotmail subscribers are now limited to
sending only 100 messages a day "in an effort to prevent spammers from
using Hotmail to spread spam, said Lisa Gurry, MSN lead product
manager.'"
Links
0. http://news.com.com/
1. http://www.mailblocks.com/
2. http://news.com.com/2010-1071-992911.html?tag=nl
3. http://politechbot.com/p-04580.html
4. mailto:grantstern@@@mac...com
5. http://www.msnbc.com/news/890012_asp.htm?0cv=CB20
Beep! Beep! You have Broken the Law.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/1746219
medscaper writes "Authorities in China are using computers to [0]spam
mobile phones of law-breakers until they turn themselves in.
Apparently, lots of illegal advertisements as stickers with
mobile-phone numbers listed are placed around large cities and are
becoming an eyesore. So, the authorities call the cell phones
incessantly with recorded messages that demand the "businessmen" to
turn themselves in."
Links
0. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-993822.html
Microsoft To Teach Undergrads About Secure Computing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/170259
gcondon writes "The Register is reporting that Microsoft is teaming up
with the [0]University of Leeds [1]to teach students how to write
secure code. Given the sheer number of programming errors that can lead
to security vulnerabilities, it probably makes sense to learn from the
company that has [2]tried them all." [3]UndercoverBrotha points out
that University of Leeds is one of several venues: "Microsoft is
planning to offer [4]11-week courses at Universities around the world."
Links
0. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/
1. http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/29899.html
2. http://www.securityfocus.com/microsoft
3. http://codemonkey2600 AT yahoo DOT com
4. http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,79579,00.html
Freshmeat
Audacity 1.1.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117368/
Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you to
record sounds directly or to import Ogg, WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, or MP3
files. It features a few simple effects, all of the editing features
you should need, and unlimited undo. The GUI was built with wxWindows
and the audio I/O currently uses OSS under Linux. Audacity runs on
Linux/*BSD, MacOS, and Windows.
AutoUpdate 4.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117356/
AutoUpdate is a Perl script which performs a task similar to Red Hat's
up2date or autorpm. It can be used to automatically download and
upgrade RPMs from different HTTP(S) or (S)FTP sites, while also
handling dependencies. Moreover, it can also be used to keep a server
with a customized (Red Hat) distribution plus all clients up to date.
BioCoRE 3.3.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117375/
BioCoRE is a collaborative work environment for biomedical research,
research management, and training. It offers scientists (working
together or alone) a seamless interface to a broad range of local and
remote technologies such as discipline-specific and general tools,
data, and visualization solutions. It features powerful yet easy-to-use
tools, among them co-authoring papers and other documents, running
applications on supercomputers, sharing molecular visualization over
the Internet, notifying project team members of recent project changes
by email, chatting, keeping a lab book, and other practical features.
BKchem 0.4.2-pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117343/
BKchem is a chemical drawing program written in Python.
ConvertAll 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117336/
ConvertAll is a unit conversion program in which units can be combined
with multiplication and division operators and can be squared, cubed,
etc. The interface is graphical, allowing the units to be selected from
lists and the conversions to be made in both directions. Non-linear
units (such as temperatures and gauge sizes) are supported. The unit
data file can be easily modified to add additional units. ConvertAll is
based on the PyQt library.
CRUX 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117392/
CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at
experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is
"keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tar.gz-based
package system, BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small
collection of trimmed packages. The secondary focus is utilization of
new Linux features and recent tools and libraries.
CVSspam 0.2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117328/
CVSspam sends email when a change is commited to the CVS repository.
Syntax-highlighted diffs describe the changes made, and hyperlinks to
Bugzilla and ViewCVS/Chora are generated where possible.
dartool 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117396/
dartool effectively deals with the annoyance caused by recruiters
reposting the same positions every day on DICE. Doing so renders the
time period selection on the site nearly worthless, and makes job
seekers lives much more difficult by forcing them to weed through all
of the posts they've already seen. This program addresses the problem
by building a cache of already seen posts, and creating a local Web
page each time it is run that only lists positions that haven't been
seen before. It was tested with MySQL, but should work out of the box
with any DBI-compliant database.
DataVision 0.7.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117339/
DataVision is a reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports, written in
Java. It supports multiple data sources (JDBC, text files) and output
formats (HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX, comma- and tab-separated data files,
and DocBook). It lets you design reports with a drag-and-drop GUI.
Report descriptions are stored as XML.
DCP-Portal 5.4 (Final)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117316/
DCP-Portal is a content management system with advanced features like
Web-based update, link, file, member management, poll, calendar, etc.
Its main features include an admin panel to manage the entire site, a
smart HTML editor to add news, content, and annoucements, the ability
for members to submit news/content and write reviews, and much more.
Deep Saturated 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117334/
Deep Saturated is a theme with deep saturated colors and reliefed
buttons. It looks smooth and mysterious.
execline 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117355/
execline is a very light, non-interactive scripting language, which is
similar to a shell. Simple shell scripts can be easily rewritten in the
execline language, improving performance and memory usage. execline was
designed for use in embedded systems, but works on most Unix flavors.
fBuilder Plus 2.4.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117364/
fBuilder Plus is a Web-based utility for building and configuring your
ipchains/iptables-based Linux firewall. It includes a Firewall Creation
Wizard, edit, insert, and delete capabilities for firewall rules, rule
shifting, support for DHCP clients, DMZ creation through firewall
wizard, NAT capabilities, support for IP aliases, custom protocols,
user defined chains, limit matches, automatic log rule creation, state
checking, log reporting, email alerts, and export capabilities.
FFTW 2.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117318/
FFTW is a fast C FFT library. It includes complex, real, symmetric,
multidimensional, and parallel transforms, and can handle arbitrary
array sizes efficiently.It is typically faster than other freely
available FFT implementations, and is even competitive with
vendor-tuned libraries (benchmarks are available at the homepage). To
achieve this performance, it uses novel code generation and runtime
self optimization techniques (along with many other tricks).
FLP-i18n 1.051
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117389/
FLP-i18n (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.
Free Realty 2.7 pre 5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117366/
Free Realty is a PHP/MySQL set of scripts based upon Jon Roig's
original Open Realty project. Jon's description of the package,
"... so easy even a real estate agent can use it.." is the
ultimate goal of this project.
Horst The Cyborg 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117330/
Horst The Cyborg is a single-server, single-channel IRC bot written in
C.
HTTP-WebTest 2.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117377/
HTTP-WebTest is a Perl module which runs tests on remote URLs or local
Web files containing Perl/JSP/HTML/JavaScript/etc., and generates a
detailed test report. This module can be used "as-is" or its
functionality can be extended using plugins. Plugins can define test
types and provide additional report capabilities. This module comes
with a set of default plugins, but can be easily extended with
third-party plugins.
Hydrogen 0.7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117365/
Hydrogen is a simple real-time Drum machine/sequencer. It features a
graphical user interface based on Qt 3, a sample-based audio engine,
OSS/Jack/Export to disk audio drivers, ALSA MIDI input, ability to
import/export XML-based song files, 64 ticks per pattern, 16 voices
with volume, mute, solo, and pan capabilities, and import of samples in
wave, au, and aiff format.
IP-Accounting Grapher 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117397/
IP-Accounting Grapher is a PHP script that outputs IP-Accounting
information collected by Linux IP accounting on a hourly, daily, and
monthly basis.
Issue Manager 0.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117376/
The Issue Manager is a simple product for managing (structuring,
editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to
manage information.
Jabber Gadu-Gadu Transport 1.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117363/
The Jabber Gadu-Gadu transport provides Gadu-Gadu protocol support
(which is a very popular proprietary instant messaging protocol in
Poland).
Jess 6.1RC1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117358/
Jess is a fast, light rule engine and scripting environment written
entirely in Java. You can build Java software that has the capacity to
"reason" using knowledge you supply in the form of
declarative rules. It is supplied as a programmer's library, making it
ideal for embedding in larger applications. It is free for academic use
and can be licensed for commercial use.
jMax 4.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117369/
jMax allows one to interactively design dataflow circuits. The basic
data types that can go through are integers, symbols, lists, etc. It is
an event-driven system and has been used for MIDI processing. A second
part of the system (DSP) allows a continuous signal to flow through a
circuit, which is most useful for PCM sound (ie. microphone, sound
files, etc). The system is extensible by using shared libraries, you
may add data processor types, data types, GUI elements, device types,
and more. Data processors may also be designed as circuits and reused.
Kalyp 0.3.3-alpha (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117322/
Kalyp is a fantasy-based roguelike game written in Java. Its design is
based on traditions set by popular roguelike games, especially Nethack.
It is single player and runs in a text terminal. The project focuses
mostly on the Artificial Intelligence engine for the non-player
characters. Most of the game design will be done in scripting, as the
core engine written in Java will handle user interface, rulesets, basic
actions, and try to hold it all together.
Languenet 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117324/
Languenet is a PHP application originally written for Language
departments of Universities, allowing users to register for educational
courses online and administrators to manage course data, add grades,
print certificates, and more. The whole program is accessible by a
simple browser. It is currently only available in German.
lanoche 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117333/
'lanoche' makes writing reports about Linux on different laptops a
little easier. It generates a hardware report about laptop specific
features in HTML. It is a small shell script, using programs like
'free', 'apm', and others to get hardware information. Currently no
hardware libraries are used, but you may find a short survey of
libraries and other hardware detection tools. The name LaNoChe is an
acronym of "LAptop or NOtebook CHEck".
libquantum 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117342/
libquantum is a C library for the simulation of a quantum computer. It
provides an interface for a quantum register and for all important
quantum operations. An efficient model for decoherence allows an
analysis of quantum computation under a realistic environment.
LinCVS 1.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117323/
LinCVS is an easy-to-use graphical frontend for the CVS-client. It
supports CVS versions 1.9 and higher. It can check out a module from
and import of a module to a repository, update or retrieve the status
of a working directory or single files, and perform common operations
like add, remove, commit, diff against the repository, or view the log
messages in list form.
Log Watcher 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117387/
lwatch is a log parser/analyzer written in C with the PCRE library. It
is small and efficient. You are able to define your own colors using
regexp patterns. The biggest advantage compared to other tools written
in Perl is its speed.
Login Anomaly Detection System 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117383/
The Login Anomaly Detection System (LADS) detects anomalies in logins
and logouts and is able to perform various actions in response.
LUFS Userland Filesystem 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117354/
LUFS is a hybrid userspace filesystem framework supporting many
"exotic" filesystems (localfs, sshfs, ftpfs, httpfs,
socketfs, freenetfs, and nutellafs) transparently for any application.
It can be regarded as doing the same job as the VFS (virtual filesystem
switch) in the kernel: it is a switch, distributing the filesystem
calls to its supported filesystems. However, LUFS filesystems are
implemented in userspace. This would be a drawback for local
filesystems where the access speed is important, but proves to be a
huge advantage for networked filesystems where the userland flexibility
is most important.
Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.6.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117362/
Monkey HTTP Daemon is a small and fast Web server for Linux written in
C. Its features include language support, GET, POST, and HEAD methods,
CGI, PHP4 , a config file (optional for every user), a mime.types file,
virtual hosts, the ability to deny URLs and IPs, to run as a different
user (such as nobody), serve users home directories, and more.
Moto 0.19.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117400/
Moto is a server-side scripting language much like PHP or ColdFusion.
The difference between Moto and other server-side scripting languages
is that Moto pages can run interpreted (like PHP) or be natively
compiled into dynamically loadable Apache modules (an entire Web site
could be compiled into one .so file). It comes with a full suite of
objects and functions for state and session management, MySQL and
PostgreSQL database connectivity, and a slew of utility classes like
stacks, hashtables, string buffers, etc. There is also an included
interface definition language for exposing C functions to Moto. All
object allocation occurs in a shared memory segment, so maintaining
state in objects between page views is a snap.
MrPostman 1.0RC4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117348/
MrPostman is a Java program that acts as a POP mail server to interface
your favorite mail client with Web Mail services like Yahoo! or
Hotmail. It is designed so that new Webmail services can be written and
used as plugins.
MyFTPAdmin 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117357/
MyFTP Admin is a Web-based GUI to easily view and administer users and
groups for the ProFTPD server. It allows you to manage users and
groups, view transfer logs (both uploads and downloads) and error logs,
and view disk capacity.
network traffic volume capture to postgresql 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117337/
This is a Unix daemon that captures traffic packet size, source,
destination, and times and saves this data into a postgres database in
near real time, from which traffic reports may be made. It does not
save the actual data or headers. Works on ethX or cooked devices like
ppp0. It uses Postgres embedded SQL to insert the data, pcap to capture
traffic, and pthreads to capure and write at the same time. It is
written in C++ using STL. Pcap filters can be specified on the command
line. Logs go to syslog.
nut 7.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117391/
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals
for nutrient composition. The database included is the USDA Nutrient
Database for Standard Reference, Release 15, which contains 6,220
foods. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats,
calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes the
essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Nutrient levels
are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the familiar standard
of food labeling in the United States, but also can be fully
customized. Recipes can be added. The program is completely menu-driven
and there are no commands to learn.
nxtvepg 2.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117326/
nxtvepg is a decoder and browser for Nextview - a subscription-free
electronic TV program guide in the analog domain. Nextview currently is
broadcasted in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France and covers the
schedules of all major TV networks in these countries. nxtvepg is an
X11 application with a GUI based on Tcl/Tk and uses the bttv driver for
data acquisition through a TV tuner card.
OpenNA Linux RC2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117393/
OpenNA Linux is a full, professional quality Unix OS with rock-solid
stability and industrial-strength networking. Highly secure, very fast,
and modern Linux operating system, it is intended for those who want to
install and run a Linux server for mission critical tasks in a high
security environment.
OS X XWhois 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117345/
XWhois is an OS X whois client which automatically selects the
appropriate server for most whois queries. It also returns the SOA
information for the given domain and supports the new .com registration
system and RIPE-based XXXX-RIPE requests.
Penguin Greetings 0.7.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117344/
Penguin Greetings is a Perl CGI application to implement Internet
greeting cards on Linux and other Unix-based systems. It is intended to
make ecards more like email. Cards are sent as multipart MIME email.
The text of the card is included and the Reply-to field contains the
card sender's email so that recipients can reply to the card even with
a text-only email client. The HTML for the cards and the creation
screens are stored in templates so that users can easily customize the
look of the program. Penguin Greetings incorporates Embperl so that
full Perl expressions can be incorporated in to templates for
server-side processing. Access to the card creation functions can be
optionally restricted to users in an htpasswd file to avoid giving
world wide access to your server. The emailing function and data
storage are carried out by a separate daemon program which allows for
cards to be mailed on specific dates and improves security and logging.
Percival Network Monitoring System 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117370/
Percival is a network monitoring and capacity planning frontend to
RRDtool. It features a themeable Web interface, and support for MIB2,
Cisco, Linux, and Windows. Configuration is stored in a hierarchical
database, which supports on-the-fly editing, links, and multiple users.
PHP TroubleTicket 0.2.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117327/
PHP Trouble Ticket attempts to adress the need for a centralized means
of problem reporting and tracking in multi-user environments (medium to
large companies, development groups, etc.). It helps to direct problem
reports to the responsible administrator(s), keep track of the status
of a problem being worked on, and offers an up-to-date list of recent
changes applied. PHP Trouble Ticket aims to be widely configurable,
easy to use even for the not technically inclined and multi-language
capable.
php-dbi 20030324
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117340/
php-dbi attempts to emulate the Perl database abstraction layer by
implementing the methods provided by the object-oriented Perl DBI. It
also allows the usage of placeholders, unlike most of the native PHP
database functions.
phpExifRW 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117320/
phpExifRW is a pure PHP class to read, write, and transfer EXIF
information that most digital cameras produce. This class overcomes the
problem of most distributions that do not add Exif extensions in their
default installation of PHP.
PHPlist 2.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117360/
PHPlist is a set of PHP pages that implement a mailing list system. It
uses MySQL for storing the information. Particular aspects of the
system include posting to the mailing list via a Web page. It is thus a
kind of "announcements" list. It can deal with very large
email address lists. Users can sign up to multiple lists. If a message
is sent to multiple lists, they will only receive one copy of the
email. If people sign up, they can identify the geographical location
they're in allowing messages to be sent only to a subset of these. You
can add place holders in your email that will be replaced with personal
details (such as the person's name).
Poppy 4.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117350/
Poppy is a small Perl script that will individually retrieve only the
headers of mail messages from a POP3/IMAP server and then allow you to
view, save, or delete each. This is especially good for systems with
limited resources like limited disk space, slow connectivity, or no
GUI. It is also good for managing your mailbox when your normal mail
reader is setup not to delete mail off the server or is having problems
downloading large emails.
Postfix-Cyrus-Web-cyradm-HOWTO 1.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117378/
The Postfix-Cyrus-Web-cyradm-HOWTO document guides you through the
installation of the Postfix mail transportation agent (MTA) and the
Cyrus IMAP server. The goal is a fully functional high-performance mail
system with user administration via Web-cyradm, a Web interface. Data
like virtual users, aliases, etc., are stored in a MySQL database.
SKYRiX ZideStore Server 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117367/
The SKYRiX ZideStore server is a native client integration server for
the SKYRiX groupware. Users can access the contact, appointment, and
task database using Outlook, Evolution and almost any iCalendar
compatible client (for example Apple iCal or Mozilla Calendar).
Smeagol 0.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117382/
Smeagol is an easy-to-use httpd with CGI support and some other nice
features. Its design goals were simplicity and the absence of bloat.
SoX 12.17.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117349/
SoX is the Swiss Army knife of sound processing tools. It converts
audio files among various standard audio file formats and can apply
different effects and filters to the audio data.
Stunnix Perl-Obfus 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117321/
Stunnix Perl-Obfus is a unique solution for protecting your valuable
intellectual property from possible Perl source code
piracy/studying/rework. It's an advanced and extremely reliable
obfuscator for the Perl source code. It converts the Perl source files
(.pl and .pm) into highly mangled and obfuscated forms, making them
extremely difficult to study, analyse, reuse, or re-work for
competitors or customers, while fully retaining functionality of the
original source code. It's not a compiler to machine code, and the
obfuscated form will still be the usual Perl source code, and so will
work on all platforms the original source worked on.
Tapestry 2.4-alpha-5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117361/
Tapestry is a rich, component-based object model for developing
dynamic, robust, highly interactive Web applications. Applications are
constructed in terms of Java objects, methods and properties, instead
of URLs and query parameters. It builds and interprets all URLs,
dispatching directly to application-specific "listener"
methods. It includes complete source code, documentation, tutorials and
a complete example J2EE application.
TextMaker beta rev 378
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117352/
TextMaker is a word processor that launches quickly, needs little
memory, does not require complicated setup, and has the full feature
set of a modern high-end word processor. It reads and writes Microsoft
Word 6/95/97/2000/XP files.
The Card Community Project Software Tools 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117373/
The Cards Community Project is an economic system that does not use
currency. Its software tools are used to typeset little 'cards' (which
look like business cards) from plain-text emailable originals. A
person's card tells others about her or his needs and abilities.
Community members do things freely for one another, without asking for
payment, and without bartering. No one keeps score; each person simply
takes care that her or his own life is balanced and unexploited. This
system encourages cooperation and sharing. People who participate are
under no obligation to provide any service, or to continue playing, and
there is no possibility of debt or obligation.
The Tamber Project 1.2.3 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117359/
The Tamber project is a free, componentised n-tier website engine that
uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. In a nutshell, content
is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects;
business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP; and
presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for
delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP and email. Currently
Tamber contains modules that support; automatic locale detection,
search engine tracking and optimisation, e-commerce catalogues;
shopping carts and order management, secure sign in, data access and
conversion services, advanced session management, content managemt
tools and forums.
TM4J 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117379/
TM4J is a topic map processing toolkit and a set of topic map
processing tools. Topic maps are an ISO standard for the interchange of
information structures which can be used to represent ontologies,
business data and processes, individual knowledge and opinions, and
more. The goal of the TM4J project is to develop high-quality, Open
Source software for the creation, manipulation, and exchange of topic
maps.
w3pw 1.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117338/
w3pw is a Web based password wallet manager written in PHP. The
encrypted information is stored in a MySQL database.
web-cyradm 0.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117390/
web-cyradm is a Web-based tool to admin the Cyrus IMAP Server and
partially the Postfix MTA with a nice and fast frontend written in PHP.
It supports multiple virtual domains, setting quotas, and mapping email
adresses to mail accounts.
white_dune 0.22beta45 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117335/
VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for
displaying 3D data over the web via browser plugins. It has support for
animation, realtime interaction and multimedia (image, movie, sound).
Dune can read VRML97 files, display and let the user change the
scenegraph/fields, and load and store x3d (next generation VRML xml
format) files if configured to work with the nist.gov x3d translators.
It also has support for stereoscopic view via
"quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals.
WineX 3.0 RC 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117319/
WineX is a version of Wine that aims achieve full Linux compatibility
for games developed using DirectX APIs.
Wing IDE 1.1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117384/
Wing IDE is a development environment for Python. It includes a
graphical networked debugger, a powerful source code editor, and a
project manager. Some of the IDE's productivity features include
auto-completion, source index menu, goto-definition, syntax
highlighting, and auto-indentation. An optional Emacs mode and many
customization options make the IDE easy to adopt. The Standard edition
also includes a source code browser that speeds the process of
understanding and navigating Python code.
X-Itools 0.5.97 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117341/
The goal of the X-itools project is to propose an alternative to
products like Exchange or Lotus Notes/Domino. They are composed of
several modules, and this project has been under development for
several years. Modules include a shared public and private agenda, a
flow-chart, task, and post-it manager, a visitors and associated badges
manager, a password and history manager (with the ability to encrypt
things other than passwords), a holiday manager (to manage public
vacation days, illness periods, absence periods according to country
profiles), a shared public and private address book, an incoming and
outgoing phone calls manager, and a global management module.
Xpdf 2.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117386/
Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (These are
also sometimes also called 'Acrobat' files, from the name of Adobe's
PDF software.) The Xpdf project also includes a PDF text extractor,
PDF-to-PostScript converter, and various other utilities. It runs under
the X Window System on UNIX, VMS, and OS/2. The non-X components
(pdftops, pdftotext, etc.) also run on Win32 systems, and should run on
pretty much any system with a decent C++ compiler. Xpdf is designed to
be small and efficient. It can use Type 1, TrueType, or standard X
fonts.
zpop3d 0.8.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/117353/
zpop3d is an RFC 1939-compliant POP3 server. It features virtual
domains support, POP before SMTP, and secure mailbox updates. It runs
through tcpserver, xinetd, or the like.
Slashcode
ricecooker.org, Asian and Asian American topics
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/181242
Hi everyone - We've just launched a slash site on Asian and Asian
American topics called ricecooker.org. Thanks so much for the software
and the inspiration. We're pretty nervous about whether this can take
off or will just linger in some obscure corner of the web, so if you
are interested in the community we're trying to create, please help us
by telling other people who might also be interested in our site! We
acknowledge our direct inspiration from slash in our mission statement.
Cheers everyone from the people at ricecooker.org!
Current Slash Tags
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/1633257
Keep in mind that the type="op" is the syntax that is saved. Most have
multiple forms. Also keep in mind that to use links you need to have
Slash::Relocate installed and Slash::Blob. For image and file uploads
all you need is Slash::Blob. Read one for the entire list:
SLASH tags
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/24/0315249
Thanks for all the help with the upgrade, but I have another question.
What's the syntax for the new SLASH tags? I've tried looking through
the code, but alas, I'm not much of a perl programmer, and
expirementing hasn't given me much help.
Cluster Rant
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/21/234230
Yet another slash site for Beowulf/HPC cluster users. Check out Cluster
Rant if you are interested. --deadline
Upgrading
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/15/2012236
I just wanted to suggest that someone out there who's rather good with
Slash write a How-To on Upgrading to the latest CVS, or upgrading to
the latest release, or both! It'd sure help me out. (a simple how-to in
the comments to this article would help a great deal as well!)
Misusing backSlash as Instant Messenger
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1712245
We just recently noticed, that backSlash is (in 1.x as well as 2.x) a
very fine instant messenger between authors who just have web access or
not liking IRC or ICQ. Just start a new story, put the message (up to
50 characters) in the title field, and hit preview. Immediately your
message is shown to all logged in authors when they load the next Slash
page. And if you then have the submission list open with it's refresh
of 900 seconds (the default valalue), you always have the newest
messages even without hitting the reload button. It also proofed to be
useful to send replies or ACK messages to acknowledge, that the message
has been read. But be careful not to submit those messages as stories.
This can be awkward. (So there's even a little bit of thrill when using
this type of IM... ;-)
What is the Mysterious future and why did it show
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/1952234
Currently Slashdot has an article posted "in the Mysterious future"
showing on the main page. What up with dat?
SSL and slashcode fulltime
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/11/0737249
Does anyone know if Slash works with SSL (not just for auth. but full
time https)???? I need this and I'm not sure where to go from here.
Current setup: Linux 8.0 / apache 1.3 / latest slash. (works very
well). Some links and instructions would greatly be appreciated.
thanks, -Kam.
Streetnoise.org - Your Daily Political Roller Coaster
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/1820238
Without further ado, here are the fruit of my last 12 weekends. The
site runs on 2.6.6 and I probably won't touch it until there is a more
decent upgrade strategy. Let me know if you like it and if you're
interested in politics, please don't be shy and post a story when you
run into something outrageous (which is easy these days).
New Features!
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/0322236
So bunch of new features are in the latest CVS. Including image and
file support int stories. Other hight lights include: Slash::Relocate,
an href tool that changes all of your links on your site to
relocateable links. Coming soon to this will be a task to track if the
link is dead or not (and give you an alternate link to google if it
is). Slash meta language. Now in stories (and soon in Journals) you can
use custom slash links to do all sorts of nifty little things. If you
notice the story before this one with the like to you will noticed the
hyper link to their homepage. Plus if you are logged in it will show
you your Zoo Relationships. Finally, we now have image and file support
with stories. Here is with his cat. Multi page documents are now
supported by using the SLASH tag language. Bunch more that I am
probably forgetting....
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