O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER February 22, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
The 'Everything Series' Newsletter is developed to bring Open Source related content to a user with a focus for everything Open Source we have to offer. If you'd like to receive more content relating to Open Source subscribe at http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/ ============================================================== Sponsored by Thinkgeek http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ ============================================================== Slashdot Blizzard Births BBS http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1425211 [0]Foundryman writes "Nice bit of history at ZDNet about how the blizzard of 1978 led to the [1]creation of the BBS." Links 0. http://www.daltonfoundries.com 1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-984865.html A 1974 Review of D&D http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1329218 [0]CleverNickName writes "[1]Boing Boing pointed me to this [2]1974 review of the 'new' Dungeons and Dragons game. Some highlights: D&D was subtitled 'Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargams Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures.' The reviewer concludes, 'In general, the concept and imagination involved is stunning. However, much more work, refinement, and especially regulation and simplification is necessary before the game is managable.'" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.boingboing.net/ 2. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline/1972-1979/dd.gif Music Industry's Future Foretold in China? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/2216216 sapphire writes "An [0]article today in the [1]International Herald Tribune provides a look at music piracy from the point-of-view of pop stars in China. China is a country forced to deal with the reality of unchecked piracy of digital media products. Will their experience lead to new business models for the world-wide recording industry?" Links 0. http://www.iht.com/articles/87521.html 1. http://www.iht.com/ PCMCIA Announces NEWCARD Format http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/2029229 schnoz writes "Found this over at [0]DPReview: "The PCMCIA technology association has today announced the 'NEWCARD' format. This new format makes use of PC Card, PCI Express and USB 2.0 technologies. The NEWCARD format is also aimed at both Mobile and Desktop PCs". Check out the [1]rest of the article here." Links 0. http://www.dpreview.com/ 1. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022103pcmcianewcard.asp 10 Techno-Cool Cars http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1813203 mrv writes "The IEEE Spectrum picks their '[0]10 Techno-Cool Cars'. The article picks vehicles from the 2003 or upcoming model years, that feature significant jumps in performance, convenience, or comfort, are technologically bold, and otherwise cool (for engineers, not just the 'motorhead' type)." Links 0. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/feb03/tcar.html Digital Restrictions Management in Office 11 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1811223 conaone writes "According to a [0]Microsoft Watch, there is a feature in the leaked Office 2003 called "Information Rights Management." A lot more control over documents with this... the story says: "Microsoft is threading DRM throughout the Office 2003 suite, allowing restrictions to be set on Outlook mail messages, as well as on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Using "permission templates," document authors can determine restriction policies to be applied to entire categories of documents, according to Microsoft's site." Here's a link to the [1]whole story." Links 0. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/ 1. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,899456,00.asp The Linux Uprising http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/182216 ballpoint writes "[0]Business Week is featuring a list of [1]articles under the header 'The Linux Uprising' including topics like 'Red Flags for Red Hat' and 'A Bad, Sad Hollywood Ending?' touching everything dear to the Slashdot community. A good read to align yourself with what mainstream businesspeople are fed." Links 0. http://www.businessweek.com/ 1. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/03_09/B382203linux.htm Citibank Tries to Hush ATM Crypto Vulnerability http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1711249 palme999 writes "Citibank is trying to get a gag order for new [0]vulnerabilities found in the cryptographic equipment commonly used to protect the PINs of ATM transactions. The vulnerabilities came to light during a court case involving 'phantom' ATM transactions that users deny making but that banks still charge to customers accounts because they claim their systems are secure." Links 0. http://cryptome.org/pacc.htm Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/0859220 [0]urbazewski asks: "If you could send a message back to your [1]nerdy unpopular 12 year old self, what would you say? I've been asking this one for several years, and the replies sound suspiciously like the lame advice I got from adults at that age ('just be yourself, dear'). The most creative answer was from an American-born Buddhist monk, who didn't think his 12 year old self would listen to a message along the lines of 'Hey, what you're doing is kind of making things suck for me right now' --- he would send a message to himself by adding extra lyrics to a song he really liked when he was in junior high school. I got the best replies from a large class at UC Santa Cruz. The modal answer was 'Buy Microsoft.' About 7% of the class said 'Enjoy yourself in high school because college is really hard.' Another 7% said "Study harder in high school because college is really hard.' (The best variant on that theme: 'Try to figure out what "studying" is'). In the hindsight-is-20/20 dept. there was a girl who said 'Do not date the following people...' and then listed six names and a guy who said 'You know how you're thinking about trying to drive your dad's car? Don't!.' My personal favorite: 'You're a dork now, but don't worry, you'll be cool when you're in college.'" Links 0. http://annmariabell.com/alternate/blog/blog.html 1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/18/194225&tid=146 LGP Announces Game Development Project http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/177229 [0]michaelsimms writes "[1]Linux Game Publishing is excited to announce our newest project to increase the appeal of Linux gaming. We are sponsoring the development of a from-scratch Linux title! We are looking for developers to work in a team to produce this game, and we will be publishing the game they make! If you are interested, please follow the link to [2]Our detailed announcement and within there you will find the rules, requirements, and application process. If you have wanted to get into the gaming industry, if you love playing games, and if you are a creative thinker, not afraid of a challenge and a bit of risk, then you need to take a look." I don't know whether to be happy about anything that promotes Linux gaming, or disappointed that people are being asked to work on a commercial project without a salary. Links 0. http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com 1. http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/ 2. http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/press_releases/devcompany.txt Freshmeat aifc2wav 3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113839/ aifc2wav will save an AIFC (IMA4 or SOWT) sound file as a WAV file. at76c503 linux driver 0.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113820/ at76c503 is a Linux driver for the wlan USB adapter based on the Atmel at76c503 chip. It currently supports ad-hoc mode, infrastructure mode, and WEP. It supports adapters from Atmel, the Belkin F5D6050, Netgear MA101, and others. bmon 1.2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113890/ bmon is an interface bandwidth monitor using the curses library. It's able to compute and draw three types of diagrams (overview, graphical, and detailed). The overview diagram is a list of all interfaces including the rx/tx rates of each interface. The graphical diagram is a bar graph in ASCII. All diagrams are continously updated. C&T 65548 fbdev driver 0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113859/ This is a framebuffer driver for the Linux 2.4.x kernel that supports the Chips&Technologies 65548 video chip found in older Toshiba Satellite notebooks and Fujitsu Point 510. There is also experimental support for 65545 and 65540 chipsets. CCZE 0.1.200 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113828/ CCZE is a robust and modular log colorizer with plugins for apm, exim, fetchmail, httpd, postfix, procmail, squid, syslog, ulogd, vsftpd, xferlog, and more. CentralNic Toolkit 0.04 (Perl) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113834/ The CentralNic Toolkit is CentralNic's system for instantaneous Registry-Registrar Communications. Registrars can use this system to register and modify CentralNic domain names in real time, with no delays for human intervention or e-mail processing. The Toolkit also provides advanced and efficient methods for searching for and querying domain names and whois records, and retrieving account information. Choosefont 0.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113823/ Choosefont is a tool for efficiently finding the required font from a large amount of font faces. It can also create HTML and CSS code to select the font and copy it to the X clipboard automatically. Dia2Postgres 20030221 (CVS Snapshots) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113886/ Dia2Postgres is a Perl script that can be used to convert Dia diagrams into PostgreSQL scripts or PHP mirror classes which can add, update, and modify table entries automatically. It has support for inheritance, simple references (limited to a single field), and a fake enum type which creates a table. ELOG Electronic Web Logbook 2.3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113849/ ELOG Electronic Web Logbook is an electronic logbook with a Web interface. It can be used to maintain personal or shared logbooks, with the ability to add attachments to logbook pages. Logbook entries can be categorized with user-defined classes, and queried using filters on these classes. Automatic email notifications can be generated on new entries based on the classes. The ELOG server is a small stand-alone C program, which runs under Linux and Windows. The logbooks are saved in plain ASCII files for easy and fast access. EzSDK 4.56 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113837/ EzSDK is a PHP SDK which includes a PHP source code generator, a library of PHP classes, and an application environment consisting of premade supporting modules. The modules handle user application and data access security, DB compatibility (with MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, etc.), a built-in GUI interface with an interactive desktop, and more. filter.rb .1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113811/ Filter.rb is a file manager that supports regular expression searches, bookmarks of previous searches, and drag and drop of individual files as well as bookmarked collections of files. Gangplank conferencing system 1.0.0.beta.9 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113846/ Gangplank is a Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) system (or "chat server") which supports real-time communication between users, currently using a text-based user interface. It runs as an Internet server which implements the standard telnet protocol, so no special client program is necessary for users. Server-side processing provides input editing/history and terminal- handling features over the telnet connection for standard ANSI terminals. This code has been in production use on a private server since early 1993. This single-process server is fast, efficient and stable. gPHPEdit 0.0.48 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113832/ gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting. gTaxEstimator 0.6 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113813/ gTaxEstimator is a US taxes preparation helper for GNU/Linux and other *nix systems. It is written with GTK+. It handles Form 1040 and schedules A, B, C and E. Hackbot 2.19 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113817/ Hackbot is a host exploration tool and bannergrabber. It scans numerous services and vulnerabilities. JavaBDD 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113825/ JavaBDD is a Java library for manipulating BDDs (binary decision diagrams). Binary decision diagrams are widely used in model checking, formal verification, optimizing circuit diagrams, and other areas. Kover 2.9.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113821/ Kover is a WYSIWYG CD cover printer. You have the ability to enter title, contents, set colors for background, text, embed images, and more. You can even stream title and tracks from CDDB into this little app. CDDB access via proxy is supported. libxml++ 0.21 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113857/ libxml++ is a C++ interface for working with XML files, using libxml (gnome-xml) to parse and write the actual XML files. It has a simple but complete API. LinPHA 0.5.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113827/ LinPHA is an easy to use, multilingual, flexible photo/image archive/album/gallery written in PHP. It uses a MySQL database to store information about your pictures. It comes with a HTML-based installer, so you don't need experience in setting up SQL databases. Thumbnails are created as needed and stored in the SQL DB. NeoStats 2.5.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113844/ NeoStats provides unique services to IRC via loadable modules. It does not provide the traditional NickServ/ChanServ services, but instead provides services like "HostServ", which can automatically set a user's virtual host upon logging onto a IRC network, or "StatServ", which can provide detailed statistics about the network, individual servers, or channels, and produce an HTML page. It also includes a number of "Fun" services, like "LoveServ" and "MoraleServ". Additional modules are available via the NeoStats Web site or through third party developers. Currently, NeoStats supports UnrealIRCd, UltimateIRCD, Hybrid7, and NeoIRCd, with more IRCD support being developed. NewsBruiser 1.12.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113858/ NewsBruiser is a simple but full-featured Weblog application. OpenSSL 0.9.7a http://freshmeat.net/releases/113826/ The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library. pcal and lcal 4.7.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113816/ Pcal prints nice-looking PostScript (or HTML) calendars, and has more options than you can shake a stick at. Its real power is its ability to create personalized calendars by marking 'events' (for example, payday). Lcal is similar to Pcal, but it generates lunar calendars. Pol-IP 1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113812/ Pol-IP is a full traffic control bandwith manager for Linux. It also has a statistic server for multi- platform clients. Siag Office 3.5.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113888/ Siag Office is a free office package which consists of the spreadsheet Siag, the word processor PW, the animation program Egon, the text editor XedPlus, the file manager Xfiler and the previewer Gvu. Siag is easy to use, yet infinitely flexible through multiple embedded interpreters and a plugin mechanism that allows other programs to run inside the main document. The supported interpreters are SIOD, Guile, Tcl, and Python. SnipSnap 0.3.4a http://freshmeat.net/releases/113865/ SnipSnap is an easy to install and use Web log and Wiki engine written in Java. It has no external dependency on Web servers or databases, as both are built-in. SQUID User Management System 1.02 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113833/ The SQUID User Management System provides limiting of the traffic usage of each user and blocking if usage is too great. Trash Can 3.0 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113814/ Trash Can is a command line recycle bin for Linux/*NIX-based systems. ksh, bash, or zsh is needed. It can remove files and restore them in their original path, delete single files from the trash can, automatically delete 'core' and 'dead.letter' files, automatically purge the trash over X days old, empty the trash, and display the disk usage and stored files. It is compressed to take up less room, and entire directories can be restored/deleted. It will prompt the user if restoring over an existing file. An installation script is included. tsemgr 0.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113824/ tsemgr is a GTK application to manage the T68 mobile phone. WebSight Directory System 0.6.1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/113843/ The WebSight Directory System was originally developed for Electronic Music World (www.electronicmusicworld.com), to serve as an Internet portal related to electronic music. WebSight Directory System presents collected links in categories and subcategories. It supports link submission by visitors. Xfprot 0.13beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/113848/ XFPROT is a graphical frontend for the F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Small Business Edition. It is based upon the XSTEP-3.5.1 library. xmlBlaster 0.842 http://freshmeat.net/releases/113853/ XmlBlaster is XML based MOM (Message oriented Middleware) with a lot of features. It is a publish/subscribe and point-to-point MOM server which exchanges XML-encoded messages. Communication with the server is based on CORBA (using JacORB), RMI, XML-RPC, native socket, or a persistent HTTP plugin. Subscribers can use XPath expressions to filter the messages they wish to receive and add their own MIME-based filter plugins. C/C++, Java, Perl and PHP client demos are included in the xmlBlaster test suite, and Tcl and Python demo clients are scheduled. XmlBlaster also provides a browser callback framework, allowing browsers (Netscape, Mozilla, MSIE) to receive instant callbacks over a persistent http connection. A security plugin framework allows authentication/authorization in many ways. Currently there are LDAP- and passwd-based plugins available. Newsforge Reports Education 'portal' for Linux launched http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1534259 - by Tina Gasperson -With the slogan, "Who you are...What you need" Linux advocate Jonathan Hughes launched the Linux in Education portal on February 20th. The site is designed specifically to provide teachers and other people involved in education with tools, resources, and information about implementing Linux. Linux Advisory Watch - February 21st, 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1111251 - By Benjamin D. Thomas Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were released for mod_dav, w3m, cups, php, mysql, openssl, mailman, syslinux, nethack, bitchx, util-linux, apcupdb, pam, shadow-utils, and imp. The distributors include ... Open Source security manual and training for ethical hacking http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1635246 - by Tina Gasperson -The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) has become an international open standard, according to its creator, Pete Herzog. It is used by large organizations like the U.S. Treasury Department, Home Depot, Verisign, and IBM, although Herzog says that he has a hard time getting entities that use the manual to talk much about it. Newsforge Newsvac Desktop Linux Products on Parade http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/22/0423208 Attendees of the Desktop Linux Summit here have spent the past two days reveling in the growing number of games, PCs, software applications, and peripherals that are now compatible with the underdog operating system. Aqua Data Studio 2.0 for Linux Released http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1956210 JohnLH writes "AquaFold, Inc today announced the latest version of Aqua Data Studio, it's universal database tool for building, managing and maintaining enterprise relational databases. Aqua Data Studio includes support for all major database platforms such as Oracle 8i/9i, IBM DB2, Sybase Adaptive Server, Microsoft SQL Server and the open source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL. Developed with the Java programming language, Aqua Data Studio ... Linux in the Enterprise at LWE 2003 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1654225 To say that the weather was cold at this year's LinuxWorld Expo at New York's Jacob K. Javits Center can hardly do justice to the feeling of walking across 34^th Street. The cold cut like a knife; of course it was impossible to get a cab going to the center due to NYC's unending traffic problems and cabbies' general avoidance of destinations near the river with few return-fare possibilities. Among the throngs of fellow native New Yorkers, ... AML M7100 Wireless LAN Hand-Held Terminal http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/163208 AML's M7100 Wireless LAN Data Collection Terminal is redefining the standard for wireless data collection technology. Incorporating the best of today's wireless technology, with the reliable performance of open source, embedded Linux, the M7100 optimizes operational efficiency and productivity -- ensuring the rapid, timely processing of mission critical data, even in the most demanding applications. Will the real chip standard please stand up? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1531204 I think that everyone in Intel's public relations department deserves a $1 million bonus. That's because Intel has scored a PR coup of humongous proportions. Not only does Intel have vendors like Dell describing its proprietary processors and chipsets as industry standards (as in, "our systems are built on industry standard parts"), but now the media is beginning to validate that undeserved characterization. MobiliX.org is now TuxMobil.org http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1457244 Werner Heuser writes "In the trademark case between the owners of the trademark Obelix and Werner Heuser owner of the project "MobiliX - UniX on Mobile Devices" the last verdict says that Werner Heuser has to withdraw his trademark MobiliX. Therefore he has decided to rename his Open Source project to TuxMobil..." 'Linux Uprising' at Business Week http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1450245 Anonymous Reader writes "BusinessWeek's March 3 issue features nine articles focused on 'The Linux Uprising.' Topics discussed include open source philosophy, the impact Linux is having throughout industry including in retail systems, the enterprise, and in government." A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1434247 Anonymous Reader writes "Linux is ready for the the consumer and the steps to guide you through the decision are unveiled in this seven part series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving moving with open source technologies. Now Murphy examines the risks and rewards in the decision to use Linux for the average computer ... Blackdown Releases J2SE v1.4.1-01 for Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1425203 Blackdown Java-Linux Java 2 SE v1.4.1-01 for ix86 and SPARC is available from ftp mirrors . Both the ix86 and the SPARC version include the HotSpot Client and Server VMs, as well as an enhanced version of Java Web Start 1.2 and a Java Plug-In for browsers based on Mozilla. The ix86 version also includes a Java Plug-In for Netscape 4.x browsers. Possible data write corruption problem on Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/0540225 Andy Tai writes "According to this report on sr5tech.com, current GNU/Linux file systems (such as ext3 and reiserfs) suffer from possible data corruption on IDE drives with write-back caching turned on. Even though these file systems are journaled, the IDE controller may fool the OS into thinking an I/O operation has been completed even though the data are still in the drive buffer waiting to be written to disk. The problem becomes more severe ... Thinkgeek Electronics: Mustek MDC-3500 Digital Camera http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5ca0/ Computing: iGesture Keyboard http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5ccd/ Computing: Roll-Up Keyboard http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5a7f/ Gadgets: InkLink Handwriting System http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d08/ Cube Goodies: Hubzilla - 4 Port Firewire Hub http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5b55/ Caffeine: Warp Mints - Green T - Lemon/Lime http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5cd0/ Electronics: Gruvstick MP3 Player http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/5cac/ Gadgets: Portable Lie Detector http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce6/ Electronics: Mustek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mini 3 http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5c9e/ Tshirts: I Didn't Get the Memo http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5cba/ Tshirts: Esc http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5cc0/ Tshirts: Network Security Staff http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5cb5/ Interests: O'Reilly Coaster Set http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/other/5c2c/ Cube Goodies: Meetings http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd9/ Gadgets: Radiation Detection Watch http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5cef/ Cube Goodies: Indifference http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cdb/ Cube Goodies: Motivation http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd7/ Computing: iGesture Pad http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/ Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2 http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/ Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/ Sourceforge LinPHA 0.5.1 (bugfix) released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254222 LinPHA is an easy to use, multilingual, flexible photo/image archive/album/gallery written in PHP. It uses a MySQL database to store information about your pictures. It comes with a HTML based installer, so you don't need experience in setting up SQL DB. The 0.5.1 release includes fixes for all previously-reported bugs. IRM 1.4.0 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254206 IRM 1.4.0 has just been released. This is the first STABLE version of IRM released in a little under 2 years. There are many new features, as well as streamlining and tweaking of existing functionality. IRM is a Web-based asset and problem tracking system built for IT departments and helpdesks. It keeps detailed information, both hardware and software, about each computer, as well as a complete history of all work requests ever placed. TclXML - New Applications Released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254197 Two applications built using TclXML are now available. tkxmllint is a GUI equivalent of libxml2's xmllint command-line tool. tkxsltproc is a GUI equivalent of libxslt's xsltproc. The TclXML family of packages provide XML support for the Tcl scripting language. There are several subprojects: TclXML (the parser), TclDOM, TclXSLT and xmlgen. Razor! (Game Engine for Palm devices) 0.9 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254187 Razor! 0.9 has been released. This release reorganises the source tree, improves some APIs, more bug fixes, more speed, an Armlet! Support for the Tungsten control pad. Razor! for Palm devices is a development framework for games. It can be used with both CodeWarrior and PRC Tools. It supports sprites, music, hard keys, timing, events, etc. gtkpod V0.42 released (GUI for Apples iPod) http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254113 gtkpod is a platform independent GUI for Apple's iPod using GTK2. It supports playlists, ID3 tag editing, multiple charsets for ID3 tags, detects duplicate songs, allows offline modification of the database with later synchronization, and more. This new release V0.42 is is a minor upgrade to V0.41. The main new feature is a more responsive user interface: you can interrupt the display update at any time, as well as select and deselect playlists and tab entries at any time. Updating in the foreground takes quite some time, though, therefore you have a new option to switch back to the old behaviour of just blocking the display until the update is done. Other than that quite a number of bugs have been fixed and new ones have been introduced for you to find. Streamsicle 2.0Beta released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254092 Streamsicle is a streaming MP3 server that is controlled via web interface. The 1.x versions were enjoyed by tens of thousands. Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves because this version promises to delight hundreds of thousands with its sleek new interface, ability to minimize to the systray in Windows, new queue functions, enhanced stability for very large MP3 collections, and more. It is the dawn of a new era! Streamsicle 2.0! Streamsicle 2.0! Streamsicle 2.0! (beta) mp3splt 1.3 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254056 mp3splt is a command-line utility wich splits mp3 files (without decoding), selecting begin/end time; if file is an album, you can get splitpoints automatically from internet or a local cue/cddb file. It splits also Mp3Wrap and AlbumWrap archives. This release contains clean-ups and corrections. With this release, files larger than 2 GB in size are supported. SableVM 1.0.6 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254096 SableVM is a portable bytecode interpreter. Its goals are to be reasonably small, fast, and efficient, as well as providing a well-designed and robust platform for conducting research. This version adds support for PowerPC. You can download the sources from: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5523&release_id= 141425 wishweb Version 1.1.0 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253931 WishWEB is a Java client to provide remote access to the X10 home control. The client can run as a standalone application or as a WEB client. The package includes a socket server for the X10 server, the Java source code, the precompiled Java archive, and the necessary .html pages to load the client. The wish project provides X10 device drivers for Linux, creating a /dev device for each X10 unit in the house. This allows command line, script, and program access to the X10 network.This driver currently supports the PowerLinc Serial, PowerLinc USB, CM11A, and Firecracker/CM17A. Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) 1.0 stable release http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254100 FUSE lets you write your very own filesystem, as an ordinary program. It has a simple yet comprehensive interface, and provides an easy way to create a virtual filesystem for just about any application. Example applications include: automatic CD changer fs, remote filesystems for handhelds, filesystem view for databases, etc. FUSE currently works on all 2.4.x kernels (up to 2.4.20 and possibly later). Installation is simple, no kernel patching or recompilation is needed. Documentation for the interface and example programs are provided in the package. 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