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2005-01-10T11:46:00.000-08:00

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Kenosis and the World Free Web
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/1440

Four years ago, I wrote an article for freshmeat called "The World Free
Web" in which I described a way to make Web content available in a
distributed and anonymous way via Freenet. Back then, I expected, as
did many others, that Freenet was on the verge of completion, and all
that remained was to think of interesting new applications to write on
this new platform.

Adcd 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184030/

Adcd is a text mode CD player for Linux. It features all the functions
expected in a compact disc player, including playing selected tracks,
random playing, and continuous playing.

aescrypt2 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184046/

aescrypt2 is a command line file encryption program that relies on
AES-CBC-256 plus HMAC-SHA256. It has been designed to be portable
(works on all Unix flavors and Win32) as well as very straightforward
to use.

ARSC Really Simple Chat 3.0-rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184045/

ARSC Really Simple Chat is a Web chat system that uses PHP and MySQL.
It works with every browser in existence, even text-based ones, and it
uses the server push technique or, if possible, its own socket server.
It is very simple to install and use ARSC. It includes some important
features, such as operators, kick-ing, whispering, and more. Multiple
rooms and different languages are available. To run ARSC on your site,
you need a Web server that understands PHP, and can connect to a MySQL
database.

C++ Regex Engine 0.03a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184011/

C++ Regex Engine provides a robust regular expression library for use
in C++. The syntax of the regular expression language is very close to
the Perl 5 standard. The classes given somewhat mirror those found in
Java's regular expression library, but have several improvements. The
intended audience of this package is anyone who does a lot of data
parsing (e.g. sysadmins), people tired of trying to decipher Perl
scripts, and regular expression beginners who know C++. Some knowledge
of the STL's vector and string will come in handy, but isn't necessary.

cbviewer 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184043/

cbviewer is a viewer for comic book archives in .zip, .rar, .cbz, and
.cbr formats.

CGI:IRC 0.5.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184047/

CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that allows you to use IRC from a Web
browser without having to have access to an IRC port. It does not use
Java, but it does need a browser capable of rendering frames. It can be
used on a Web page to allow users to chat, or it can be used to access
chat from behind a firewall.

cwdaemon 0.9.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184035/

cwdaemon is a small daemon which uses the PC parallel or serial port
and a simple transistor switch to output Morse code to a transmitter
from a text message sent to it via the UDP protocol.

Data Access Objects for PHP5 Alpha 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183801/

Data Access Objects for PHP5 is a set of classes used for connecting to
databases in PHP 5. They provide developers with a unified OO API for
accessing databases.

DBMonster 1.0.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184027/

DBMonster is a tool which helps database application developers with
tuning the structure of the database, tuning the usage of indexes, and
testing the application performance under heavy database load.
DBMonster generates as much random data as you wish and puts it into an
SQL database. It provides a very pluggable interface and is trivial to
use.

Debrief 2003 Release 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184018/

Debrief is an Open Source Java application used to analyze ship and
submarine tracks in 2 and 3 dimensions. The analyst is presented with
calculated performance data during "runs" of the vessel
tracks, and is able to annotate the diagram before exporting it in WMF
format.

Entagged 0.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184041/

Entagged is a Java audio file tagger which uses the freedb online
database for the retrieval of the tags. It supports custom file
renaming based on the tags (with any directory stucture), as well as
custom tagging based on the file names. MP3, Ogg, and FLAC are
currently supported.

ffmpeg-php extension 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184016/

ffmpeg-php is an extension for PHP that adds an easy to use
object-oriented API for accessing and retrieving information from
movies and audio files. It has methods for returning frames from movie
files as images that can be manipulated using PHP's image functions.
This works well for automatically creating thumbnail images from movie
files, and it's fast enough to extract thumbnails on the fly so that
thumbnail images don't need to be stored. ffmpeg-php is also useful for
reporting the duration and bitrate of audio files (mp3, wma...).
ffmpeg-php can access many of the formats supported by ffmpeg.

FormattedDataSet API 1.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184050/

The FormattedDataSet API is an easy way to generate dynamic text (HTML,
XML, WML, JavaScript, etc.). It combines data and formatting to
generate the dynamic text. Templates contain formatting. Out of the
box, it can generate all common HTML elements (table, list box, drop
down list box, multi-select list box, etc.) and XML. Developers can
easily create their own templates.

IPplan 4.20b-BETA (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184012/

IPplan is a Web-based, multilingual IP address management and tracking
tool which simplifies the administration of your IP address space. It
can handle a single network or multiple networks with overlapping
address spaces. It features DNS administration, internationalization,
importing of network definitions from routing tables, importing of
definitions from TAB-delimited files and NMAP's XML format, support for
multiple administrators with different access profiles (per group, per
customer, per network, etc.), definitions of address space authority
boundaries per group, finding free address space across a range,
display of overlapping address spaces between networks, search
capabilities, an audit log, statistics, circuit tracking, and tracking
and sending SWIP/registrar information.

JChassis ANSI Terminal Controller 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184020/

JChassis ANSI Terminal Controller is a Java API for controlling
ANSI-compliant terminals and terminal emulators such a Linux virtual
terminals, xterm, Gnome Terminal, and KDE Konsole. The library can be
used to display character styles and colors and graphical characters in
those environments. It is a repackaging of various JChassis modules
into a standalone library that does not require the JChassis SDK or
framework.

JKFlow.pm 3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183959/

JKFlow is an easy XML configurable report module for FlowScan. It gives
network administrators the ability to monitor for specific
applications/protocols/services on directions, which are sections of
source- and destination subnets, that can be defined within subnets, on
exporters or globally. JKGrapher.pl is an additional CGI-script for
displaying the RRDTool graphs.

jPortKnock 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184014/

Port knocking describes a method of establishing a connection to a
networked computer with no open port. Ports are opened with the use of
port knock sequences: a series of connection attempts to a series of
closed and logged ports. jPortKnock is an implementation of this
method.

Key Netplug 1.2.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184015/

Netplug is a Linux daemon that manages network interfaces in response
to network cables being plugged in and out. If you're familiar with
Windows XP, which just does the Right Thing when you plug an ethernet
cable into a laptop, netplug will need no further explanation.
Basically, netplug brings up an interface and runs a DHCP client when a
cable is plugged into that interface, and it brings the interface down
when the cable is unplugged. On a typical Linux system or laptop, you
have to run a command (such as "/sbin/ifup") manually to
handle these events, but netplug automates this for you.

libasyncns 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184034/

libasyncns is a C library for executing name service queries
asynchronously. It is an asynchronous wrapper around getaddrinfo(3) and
getnameinfo(3) from the libc.

Logcheck 1.2.33
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184019/

Logcheck parses system logs and generates email reports based on
anomalies. Anomolies can be defined by users with 'violations' files.
It differentiates between 'Active System Attacks', 'Security
Violations', and 'Unusual Activity', and is smart enough to remember
where in the log it stopped processing to improve efficiency. It can
also warn when log files shrink, and does not report errors when they
are rotated.

Make CD-ROM Recovery 0.8.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184048/

mkCDrec (Make CD-ROM Recovery) makes a bootable (El Torito) disaster
recovery image, including backups of the Linux system to one or more
CD-ROM(s) (multi-volume sets). Otherwise, the backups can be stored on
another disk, NFS/CIFS disk, or (remote) tape. After a disk crash or
system intrusion, the system can be booted from the CD-ROM and one can
restore the complete system as it was. It also features disk cloning,
which allows one to restore a disk to another disk (the destination
disk does not have to be of the same size, as it calculates the
partition layout itself). Currently, ext2, ext3, minix, MS-DOS, FAT,
VFAT, Reiserfs, XFS, and JFS filesystems are supported. It can restore
disks in Software RAID and LVM mode. It supports the One Button
Disaster Recovery (OBDR) mode, which simulates a bootable CD-ROM on
tape.

OpenPSA 1.10.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184042/

OpenPSA is a Web-based Professional Services Automation suite including
project management, time tracking, document management, sales force
automation, direct marketing, help desk, and a group calendar. It runs
on the Midgard application server.

PunBB 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184028/

PunBB is a fast and lightweight discussion board. Its primary goal is
to be a faster, smaller, and less graphic alternative to otherwise
excellent discussion boards like phpBB, Invision Power Board, and
vBulletin. It has fewer features than many other discussion boards, but
is generally faster and outputs smaller pages.

QStars 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184026/

QStars is a Qt-based screen saver. It displays an image within a field
of moving stars.

SaVi 1.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184044/

SaVi is satellite visualization software that lets you create, run,
examine, and modify satellite orbits in two and three dimensions.
Simulations of Iridium, Teledesic, Globalstar, GPS, and other satellite
constellations are included. SaVi requires Tcl and Tk on a Unix system.
SaVi works well with the 3D renderer Geomview. Geomview is optional,
though recommended for its 3D rendering capabilities.

t-prot 1.48.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184021/

t-prot (TOFU Protection) is a filter which improves the readability of
email messages and Usenet posts by hiding some of their annoying parts.
The annoyances it handles include mailing list footers, signatures,
TOFU, sequences of blank lines, and repeated punctuation. TOFU is an
acronym that stands for "Text oben, Fullquote unten", a
German reference to the practice of adding just a few lines of original
text and quoting a complete message below them.

the mg2bot 0.62b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184017/

the mg2bot is an IRC bot that was originally written to do unique
channel maintenance but which now sports a homebrew plugin system,
increased channel awareness, and a bot networking capability.

touchbase 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184013/

touchbase is a modular plugin-style groupware framework based on the
OSGi specification. Its modules include link (bookmark) management and
RSS feed aggregation, but this could be expanded to provide support for
calendars, email, usenet, contacts, notes, and IM.

ttylinux 4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184036/

ttylinux is a minimalistic Linux distribution that can fit in 4 MB of
disk space. It contains software needed to log into an ISP by modem or
ISDN and provide Web content to the world. The minimum hardware
requirement is a 386SX with 10 MB of RAM for a ramdisk setup or 5 MB of
RAM for a hard disk setup.

Vex 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184040/

Vex is a visual editor for XML. It features a word processor-like
interface.

VideoDB 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184049/

VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection. It's
mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS
tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet
Movie Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark
movies as seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a
filter for TV episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow
manager. Optionally, it features user management and authentication for
sharing the database with others.

Virtual Universe 0.48 (Unaverse Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183867/

The "Virtual Universe" is a 3D cyberspace which offers more
possibilities than just chat: it is a combination of the Web, chat, and
instant messaging within a realistic, three-dimensional cyberspace.
Here people can meet, interact with each other, and build houses and
whole worlds. The "Virtual Universe" is a virtual reality
environment which runs on top of the Internet.

Zaurus Synchronization Repository 0.2.2 (zync)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/184010/

ZSRep (Zaurus Synchronization Repository) is a project whose main goal
is to provide a professional solution for synchronizing your Sharp
Zaurus with any Desktop PIM software on the Linux operating system. It
is designed specifically to work with the newer Sharp ROMs (DTM-based).

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The hottest gear from CES 2005

2005-01-08T01:29:00.000-08:00

CNET | Weekend Hit List
The hottest gear from CES 2005
January 8, 2005

Dear subscriber:

CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is the largest of its kind in the
universe. It's really quite ridiculous. Banners, booth girls, and the
coolest, flashiest products you'll ever see, all gathered together in
glitzy Vegas. It's way too much for one person and possibly too much for
70 people, but we scoured the show floors to bring you the best of the
best. Find out what the next big things in consumer electronics will be
and when they'll hit the shelves this year.

Go to the story:

http://ct.com.com/click?q=2a-CN4WIrIUz7xGgf2FiLtJjWiNrShp

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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Don't miss this: CNET's Next Big Thing Awards
2. Top 10 new reviews
3. CNET Hit List
4. Top 10 most popular CES gadgets
5. Best of CNET
6. Top 10 CNET forum discussions

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1. Don't miss this: CNET's Next Big Thing Awards

You want to be a player in the gadget world. We know. That's a good
thing, but you need to be forearmed with knowledge. And that's why we're
here. We sifted through the piles of thousands of products at the
Consumer Electronics Show and picked the Next Big Thing in 12 categories
as well as the Best of Show. Read them and get ready to shop this year.

Read the story:
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Top 10 new reviews
Highest-rated products this week

1. Samsung HLR-6768W 67-inch DLP HDTV
http://ct.com.com/click?q=7d-FFqqIDLUM2BDNIlBDMb_~RpaBXVc

2. Toshiba HD-DVD recorder
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3. Kodak EasyShare One 4-megapixel camera with Wi-Fi
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4. Samsung i730 Windows Mobile smart phone
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5. Samsung YH-820 Micro HD MP3 player/photo album
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6. iBiquity digital radio
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7. Slingbox personal broadcaster
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8. Linksys Wireless-G router with SRX (Speed and Range Expansion)
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9. Alienware DHS 2 series Media Center PC
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10. Buffalo TeraStation 1-terabyte RAID drive
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3. CNET Hit List
The hottest products you're searching for

1. Motorola V180 cell phone
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2. Motorola Razr V3 cell phone
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3. Sony Cyber Shot DSC-V3 camera
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4. PalmOne Tungsten T5 PDA
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5. Dell Inspiron 9200 laptop
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6. Sony DVDirect
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7. Canon PowerShot S70
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8. Konica Minolta Dimage X50 camera
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9. PalmOne Treo 650 smart phone
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10. Sony Ericsson P910 phone
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4. Top 10 most popular CES gadgets

1. Gizmondo
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2. LG MW-71PY10
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3. Archos PMA430
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4. iBiquity
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5. Rio Carbon Pearl
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6. Globalpetfinder
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7. Samsung HLR6768W
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8. Slingbox
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9. LG VX8000
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10. LG 60PY2DR
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5. Best of CNET:

World's largest plasma TV

CES is all about "mine's bigger" bragging rights in the consumer
electronics world, and Samsung's 80-inch plasma flat panel is guaranteed
to induce feelings of inadequacy in the Korean giant's rivals. Samsung
won't stop at 80 inches either.

Read more:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=14-5MPAIF~K4BJryuPrB7XMITBvR8B2

Ordinary radio strikes back

The big difference between iBiquity's digital radio and the popular
services from XM and Sirius is that iBiquity's digital signals are
broadcast from the stations you already know and love, over the
traditional AM and FM bands. The best part is the price.

Read more:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=c6-URy9QMLzOuivuzJLIXTZemsyxVXQ

More stories:

Tsunami relief aid
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DIY laptop upgrade
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Meedio TV: cheaper than TiVo
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a0-11a8QQBYcH3VwbrdZnNO1PK_svT0

CES calling: the latest cell phones
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3f-4skEIqMZaqWspy8ONEftqBufNgM6

Kodak's 4-megapixel Wi-Fi camera
http://ct.com.com/click?q=de-7tYkQMW9g~wQ5EC2AGO4NBprhE~B

Digital cameras from the future
http://ct.com.com/click?q=7e-XD0eInp43zIbFQaNYxW7sMJeplQV

Backstage pass to CES 2005
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Watch live TV from your notebook
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Hack your Xbox
http://ct.com.com/click?q=fa-FmENQhOAbqWBUqe5tK1SmSWUomHr

Swiss Army Knife of portable gaming
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6. Top 10 CNET forum discussions

1. Detecting key loggers and RATs
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2. Image stabilization, what's the big deal?
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3. Backing up large number of files to multiple DVDs
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4. XP repair and Critical Updates
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5. iBook vs. PowerBook
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6. Easy Firefox and Mozilla tweaking!
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7. Advice on purchasing a new computer
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8. Medical student PDA suggestions?
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9. Digital camera that minimizes blur?
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10. USB 1.0 to USB 2.0, is there a way?
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THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Video goes Vegas

2005-01-08T01:25:00.000-08:00

CNET | NEWS.COM WEEK IN REVIEW
The Entire Tech Week in a Single E-mail

January 08, 2005

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Video goes Vegas

Tech companies gathered this week in Las Vegas to show off
their big guns in the battle for your living room.

In the first keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show,
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates touted a partnership with TiVo
during what was mainly a state of the union address on
Microsoft's digital media strategy. The television recording
pioneer has enlisted Microsoft in its new TiVoToGo effort to
offer mobile versions of TiVo-recorded programs.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3a-QAvgIrzgjL2Bonmj09A87A4Bctxa
http://ct.com.com/click?q=87-iz3OQ8n9WLvW~XnsUrcjjkTOpiIf

The service will allow owners of recent-vintage TiVo boxes to
transfer programs to a Windows XP desktop, from which the
programs can in turn be shuttled to Microsoft-powered portable
devices, such as Portable Media Center video gadgets and
Smartphone mobile phones.

The presentation at CES was marred by several technical
glitches, including a Windows XP Media Center slide show that
couldn't be launched and an Xbox game demonstration that
abruptly ended with a blue-screen memory error.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=e9-gd8pQxVKgdjJLm63qyWTW8GE5TC0

"Right now, nine people are being fired," joked comedian Conan
O'Brien, who helped host the session, after the first snafu.
"Who's in charge of Microsoft?"
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Hot Babe and Debian: A test case for community standards in free software
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Thibaut Varene didn't mean to start a discussion about free software
projects and community standards. But that's what he did when he posted
an Intent to Package notice to the Debian-devel list for a novelty
program called Hot Babe. The notice resulted in half a dozen threads
and hundreds of emails, and an ongoing debate about whether a free
software project like Debian should accept packages that are sexist,
pornographic, or otherwise potentially offensive -- and who and who
would be held to account in any resulting legal action.

Your software rights or the best tools: often a sad choice
http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/05/1842204&from=rss

Commentary: What do we do when we have a substandard free software
product that we could use, but would be more productive with a
proprietary competitor? What sacrifices should we make in order to use
a free software program? Originally the GNU Project was intended to
provide a free (as in rights) replacement for proprietary Unix -- the
dominant industrial operating system at the time. This project was
initiated with the understanding that proprietary software would have
to be used until free alternatives were made available. Today we have
many free replacements for proprietary programs, but are they truly
equivalents? Because GNU Project and Free Software Foundation founder
Richard Stallman's computing needs are met with BASH, GCC, GDB, and
Emacs does not mean that the rest of us can safely cast off
rights-restrictive software. Suggesting that we all switch to free
software-only systems seems a bit pretentious and narrow-minded,
considering the average user's desktop computing needs.

My workstation OS: SUSE Professional
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Long-time Linux users know that the kernel and most of the programs are
the same across distributions, but different implementations vary in
their hardware detection, default choices of basic software, package
management system, availability of extra packages, third-party
software, and bundled management tools. I was looking for a single
distribution I could rely on as both a server and a desktop OS, and one
that I could install and support remotely for clients and use at home
for work and play. What I found was the powerful SUSE Professional.

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Embedding open source
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Linux is a big player in the embedded systems market. But is open
source?

Black Duck Software Seminars to Highlight Open Source Best Practices in the Enterprise
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/07/2142209&from=rss

Black Duck Software, the leading provider of software compliance
management solutions, will be conducting a series of free seminars on
open source software this month. The seminars entitled "Outlook and
Issues for Open Source in the Enterprise in 2005" will be held in
Boston, New York and Silicon Valley.

Archos preps Linux, Wi-Fi enabled portable media player
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Archos further loosened the ties between portable media players and PC
hosts today with the launch of its first Wi-Fi enabled device.

AMD and RealNetworks Sign on as Key Sponsors at Premier Linux and Open Source Conference
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Desktop Summit today announced
that AMD, RealNetworks, Linspire, and other major tech companies have
been added to the roster for the only event to focus exclusively on
Linux and open source for the desktop. Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks,
has been confirmed as a keynote speaker, joining Mitch Kapor, creator
of Lotus 1-2-3 and founder of the Mozilla Foundation, Michael
Robertson, CEO of Linspire, Inc., and Doc Searls, Senior Editor at
Linux Journal. The highly anticipated Summit, to take place on February
9-11 in San Diego, California, is now open for sponsors, exhibitors,
and attendees to register at http://www.desktopsummit.com. Early-bird
registration is only $99 including meals and a free T-shirt, and
sponsorships start at only $750.

Mandrakesoft trail could lead to corporate Linux desktop
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2005?

Nvidia unveils mainstream GeForce 6 mobile GPUs
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Nvidia has introduced its first mobile graphics chip with its AGP-style
TurboCache memory management system.

Sun Readies Open Code
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Sun Microsystems is preparing to submit a "significant project" to the
open source community, internetnews.com has learned.

Opera Delivers Beta of Linux Web Browser
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sjvn writes "Norway's Opera Software has released the beta for its
next-generation Web browser to Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD."

Sun revokes FreeBSD's Java licence
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FreeBSD is concerned that its right to view the Java source code has
been taken away The open source FreeBSD project has had its licence to
view the Java source code revoked by Sun, according to the FreeBSD
Foundation's latest newsletter.

Key CES message: We're fast becoming a throwaway electronics society
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/07/1850212&from=rss

Q: So what's the enduring message of this year's Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas, which concludes Sunday? A: Following three post-9/11
bubble years of generally conservative spending, the industry perceives
that a growth breakthrough is going to happen this year. Device
manufacturers know a lot of equipment -- both consumer and enterprise
-- is obsolete and needs to be replaced; over the next five years, the
industry is going to do its darndest to help people do just that. (Use
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Industry thought leaders are expecting increased sales through the end
of the decade as consumers replace their analog cameras, video
recorders, music players, radios, telephones, and other devices with
digital versions, and also invest in new flat-screen TV sets. Personal
computers are also being replaced faster than ever. Higher and higher
quality is the goal; companies with high-end products are the ones
standing to gain big time.

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Computing: USB to Bluetooth Adapter
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Computing: Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse
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PC Mods: True Light Memory Heat Spreader
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Gadgets: USB Memory Watch
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Cube Goodies: Despair, Inc. 2005 Calendars
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Books: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
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Tshirts: 1up Mushroom
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CNET Download Dispatch: Going once...going twice...sold!

2005-01-07T12:36:00.000-08:00

CNET | DOWNLOAD DISPATCH WEEKEND EDITION

January 7, 2005
Vol. 2, No. 1

Our New Year's resolution was to never lose another eBay auction
again. In this spirit, we've assembled Download.com's top 5
Auction Tools to help you take advantage of all those good deals
out there. Happy downloading!

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2. This Week's Top Movers
3. Download Launchpad
4. This Week's Top 10 Downloads
5. Focus On...Auction tools

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1. New Releases

- Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) 1.1.115
Date added: January 5, 2005
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A grab bag of bug fixes and enhancements highlight the latest
iteration of this popular alternative browser.

- Active WebCam 5.3
Date added: January 5, 2005
License: Free to try; $29 to buy
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A new command-line parameter to run the program in full-
screen mode and a time-limit function add to this feature-
rich Webcam companion.

- Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta
Date added: January 6, 2005
License: Free
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Designed to both remove existing spyware infestations and to
prevent unwanted applications from installing themselves,
Microsoft finally unveils its antispyware solution.

- PolyView 4.22
Date added: January 4, 2005
License: Free to try; $29.95 to buy
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Get the most out of your photos and images with the help of
this editor, which now includes support for Adobe's DNG file
format and Fuji's FinePix F700 camera.

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2. This Week's Top Movers

Here are some of the fastest-rising downloads on our Most
Popular list:

1. Trillian: Riding high on the recently released 3.0 update,
this multiprotocol chat client surges seven spots to No.
10.
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2. Slim Browser: Sporting tabs and a built-in pop-up killer,
this alternative browser makes a strong debut at No. 39.
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3. eMule: Based on the eDonkey2000 network and jammed with
exclusive features, this easy-to-use file-sharing app
rises four spots to No. 41.
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4. IrfanView: Editing right past the competition and up two
spots comes this lean image editor at No. 44.
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5. Adobe Photoshop CS: This de facto standard image-editing
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RealArcade just released Gutterball 2, Fresco Wizard, and Wik &
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4. This Week's Top 10 Downloads

The year 2005 starts off with some minor reshuffling and a
surge of file-sharing players moving within striking
distance of the coveted top spot.

1. Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1,669,121 downloads
2. Spybot - Search & Destroy 762,871 downloads
3. ICQ 4 514,509 downloads
4. WinZip 406,624 downloads
5. iMesh 319,322 downloads
6. eDonkey 238,240 downloads
7. Warez P2P 202,599 downloads
8. BearShare 199,571 downloads
9. Morpheus 196,024 downloads
10. Trillian 195,000 downloads

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5. Focus On...Auction tools

Here are the most popular auction tools for the week of
January 3:

1. eBay Auction Sniper and Auto Search 2.7
http://ct.com.com/click?q=f5-lTBRQgwo22twmFgQyLpOOkTBm9sK
License: Free to try; $45.99 to buy
833 downloads last week

By using a simplified browser interface and placing bids in
the final seconds, this auction utility makes it easy to win
eBay items.

2. Auction Sentry 2.5
http://ct.com.com/click?q=43-co75IBJ2Lm7O_eJ1Bqw0X~GE0H4H
License: Free to try; $14.95 to buy
484 downloads last week

Automate both the buying and selling of eBay items with
this feature-rich auction tool.

3. SniperFox Basic 0.9.3.5
http://ct.com.com/click?q=cd-VHaSQzszFUoAt4BGr~R2FO9qfTwg
License: Free to try; $10.50 to buy
380 downloads last week

This auction tool's unique offerings include an IE plug-in, a
multithreaded design, and a network-benchmarking tool, so
you'll never miss an auction again.

4. SnipeRight Professional 1.0.1.0006
http://ct.com.com/click?q=2d-OxMyIbKmNP2suZxuIykky7hyjYwJ
License: Free to try; $19 to buy
197 downloads last week

Simplicity is the name of the game with this auction-
automation tool, which can place last-second bids, arrange
payment, and leave autofeedback.

5. AuctionIntelligence 1.5
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a2-6~Q7QXZoF7q2b~DlqV6aD_DvsExh
License: Free to try; $9.99 to buy
98 downloads last week

This auction-analysis tool monitors pricing trends, runs
multiple searches, and shows you up to 20 details about each
eBay listing.

For more auction tools from Download.com, look here:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=04-k9C0IFQrTQWUUR7vQHqUE7xsiQZg
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STRATEGY & INSIGHT: Homeward bound

2005-01-07T12:14:00.000-08:00

CNET | STRATEGY & INSIGHT

The pundits' take on the hottest trends and events affecting
business and technology.

January 7, 2005

Want to see where the next battle will be waged among tech
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Microsoft and some of its rivals see the best opportunity
to gain new customers, profits and industry mindshare through
increasingly high-profile consumer ventures such as digital
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Sure, Microsoft still garners something close to 80 percent of
its overall revenue from business customers. But that's a slow
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See the CES Next Big Thing Awards finalists

2005-01-07T11:31:00.000-08:00

CNET | Digital Dispatch
See the CES Next Big Thing Awards finalists
January 7, 2005

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>Strip poker on demand
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cents. A Cingular phone, $4, and no self-respect are all you need
to turn this fantasy into reality.

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Why IM is so much better than e-mail [ANCHORDESK]

2005-01-07T10:26:00.000-08:00

AnchorDesk Week in Review: 1/3/04 - 1/7/05

Editor's note: Our columnists are away at CES filing
up-to-the-minute reports for CNET on the newest and most
promising gadgets and technology. Please enjoy these classic
AnchorDesk columns. New columns will start running January 12
with Molly Wood taking over as the host of AnchorDesk.

_____________THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY_____________

WHY IM IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN E-MAIL
By Brian Cooley

LIVING IT: It took Brian a while to warm up to instant
messaging. But once he did, it became his messaging medium
of choice. He tells why and explains how people who
complain about freemail are crybabies.

Read More:
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_______________MONDAY EDITION_______________

BRIAN COOLEY
Hang up and drive? Give me a break!
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ROBERT VAMOSI
Dear IE, I'm leaving you for good
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_______________WEDNESDAY EDITION_______________

BRIAN COOLEY
Why IM is so much better than e-mail
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ELIOT VAN BUSKIRK
My iPod beats satellite radio any day
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_______________FRIDAY EDITION_______________

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How to keep your sanity at 30,000 feet
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Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus
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2005-01-07T08:29:00.000-08:00

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The enterprise isn't dead--it's just more personal [TECH UPDATE]

2005-01-07T06:45:00.000-08:00

Welcome to ZDNet's Tech Update Today for Fri., January 7, 2005

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IN THIS ISSUE:

DAVID BERLIND
- The enterprise isn't dead--it's just more personal

TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN
- Software firms want copyright law rewrite
- AMD's Centrino challenger: Turion
- Mobile Trojan launches Skulls attack
- Microsoft launches anti-spyware beta
- Tech worker job confidence rebounds
- Offshore-outsourcing spending to creep up

IN THE BLOGS
- 2005: Early warning systems and decoding nature -- Dan Farber
- Embedding open source -- Dana Blankenhorn
- Gartner-Meta merger a sign of the times -- Chris Jablonski
- What"s that again? A $10 VoIP-enabled Princess Phone? -- Russell Shaw
- SOA: Is the price right? -- Britton Manasco

DAN FARBER'S PICKS
- Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism
- How to fight against patent terrorism
- Vonage: Nobody's getting in our way
- Wireless worries: Unauthorized hot spots and rogue warriors

IN THE BLOGS
- Steve Jobs: Loose lips must be eradicated

COMMENTARY
- The right role for WiMax

READER
- Software by subscription, sure--but what about support?

DOWNLOADS
- Protect that wireless network

AUDIOCAST
- Consolidating Servers and Storage for ROI

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- Linspire: Easing into desktop Linux
- Firefox has much to learn

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AMD's Centrino challenger: Turion
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Tech worker job confidence rebounds
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Offshore-outsourcing spending to creep up
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IN THE BLOGS

2005: Early warning systems and decoding nature -- Dan Farber
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Embedding open source -- Dana Blankenhorn
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Gartner-Meta merger a sign of the times -- Chris Jablonski
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What"s that again? A $10 VoIP-enabled Princess Phone? -- Russell Shaw
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SOA: Is the price right? -- Britton Manasco
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DAN FARBER'S PICKS

Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism

"No" wasn't all Bill Gates said when, on the eve of his CES keynote,
Microsoft's chairman was asked if intellectual-property laws need to
be reformed. "Of the world's economies, there's more that believe in
intellectual property today than ever. There are fewer communists in
the world today than there were. There are some new modern-day sort
of communists who want to get rid of the incentive for musicians and
moviemakers and software makers under various guises." Gates spoke with
CNET News.com about Microsoft's consumer plans, the convergence of
entertainment technologies, competing with Google, the re-birth of
Apple--and why he hasn't done a blog yet.
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Video: Gates outlines vision for tech in 2005
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How to fight against patent terrorism

If customers--not developers or distributors--are the targets of a
patent
infringement action, most rational patent holders would choose not to
sue.
However, patent terrorists are companies with business models based on
litigation as a threat and licensing as a revenue source. Faced with the

very real threat of patent terrorism, attorney Richard Wilder
recommends,
CIOs ought to seriously consider the indemnification policies of their
vendors before concluding big software purchases.
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Vonage: Nobody's getting in our way

Three years after opening for business, Vonage has become the
largest provider of VoIP services in the United States. But
more-established cable and telephone companies are finally getting
aggressive with their own Net phone services--and that's likely to
raise challenges for Vonage. CNET News.com recently spoke with
Jeffrey Citron, Vonage's acerbic-tongued CEO, about the changing
face of the VoIP industry and what it might portend for his company.
READ FULL INTERVIEW
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Russell Shaw: Move over, Vonage: Why a Netgear VoIP phone makes sense
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Wireless worries: Unauthorized hot spots and rogue warriors

Many businesses and educational institutions have their own wireless
networks-- but are often faced with policing rogue wireless hot spots
brought in by employees or students. In this ZDNet audiocast, we'll
look at the issue of wireless security, and what can be done to detect
and block unwanted hot spots.
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IN THE BLOGS

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Steve Jobs: Loose lips must be eradicated

Apple's Steve Jobs runs a tight ship. Information leaks are treated
as flaws in the system that must be eradicated, using the courts if
necessary to protect "trade secrets." This week, Apple lawyers swayed
a court into issuing subpoenas to Mac enthusiast site Think Secret,
among others, in an effort to identify the source of alleged leaks
about a $500 iMac and a Microsoft Office competitor. It's Jobs' right
to eliminate loose lips from the ranks, but taking the press to court
for doing its job legitimately is just going too far.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=b7-FO1PQ8JoOIFH1qpZcxqJBTNILNdz

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMMENTARY

The right role for WiMax

WiMax, the latest wireless broadband standard, promises to be
all things to all men, so how can it gain focus and mature?
Anthony Plewes looks at the challenges this technology must
overcome and where it fits in the wireless world
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READER

Software by subscription, sure--but what about support?

At $50 per user per year, David Berlind noted recently, desktop *nix
offerings from Novell and Sun will likely redefine the market for
desktop software. Reader Miles Wade, a Windows XP Embedded system
designer, admits to being "tantalized" by desktop Linux' potential.
"A $50 annual subscription for desktop Linux, writes Wade, "isn't out
of line at all. If I knew the support connection was going to result
in a definitive answer, I wouldn't hesitate recommending subscriptions
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from Microsoft."
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Symantec/Veritas: A marriage of convenience--or brilliance?

The $13.5 billion Symantec/Veritas merger is somewhat confounding,
at least to the investment community. Where is the synergy in joining
together two strong companies with little overlap in products and
technology? The people who buy security products aren't typically the
same who acquire storage infrastructure. But that may be changing over
the next few years as security becomes a more embedded part of
infrastructure. I have to assume there is a grand plan for a unified
security and server/storage suite that manages risk, servers, storage
and compliance across an enterprise.
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See also: Symantec, Veritas reach out to investors
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Linspire: Easing into desktop Linux

For businesses that are exploring Windows alternatives in their
desktop deployments, Linspire CEO Michael Robertson has a simple
message: Ease of use really does matter. In an e-mail interview,
Robertson compared Linspire and its one-click install process with
desktop offerings from Novell and Sun. He also fielded my questions
about hardware support, pricing structure, remote management, the
specter of lawsuits, and why $50 per year per user is all any business
ought to pay for all the desktop software they need.
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See also: Desktop *nix and what $50 gets you
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Firefox has much to learn

Firefox, writes George Ou, demonstrates "a flagrant disregard for the
most
basic of security principles." His gripes: Installing Firefox requires
downloading an unsigned binary from a random web server; installing
unsigned
extensions is the default action in the Extensions dialog; it's
impossible to
check the signature on downloaded program files; and it's too easy to
bypass
the "This might be a virus" dialog. Ou's recommendations for the IE
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It's gadget heaven at CES [TECH UPDATE]

2005-01-07T05:59:00.000-08:00

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IN THIS ISSUE:

DAVID BERLIND
- It's gadget heaven at CES

DAN FARBER'S PICKS
- Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism
- Loaded laptops for your living room
- Firefox has much to learn
- Linspire: Easing into desktop Linux
- Security threats: You thought 2004 was bad? Just wait...
- 2005: More money means more decisions
- Protect that wireless network
- Steve Jobs: Loose lips must be eradicated

LATEST TECHNOLOGIES FROM CES
- Samsung P777 has more memory
- Pioneer's do-it-all DVD player
- Transform your iPod into a video player
- Can microdrive players get any smaller?
- Fossil unveils wristwatch PDA
- Minolta color laser aims to break photo printing barrier

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- Put your desktop to work
- CNET's quick guide to free media jukeboxes
- Innies or outties: which storage options are right for you?

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It's gadget heaven at CES

Gadget lovers hitting Las Vegas for this week's Consumer Electronics
Show are finding an oasis of high-definition technology, new notebook
chips, digital video services over broadband networks -- plus a peek
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Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism

"No" wasn't all Bill Gates said when, on the eve of his CES keynote,
Microsoft's chairman was asked if intellectual-property laws need to
be reformed. "Of the world's economies, there's more that believe in
intellectual property today than ever. There are fewer communists in
the world today than there were. There are some new modern-day sort
of communists who want to get rid of the incentive for musicians and
moviemakers and software makers under various guises." Gates spoke with
CNET News.com about Microsoft's consumer plans, the convergence of
entertainment technologies, competing with Google, the re-birth of
Apple--and why he hasn't done a blog yet.
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Video: Gates promotes portable media center at CES
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Loaded laptops for your living room

A new breed of entertainment laptops incorporates all the components
of a home theater--a PVR, a TV, a CD and DVD player, a radio, a
wide-screen LCD, and remote controls--into stylish cases that will
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Firefox has much to learn

Firefox, writes George Ou, demonstrates "a flagrant disregard for the
most
basic of security principles." His gripes: Installing Firefox requires
downloading an unsigned binary from a random web server; installing
unsigned
extensions is the default action in the Extensions dialog; it's
impossible to
check the signature on downloaded program files; and it's too easy to
bypass
the "This might be a virus" dialog. Ou's recommendations for the IE
challenger:
Fix the security shortcomings, support IE formatting in addition to HTML

standard formatting, and support and secure ActiveX. More than a few
ZDNet
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Enterprise IT to Firefox: 'Your resume looks great, but sorry; we don t
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Linspire: Easing into desktop Linux

For businesses that are exploring Windows alternatives in their
desktop deployments, Linspire CEO Michael Robertson has a simple
message: Ease of use really does matter. In an e-mail interview with
David Berlind, Robertson compared Linspire and its one-click install
process with desktop offerings from Novell and Sun. He also fielded
questions about hardware support, pricing structure, remote management,
the specter of lawsuits, and why $50 per year is all any customer
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Security threats: You thought 2004 was bad? Just wait...

Once again, denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses and cybercrime
dominated technology headlines the past 12 months. The consensus: 2004
was the year of phishing. And this ID scam's success owes everything to
"botnets." silicon.com's Will Sturgeon has the nasty details.
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VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos: Preparing for a doomsday attack
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2005: More money means more decisions

Despite a potentially slower world economy in 2005, IT budgets are
actually set to increase. Although increased optimism seems like a
good thing on paper, it could translate into a more difficult year for
IT management. After two years of being told not to spend, IT shops are
now being trusted to invest in technology again -- as long as the
investments reap rewards.
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Protect that wireless network

An unprotected wireless network is like a welcome mat for
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rogue-AP detection, dedicated RF sensors, and combined wired
and wireless network monitoring to keep you safe.
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Steve Jobs: Loose lips must be eradicated

Apple's Steve Jobs runs a tight ship. Information leaks are treated
as flaws in the system that must be eradicated, using the courts if
necessary to protect "trade secrets." This week, Apple lawyers swayed
a court into issuing subpoenas to Mac enthusiast site Think Secret,
among others, in an effort to identify the source of alleged leaks
about a $500 iMac and a Microsoft Office competitor. It's Jobs' right
to eliminate loose lips from the ranks, but taking the press to court
for doing its job legitimately is just going too far.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a7-fRw2Q8Bykbwb5pHI3qSPD7B7gcMT

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LATEST TECHNOLOGIES FROM CES

Samsung P777 has more memory

Samsung ups the ante by introducing its new P777 handset. With an
integrated memory capacity of 100MB, Samsung's P777 triband mobile
can hold as much as 60 minutes of audio or video from the integrated
1.3-megapixel camera and camcorder.
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See also: Samsung N330 Slider cell phone
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Pioneer's do-it-all DVD player

In addition to playing both SACD and DVD-Audio discs,the Pioneer
DV-588A-S
adds DivX compatibility, and the ability to play back WMA and MP3 files
and
display JPEG photos. Naturally it's also progressive-scan.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=81-z1jaQ~KLQRJ4hjYURWiwtRXZpDRC

Transform your iPod into a video player

Nyko Technologies' MoviePlayer may be the ultimate iPod accessory.
Consisting of a 3.5-inch full-color LCD, which folds closed like a
laptop, and a control panel, the MoviePlayer actually houses an iPod
and turns it into a media player.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=f5-lTBRQgwo22tgmZ7jyLpOOkTBm9sK

Can microdrive players get any smaller?

Rio's 2.5GB CE2100 MP3 player not only allows Rio to offer a
noticably smaller alternative to the Rio Carbon, it also sticks
a product in at the more affordable $200 price point.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a7-fRw2Q8Bykbwb5pG03qSPD7B7gcMT

Fossil unveils wristwatch PDA

Fossil's Wrist PDA embeds a Palm-powered organizer into a somewhat
bulky timepiece. fashion geeks can pick from a variety of watch
faces to customize the device to complement their personal style.
You charge the watch and sync data with your PC via a USB port.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=5a-ah31IP0JdGdCKDQSGSDPBkXAdaoR

Minolta color laser aims to break photo printing barrier

No vendor has been bold enough to label a laser printer as
photo-friendly---
until now. The Minolta Magicolor 2430DL is the first laser printer to
include
a PictBridge 1.0 port for printing photos straight from a digital
camera.
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Winning the war on spam

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Smart Gnome Control v0.3 - First Beta Release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=433805

Smart Gnome Control is a graphical user interface to multiple
communications receivers via the Hamlib library. The specific purpose
is to let you control your communications receiver from a personal
computer, and to simplify the hobby of shortwave radio listening. The
Smart Gnome Control interface is designed to automatically reconfigure
according to the known capabilities of your receiver. It is also
designed to provide database-driven tuning, memory and logging
capabilities, based on FineWare's (discontinued) Smart Control series
of receiver control packages for Windows. The Smart Gnome Control
interface is written for Linux and Cygwin in GNU C/C++, using Glade,
Gdk/Gtk+ and Gnome widgets. It also requires version 1.2.2 of Hamlib.
Smart Gnome Control requires: * hamlib 1.2.2 * gtk+ 1.2 (not 2.0) *
gnome 1.4 (not 2.0) * gdk-pixbuf 0.8 or later * GConf 1.0.4 or later
(not 2.0) These packages (except hamlib) are included in every modern
non-specialized linux distribution. You will also need the so-called
development files of each package which include the header files and
static libraries. I hope you'll have fun using Smart Gnome Control. If
you find any bugs or have any comments feel free to contact me. Bugs
and feature requests should be submitted using the bug tracker on the
project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sgcontrol. Hamlib-related
bugs should be sent to the hamlib developer mailing list at
hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net. New in this release: - Added
logging capability - Added stepsize popups to tuning bar buttons - Made
Backspace and arrows usable in tuning - Moved all file operations to
local user directory, ~/.sgcontrol The latest release can be found
here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117426&package_i
d=127837

JGAP 2.0 released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=433849

JGAP is a genetic algorithms package written in Java. It is designed to
require minimum effort to use "out of the box," but is also designed to
be highly modular to allow for custom components to be easily plugged
in by the more adventurous. JGAP version 2.0 represents the second big
production release of JGAP after many years of development, testing,
alpha, and beta releases! This release contains many new features, unit
tests, documentation and lays ground for the upcoming version 3.0
extending status quo torwards Genetic Programming, auditing of
performance and ease of handling. This release can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11618&package_id
=48940

DeadlyCobra 0.7.0 provides multiplayer support
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=433719

Deadly Cobra is an SDL based game similar to the classic Nibbles or
snake game. The point is to eat as many "Men" as possible without
eating yourself or hitting a wall. Features include single &
multiplayer modes, cool 2-D graphics and great music. DeadlyCobra has
reached a big milestone in its snake history today. Multiplayer support
is now available as well as the new "Longest Snake Mode". It has been a
long time since a release, but this one is sure worth it. Practice hard
everyone, because the DeadlyCobra World Championship Belt Tournament is
Saturday, January 15th, 2005. The latest release can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39130&package_id
=32945

webERP v2.9b Release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=435106

webERP is an integrated accounting system written in PHP including
multi-currency AR, AP, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Sales Analysis,
Standard Costing, Mulit-location inventory, General Ledger, Bank
Accounts and reconciliations. The major changes in this release, apart
from a few smaller bug fixes and minor improvements throughout are: -
multilanguage for users. With gettext installed on your server webERP
can now be viewed in various languages. A couple of languages are
complete and more are currently being translated! Some good
multilanguage tools are contained in the distribution for creating,
viewing and editing the language translation files. We are currently
completing multilanguage for reports including a solution for more
complicated languages that require multi-byte characters. For anyone
who would like to contribute to webERP multilanguage we have the easy
to use tools mentioned above setup at http://www.weberp.org/translate.
More information about multilanguage can be found in our documents
section (DocManager) and by joining the multilanguage list. - unified
database and other system messages. Facilities to present messages have
been built and the entire system has been modified to use these common
facilities. This should enhance the user experience and ensure messages
now and in the future will always be handled in a "perfect" manner. -
cleaned up the code throughout. This included formatting for increased
readability of the code, increasing speed where possible by, for
example, using single quotes everywhere instead of double quotes which
take time to be parsed and formatting to better display long lines such
as sql and printf. More about coding standards can be found in our
documents (DocManager). - the manual can now be accessed directly from
the webERP system quick menu at the top. It has been separated into
sections based on the table of contents to minimize loading size and
time. There are facilities within for printing sections or the complete
manual. We have also added some processes and facilities that will
assist webERP in moving forward. There are now current and long term
roadmaps that help keep us aware and focused on development. Processes
for official releases and patches have been refined. And more... The
latest release can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=70949&package_id
=70351

Doomsday Engine 1.8.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=434509

The Doomsday Engine is a Windows/Linux/Mac OS X source port of Doom,
Heretic and Hexen with an emphasis on good-looking graphics. The
highlight of this release (pun intended ) is the shiny surfaces effect,
or surface reflections. I've updated DEDDoc.txt in the Doc directory
with info on the new Reflection definition. Don't get too excited,
though -- it's basically just a very inaccurate environment mapping,
suitable for simulating simple specular highlights and shiny surfaces
in general (metal and ice are pretty good examples). Reflections can be
masked, which allows e.g. making only the little icicles in a texture
glisten. On SourceForge you'll also find HexenShineExample.pk3, which
contains a couple of examples of possible effects for jHexen (although
the feature does allow even more variety). The shine examples are
supposed to be used with the original Hexen textures. A number of new
cvars and command line options were added as per requests. Detail
textures can now be loaded from external resources with Detail -> File.
Dani suggested making Doomsday crash more gracefully in Win32. Doomsday
will now attempt to trap the "bad" signals that Windows sends and then
shut down via a regular error dialog. Display settings etc. should be
restored correctly. vcbuild.bat was updated so that the missing dialog
resources are included in the binaries. I actually tried running a
"vcbuild jdoom" in a clean install this time, so maybe it'll work a bit
better than before. Project page: http://sf.net/projects/deng/ Website:
http://www.doomsdayhq.com/ Source Release:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74815&package_id
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2005-01-07T00:35:00.000-08:00

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January 07, 2005

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Site review: Open Source Law Blog
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/27/0243204&from=rss

Attorney Paul Arne writes the Open Source Law Blog, designed to make
visitors aware of developments in the law and business of open source
software. Arne is a rare bird: an attorney who can actually string
together a few sentences that don't induce sound sleep in the reader.
In fact, Arne has taken some issues regarding the GPL, copyright, and
software patents, and made these sometimes complex topics engaging,
fun, and easier to understand, all while bringing out important
nuances.

Object databases: Q&A with key movers at db4objects
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/04/224208&from=rss

While the traditional relational database market has largely resisted
open source databases, the database world overall is a dynamic market
full of change and opportunity. Berkeley DB and MySQL are notable open
source successes in the embedded market and the market for
database-backed Web sites. To that mix, db4objects hopes to become the
newest success story, with its object database. NewsForge sat down for
a Q&A with db4objects CEO Christof Wittig and Chief Software Architect
Carl Rosenberger to get an overview of their strategy.

Novell, Mandrake respond to Sun's Red Hat claims
http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/21/1749219&from=rss

When Sun's Scott McNealy told us that Red Hat had the Linux market, we
decided it might be a good idea to find out what Novell and
Mandrakesoft had to say about that. We exchanged email with
Mandrakesoft CEO FranÃÂ§ois Bancilhon and Novell's director of product
management and marketing, Charlie Ungashick, on the subject of Solaris
10, Red Hat, and how they compete in a consolidating market.

#======= NEWSVAC =======#
Better programming through effective list handling
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/2214208&from=rss

Anonymous Reader writes "Singly linked lists are a powerful abstraction
that allow programmers to represent numerous types of data; extending
those lists to handle arbitrary data types can offer effective tools
for processing data. This article looks at these processes and examine
the Lisp variation Scheme, an easy-to-use list-oriented language that
delivers list-manipulation capabilities without the complexities of C."

Xtops.DE: ASUS Laptops without "Microsoft-Tax"
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/2211220&from=rss

Werner Heuser writes "Laptop and notebook manufacturer ASUS has
officially declined to offer their machines without pre-installed
Microsoft operating system last year. But Xtops.DE is now entitled to
offer ASUS laptops and notebooks without "Microsoft-Tax", if you order
more than 10 pieces, an individual assembly is possible. We install the
Linux distribution of your choice or other UniX flavors. International
keyboards for ASUS machines will be free of charge."

Geek wristwatches are latest terrorist fashion
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/229207&from=rss

Guest writes "For those who inspect their keychain before each flight
to ensure that mini-leatherman was safely stowed in the checked luggage
to avoid TSA confiscation and those who have found their L.E.D.
flashlight looks like a zip gun in their carry-on, TSA has found yet
another device of choice for wannabe shoe bombers. That multi-sensored
Casio Pro-Trek on your wrist.

MySQL readies beta of enterprise open source database
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/223211&from=rss

MySQL at the end of January is expected to release a beta version of
its MySQL 5.0 open source database, which is to feature
enterprise-level functionality such as stored procedures and triggers,
according to a company representative.

Toolkit brings Web services standards closer to developers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/2157226&from=rss

Michael S. Mimoso writes "IBM recently released a new toolkit that
gives developers the opportunity to test drive emerging Web services
specifications."

Trail could lead to corporate Linux desktop
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/2155206&from=rss

amy kucharik writes "If up and coming Linux desktop vendors are smart,
they may want to follow the bread crumbs left by companies like
Mandrakesoft, which just released two corporate Linux offerings
designed to push the operating system into the enterprise desktop
scene."

Ways to choose Linux & keep Microsoft, part 2
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/2027215&from=rss

Choosing Linux is not an all-or-nothing option. Thanks to some handy
tools, IT managers can let some users cling to some Microsoft
applications, even if their desktops and servers run on Linux, said
Robin Miller, author of a new book, Point & Click Linux: Your Guide to
Trouble-Free Computing, from Prentice Hall PTR. In part one of this
interview, Miller provided tips on getting started with Linux. In part
two, he focuses on choosing tools and distributions and supporting
Linux.

How to Build Better Software: It's Simple
http://programming.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1935244&from=rss

Bloatware. It's an ugly term for an ugly phenomenon: the tendency of
software developers to cram in every imaginable feature, including some
that shouldn't have been imagined in the first place. Creeping
featuritis rarely results in better programs. It often makes them
harder to use. And it can leave them sluggish, insecure, and
unreliable.

Free Fall: Internet Explorer Has Now Lost 30% Of The Browser Market
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1932238&from=rss

By December 2005 or before, as I have previously anticipated, Internet
Explorer will not be anymore the browser of choice for the majority of
Internet users.

MedicAlert to arm patients with USB drives
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1921206&from=rss

MedicAlert, best known for its health care information bracelets, plans
to offer a USB device that stores personal medical records.

#======= THINKGEEK =======#
Computing: Griffin radioSHARK
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/6ffe/?cpg=wnrdf

Books: Lord Of The Rings - 50 Year Anniversary Edition
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/scifi/721a/?cpg=wnrdf

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

Cube Goodies: Albert Einstein Action Figure
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/71a4/?cpg=wnrdf

Cube Goodies: PixelBlocks
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/6950/?cpg=wnrdf

PC Mods: X-Connect Power Supply
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/7151/?cpg=wnrdf

Computing: Cipher Shield Secured External HDD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/68b7/?cpg=wnrdf

Computing: iMic USB Audio Interface
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5d9c/?cpg=wnrdf

Computing: Portable Bluetooth Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/7090/?cpg=wnrdf

Computing: Klipsch GMX A-2.1
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/64d8/?cpg=wnrdf

Computing: USB to Bluetooth Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/6dd0/?cpg=wnrdf

Computing: Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/6efc/?cpg=wnrdf

PC Mods: True Light Memory Heat Spreader
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cooling/701c/?cpg=wnrdf

Gadgets: USB Memory Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5eec/?cpg=wnrdf

Cube Goodies: Despair, Inc. 2005 Calendars
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/71ed/?cpg=wnrdf

Books: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/6637/?cpg=wnrdf

Tshirts: 1up Mushroom
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/gaming/7190/?cpg=wnrdf

Cube Goodies: /dev/blanket
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/blankets/574a/?cpg=wnrdf

O'Reilly Store: I hack my Mac.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/oreilly/tshirts/70f9/?cpg=wnrdf

PVP Store: Han Shot First
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pvp/swag/712c/?cpg=wnrdf

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Freshmeat Update

2005-01-06T23:15:00.000-08:00

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January 07, 2005

FRESHMEAT UPDATE

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Latest Updates:

42go ISP Manager 2.0 Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183858/

42go ISP Manager is a Linux/FreeBSD Web server management solution. It
can manage reseller administration, Apache Web server administration,
sendmail/postfix, an FTP server, a POP3 auto-responder, MySQL client
databases, Webalizer statistics, disk-quotas, mail-quotas, IP
addresses, SSL, SSI, shell access, anti-virus mail scanning, and spam
filtering (with SpamAssassin). 42go ISP Manager supports all major
Linux distributions, including RedHat 9, Fedora Core 1, Mandrake 10.0,
SuSE 9.0, and Debian 3.0. It also supports FreeBSD 5.0 and 5.1.

AdvanceMAME 0.90.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183872/

AdvanceMAME is a port of the MAME and MESS emulators for arcade
monitors, TVs, and PC monitors.

AdvanceMENU 2.4.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183873/

AdvanceMENU is a frontend for AdvanceMAME, MAME, MESS, RAINE and other
arcade emulators. It supports extended features like PNG/MNG/MP3
animated snapshots, up to 192 previews at the same time, and many other
features.

aspell-da 1.4.46
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183835/

aspell-da is an aspell dictionary for spell-checking Danish texts. It
is based on "Den store danske ordliste" (The Comprehensive
Danish Dictionary).

Bastard 25c (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183857/

Bastard is virtual server oriented patchset, containing essential
elements for building virtual server container machines. It includes a
CTX-VS patch, squashfs for creating a small template server, lufs and
bme for easily creating overlayed filesystems on top of the template,
and honeynet- inspired extensions to enhance monitoring of hosted
servers. It also includes VPN extensions like OpenSWAN, MPPE, and CIPE
to enable direct access to hosted virtual servers in situations where
IPs are scarce.

BearTKat 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183808/

BearTKat is a scanner control application specifically designed to
control the Uniden BC250D series of handheld trunk-tracking scanners.
Other radios may work if they use the same control protocol, but
modification may be required.

Blitz JavaSpaces 2.1.9-rep-7 (Fault Tolerant Edition (FT))
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183849/

Blitz is an open source JavaSpaces implementation designed to ease
development and deployment of JavaSpaces technology. It is Jini 2.0
enabled, and uses established VM principles. It also implements smart
indexing, tuneable persistence, and active/passive lease cleanup. It is
designed with experimentation and expansion in mind.

BlueCap 0.2f (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183779/

BlueCap is a Hotline server with some useful improvements like real
previews on files and transaction encryption. It can be used with the
RedCap Hotline client, but it is still fully compatible with classic
Hotline clients.

blur6ex 0.1.153
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183888/

blur6ex is a simple, fast, and moderately feature-rich content system.
It supports a blog, a simple content system for article publishing, RSS
feed generation, CSS-based layouts (no tables at all), simple galleries
for your photos, authentication, and QuickQuotes for citing passages in
your comments.

BottomFeeder 3.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183862/

BottomFeeder is an application that reads and displays RSS and
Atom-formatted feeds. RSS and Atom are syndication formats used by a
large number of news sites and Web logs.

CentOS CentOS-3 3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183901/

CentOS is a community-based release of Enterprise Linux. Each version
is based on open sources and is fully compatible with versions produced
by Red Hat, Inc. Extra packages are made available by the community to
augment the original release. The releases are not restricted by per
seat licensing in any way. Centos-3 is based on Enterprise Linux
version 3 and Centos-2 is based on Advanced Server 2.1.

Channelflow 0.9.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183813/

Channelflow is a direct numerical simulator for incompressible
Navier-Stokes channel flow, written in C++. It simulates fluid flow in
a rectangular box, with no-slip boundary conditions on the upper and
lower surfaces of the box, and periodic boundary conditions in the
stream and spanwise directions. Channelflow uses a spectral
discretization in spatial directions (Fourier x Chebyshev x Fourier)
and finite-differencing in time, on primitive variables (3D velocity
and pressure).

Chatty :) 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183826/

Chatty :) is a script that lets you create a simple but good-looking
chat system in a few minutes. It is highly customizable and fully open
to modifications.

Classic Forum 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183657/

The Classic Forum is a classical threaded forum that consists of a
daemon that holds all data in RAM and client programs that query the
daemon or use shared memory to retrieve the data. It's designed to be
very fast and flexible and has a very well designed plugin interface.
The user interface features 72 configuration options and includes very
nifty filtering options.

CMMS 1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183837/

CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) is an easy to use
tool for managing and maintaining business equipment. It supports
categories and sub- categories for organizing your equipment as well as
two user levels, export to CSV, and complete vendor management.

conspy 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183815/

Conspy allows a (possibly remote) user to see what is displayed on a
Linux virtual console, and to send keystrokes to it. It only known to
work with Linux. It is rather like VNC, but where VNC takes control of
a GUI, conspy takes control of a text-mode virtual console. Unlike VNC,
conspy does not require a server to be installed prior to being used.

Cupid 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183841/

Cupid is a video recorder built with GStreamer. It allows you to record
V4L1 and V4L2 streams into various formats and codecs.

DC Maintenance Management System 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183847/

DC Maintenence Management System is a Web-based application to record
and analyze customer complaints and repairs in water supply networks.
It uses PHP, mapserver, and PostGIS.

Destiney Scripts Topsites 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183804/

Destiney Scripts Topsites is a script for creating a
dynamically-generated, traffic gathering "topsite", a
competition traffic site on which members compete for placement on the
list based on the traffic referrals they send. It features
http-referrer- and cookie-based anti-cheat devices, an admin interface,
gateway-less entry, and random site selection.

Directory administrator 1.6.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183871/

Directory administrator is a smart LDAP directory management tool. It
can be used to manage UNIX and Samba user accounts and groups in a
single sign-on setup, corporate address book information, host-based
access control and advanced email routing. It's extremely easy to
install and use, yet powerful at the same time.

DireqCafe 3.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183823/

DireqCafe is a full featured and complete open-source Internet cafe
system for use with the LTSP thin client solution.

drill 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183833/

Drill is a tool similar to dig from BIND. It was designed with DNSSEC
in mind, and should be a useful debugging/query tool for DNSSEC.

DrPython 3.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183886/

DrPython is a highly customizable, simple, and clean editing
environment for developing Python programs. It is intended primarily
for use in schools, and is a tribute to DrScheme.

dwerg's gtk theme 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183899/

dwerg's gtk theme is a theme engine based on a design by Everaldo for
Trillian.

Einstein Puzzle 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183825/

Einstein is a remake of the old DOS game Sherlock, which was inspired
by Albert Einstein's puzzle.

Enigmail 0.90.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183848/

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

FormFaces 2004 rel. 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183731/

FormFaces is a toolkit of Processors, libraries, and APIs that allow
XForms forms management across a range of enterprise architectures and
browser types. It is a server-side solution requiring no browser
plug-ins or proxies. The Processor provides a Java API for compiling
XHTML and XForms into DHTML including extendable JavaScript and DOM
access to the XForms model. It can selectively generate Java beans for
Servlet or JSP/JSTL access, or browser-ready markup. The libraries
provide an API for accessing generated DHTML form elements and
marshalling posted name-value pairs to XForms instance data.

gcx 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183890/

GCX provides a complete set of data-reduction functions for CCD
photometry, with frame WCS fitting, automatic target identification,
aperture photometry of target and standard stars, single-frame ensemble
photometry data reduction, multi-frame color coefficient fitting,
extinction coefficient fitting, and all-sky photometry. It also
controls CCD cameras and telescopes, and implements automatic
observation scripting. Cameras are controlled through a
hardware-specific server, to which gcx connects through a TCP socket.
The program can control telescopes which use the LX200 protocol, and
refine pointing by matching images to the GSC catalog position of
stars. It generates FITS files with comprehensive header information.

Gentoo Installation System 0.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183831/

GIS (Gentoo Installation System) is a menu- based boot disk or boot CD
that installs the Gentoo Linux distribution on your PC almost
automatically. It intends to be compliant with the Gentoo Handbook
installation.

GNU Aspell 0.60.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183812/

GNU Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell. It
can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker. Its
main feature is that it does a superior job of suggesting possible
replacements for a misspelled word than just about any other spell
checker out there for the English language. Unlike Ispell, Aspell can
also easily check documents in UTF-8 without having to use a special
dictionary. Aspell will also do its best to respect the current locale
setting. Other advantages over Ispell include support for using
multiple dictionaries at once and intelligently handling personal
dictionaries when more than one Aspell process is open at once.

gpgdir 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183853/

gpgdir is a Perl script that uses the CPAN GnuPG module to encrypt and
decrypt directories using a GPG key specified in ~/.gpgdirrc. It
supports recursively descending through a directory in order to make
sure it encrypts or decrypts every file in a directory and all of its
subdirectories. All file mtime and atime values are preserved across
encryption and decryption operations. In addition, gpgdir is careful
not to encrypt hidden files and directories.

GStreamer 0.8.3 (gst-ffmpeg)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183840/

GStreamer is a streaming media library and set of tools that enable
applications to share a common set of plugins for things like video
decoding and encoding, audio encoding and decoding, audio and video
filters, audio visualisation, Web streaming and anything else that
streams in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research
software worked on at the Oregon Graduate Institute.

gtkmm 2.5.4 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183846/

gtkmm (previously known as Gtk--) is a C++ interface for the popular
GUI library GTK+. It provides a convenient interface for C++
programmers to create graphical user interfaces with GTK+'s framework.
Highlights include typesafe callbacks, widgets which are extensible by
inheritance, and many classes that can be easily combined to quickly
create complex user interfaces.

hdup 2.0.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183830/

hdup is used to back up a filesystem. Features include encryption of
the archive (mcrypt/GnuPG), compression of the archive
(bzip2/gzip/lzop/none), the ability to transfer the archive to a remote
host or restoring from a remote host (with SSH), the ability to split
up archives, and no obscure archive format (it is a normal compressed
tar file).

Heirloom Toolchest 050106
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183866/

The Heirloom Toolchest is a collection of standard Unix utilities. It
was derived from original Unix material released as open source by
Caldera and contains up to four versions of each utility corresponding
to SVID3/SVR4, SVID4/ SVR4.2MP, POSIX.2/SUSV2, and 4BSD (SVR4
/usr/ucb). It contains support for lines of arbitrary length and in
many cases binary input data, support for multibyte character sets,
especially UTF-8, and more than 100 individual utilities including bc,
cpio, diff, ed, file, find, grep, man, nawk, oawk, pax, ps, sed, sort,
spell, and tar. Extensive documentation is included.

HelpCORE 1.2.0 Beta 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183756/

HelpCORE is a We-based help desk and service desk system that has no
known limitations on the amount of knowledge it can contain about your
organizations, people, hardware, software, or incidents. It acts as a
central information hub for everybody that is involved in the help and
service desk process. Managers can see overview and decision making
information, system administrators can see the status of their network
and software, and users can see the current status of their problems.

iPodBackup 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183864/

iPodBackup is a tool that backs up your home folder to an iPod using
rsync. You can back up to a plain folder, to an encrypted disk image,
or a regular disk image. You can also customize a list of items to be
excluded.

isdngw 0.3.4 (GnuGk)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183799/

isdngw is an H.323 to ISDN gateway using the OpenH323 and PWlib
libraries, and the ISDN4Linux subsystem. It is based on isdn2h323.

Isotopic Pattern Calculator 1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183861/

IPC (Isotopic Pattern Calculator) is a tool for mass spectrometry that
calculates the isotopic distribution of a given chemical formula or
peptide sequence. It uses gnuplot to visualize the results.

ispell-da 1.4.46
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183836/

ispell-da is an ispell dictionary for spell-checking of Danish texts.
It is based on "Den store danske ordliste" (The Comprehensive
Danish Dictionary).

JGraphAddons 1.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183824/

JGraphAddons contains a collection of layout algorithms (radialtree,
circle, annealing, gem, moen, spring, sugyiama, tree), graph algebra
stuff (shortest path, minimum spanning tree), and a number of useful
utilities (mostly cleaned-up code from JGraphpad) for JGraph.

Kallery 1.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183844/

Kallery is a highly configurable image gallery generator for KDE.

Linux Replicated High Availability Manager 0.7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183900/

The Linux Replicated High Availability Manager allows the creation of
clusters for providing high availability through data replication for
one or more applications. Currently, clusters are limited to two nodes,
but multiple applications can be hosted and failed-over between the
nodes. The software uses a modified "enbd / raidtools"
subsystem, and thus does not require shared media (such as twin-tailed
SCSI storage).

Management Objects for Your Assets Suite 0.13.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183821/

MOYA is a unified management architecture intended to make life easier
for anyone managing several disparate applications/systems that they
want to tie together in a uniform way. It is based around central
database stores, client libraries, update daemons, and detailed
interface protocols between them.

Mathomatic 11.6c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183817/

Mathomatic is a highly portable, general purpose symbolic math program
that can solve, simplify, combine, differentiate, integrate, and
compare algebraic equations. It can do standard, complex number, and
polynomial arithmetic. It is extremely easy to use and has pretty
colored, easily readable display of equations.

Metabase 2005.01.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183820/

Metabase consists of a set of PHP classes to access and manage
databases using an API that assures DBMS independence. It supports
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL server, Microsoft Access,
ODBC, Interbase, Informix, MiniSQL, and SQLite flat file databases.
There is a function library that interfaces with DBMS specific driver
classes, a parser class that interperts a custom XML format used to
describe database schemas, and a manager class that installs database
schema objects (tables, indexes, sequences) using the Metabase API. The
manager class is also able to upgrade a previously installed database
to a new schema without affecting that data that was stored since the
database was installed or was upgraded for the last time. There is also
schema reverse engineering support to help migrate database-specific
applications and start using Metabase.

Metadot Portal Server 6.4b6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183875/

Metadot Portal Server is point-and-click Web site building portal
software to build intranets, extranets, and community portals. It
features content management, collaboration, and a dashboard 'My News
Pages' like My Yahoo!. It is used by NASA, Berkeley, Schlumberger, MIT,
and other leading organizations. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows,
Apache, MySQL, and Perl.

Mini Gtk+ File Manager 0.9b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183842/

Mini Gtk+ File Manager has been written with size optimization in mind.
To achieve this goal, some code from the Busybox project was used. It
builds with GTK+ 1.2.10 or 2.x libraries. It contains a simple text
editor, a text viewer, a task manager, and an image viewer.

mlmmjadm 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183832/

mlmmjadm is a complete graphical frontend for administering mlmmj
mailing lists. It provides easy maintenance of moderator lists,
subscription lists, custom headers, subject prefixes, and every feature
supported by mlmmj. It is aimed at people who want to use state of the
art mailing list software, but don't like using command line tools for
administration.

mod_perlservice 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183855/

mod_perlservice is a module for the Apache Web server that makes it
possible to directly call Perl methods and subroutines over the
Internet from a client-side application using a variety of languages
including Perl, C, and Flash Action Script.

MyGeOs 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183885/

MyGeOs is a high performance GNU/Linux distribution. The project
provides a i686-optimized binary distribution (called
"MyGeOs-B") and a suite of source distributions. You can
choose a system optimization style that ranges from
"ExtremlyStable" to "OverOptimized". The
source-based MyGeOs is compiled completely on your own system from the
source code, so that the installed Linux system suits your computer
perfectly. Your processor is automatically recognized, and the system
is optimized for this processor. The installation of MyGeOS is largely
automatic.

MySQL-Formmaker 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183896/

MySQL-Formmaker is a tool for creating easy administration forms and
output of data. You define your forms, types of input, order, and so
on, and the system makes a database for you, along with the admin and
output files. You can change the layout of the output files. MySQL
field-types supported are INT, VARCHAR, TEXT, DATE, and DATETIME. Input
fields supported are NONE, TEXT, TEXTAREA, RADIO, CHECKBOX, SELECT, and
FILE-UPLOAD.

Neogia 0.1 (Documentation)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183838/

Neogia is a set of add-on component for the enterprise application
framework OFBiz. There is a functional component (or business
component), an add-on to the existing ERP - Ofbiz component for access,
and a technical component, used to generate most of the OFBiz files
from a UML class diagram. Functional components can be integrated in
OFBiz as new components or replacing existing OFBiz components (or
sub-components).

netwag 5.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183880/

Netwag is a graphical network toolbox.

netwib 5.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183878/

Netwib provides most functions needed by network programs. Its
objective is to let programmers easily create network programs. This
library provides features for Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, ICMP,
ARP, and RARP protocols. It supports spoofing, sniffing, client, and
server creation. Furthermore, netwib contains high level functions
dealing with data handling.

netwox 5.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183879/

Netwox is a toolbox that helps to find and solve networks' problems.

nsqlcli 0.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183883/

nsqlcli provides a command line interface to any ADO.NET database. This
allows arbitrary SQL commands to be sent to any connected ADO.NET
database from the command line.

OCC 1.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183877/

Online Chess Club is a PHP chess game. It allows you to play any number
of games simultaneously against your friends online using only a Web
browser, provided you own some PHP-ready Web space. It recognizes
checkmate, stalemate, and allows you to draw a game. In addition,
finished games may either be archived or deleted.

Ogham 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183452/

Ogham is a simple wiki-like CMS with a rich JavaScript user interface.
It is ideal for people for whom wiki syntax is a hurdle they won't
leap, as it features navigation styled after Windows Explorer, a
WYSIWYG editor, an image library, and the ability to create links the
same way you navigate.

OpenGUI 5.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183735/

OpenGUI is a high-level multi-platform, thread-safe C/C++ windowing and
graphics library built upon a fast, low-level graphics kernel. It
provides 2D drawing primitives and an event-driven windowing API for
easy application development. The benefit of this library is speed,
power, and a well-designed API with a narrow learning curve. It
supports the BMP, JPG, TGA, PNG, TIFF, and PCX image file formats,
color gradients, and TTF fonts. There is also basic XML file support
and a smart persistence wrapper. OpenGUI supports the keyboard and
mouse as event sources, the Linux framebuffer, SVGAlib, and
XFree86/DGA2 (HW accelerated) as drawing backends, Mesa3D under Linux,
and 8, 15, 16, and 32-bpp color modes.

OpenHPI 2.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183884/

Open HPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing
an implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI).
It provides a universal interface for Platform Management, including
hardware sensor monitoring and control.

PixMail 0.2b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183889/

PixMail is a fully functional Webmail client built with PHP supporting
both IMAP and IMAPS. It includes all common Webmail functionality in
addition to extra features such as customizable style sheets, mailbox
searching, and a WYSIWYG editor for sending email using HTML.

pyLirc 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183894/

pyLirc is a Python module written in C that interacts with lirc to
enable the use of remote controls in Python programs.

Quarry 0.1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183893/

Quarry is a multi-purpose GUI for different board games, at present Go,
Amazons, and Othello. It allows users to play against computer players
(third-party programs, e.g. GNU Go) and other humans, and view and edit
game records. It supports SGF and uses the GTP to communicate with
game- playing engines.

ReactOS 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183881/

ReactOS is an open source effort to develop a quality operating system
that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers.

Redet 4.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183816/

Redet (Regular Expression Development and Execution Tool) allows the
user to construct regular expressions and test them against input data
by executing any of a variety of search programs, editors, and
programming languages that make use of regular expressions. When a
suitable regular expression has been constructed it may be saved to a
file. For each program, a palette showing the available regular
expression syntax is provided. Selections from the palette may be
copied to the regular expression window with a mouse click. Definitions
can be added to the palette via an initialization file. As long as the
underlying program supports Unicode, UTF-8 Unicode is allowed in both
test data and regular expressions.

Rush 2005 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183863/

Rush 2005 is a project to create an American football game for Windows
and Linux in the tradition of Tecmo Bowl and NFL Blitz. It is built
using the cross-platform SDL game programming library.

RwdSchedule 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183870/

rwdschedule is a little event database program using flat files. It can
list events, store events, and edit, rename, and delete events. The GUI
interface used is RubyWebDialogs. It should run without changes on all
platforms. This is an rwdtinker program and can take additional
plugins.

S3C 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183818/

S3C is a simple server-side object caching framework that makes it
possible for Web developers to cache Java objects on the server for
fast retrieval. It can also persist objects on the application server
in a JNDI context, making them readily available to the Application.

ShaniXmlParser 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183897/

ShaniXmlParser is an XML/HTML DOM/SAX parser that can be validating. It
can parse badly formed XML files. It can parse files with inverted tags
and bad escaped &,< and >. It expands all HTML
entities. It is well suited to parse HTML files. It is up to 3 times
faster than the internal JDK 1.5 xerces parser and as fast as the
internal JDK 1.4 Crimson parser, compliant with the jaxp/w3c DOM
interfaces, and very small.

SSL-Explorer 0.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183876/

The 3SP SSL-Explorer is an SSL VPN solution that provides users with
WebDAV file access, intranet Web site proxying, Active Directory
authentication, and Java application deployment using a standard Web
browser.

Sympa 5.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183854/

Sympa is a scalable and highly customizable mailing list software. It
can cope with big lists (780,000 subscribers), and it comes with a
complete Web interface for both the user and the administrator. It is
internationalized. Sites can customize Web and mail templates,
authentication backends, and authorization scenarios. Dynamic mailing
lists can use multiple backends (LDAP, SQL, files, lists, or others).
Sympa is the only S/MIME enabled mailing list software, and it provides
both authentication and encryption.

TCExam 2.0.000
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183868/

TCExam is Web-based software for generating and managing online tests
and exams. It simplifies the exam cycle, including generation,
execution, evaluation, presentation, and archiving.

Text-Tokenizer 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183869/

Text-Tokenizer is Perl module based on the flex generated lexical
analyzer that can be used for parsing of text (configuration) files.
With this module, a simple full-featured configuration parser can be
written very easily.

The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary 1.4.46
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183834/

The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary is a word list for spell checking
of Danish texts.

The Life of a Geek 1.0stable (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183845/

The Life of a Geek is very silly console game in which you (a geek)
must keep a computer running until you graduate college. Surf around on
the Internet, battling hackers to gain money and better security for
your box. Drink lots of caffeine to keep yourself awake, since if you
go to sleep, you risk an attack on your computer. Save up money to take
a month-long college course and improve your education, but remember
that paying attention to schoolwork also leaves your computer open to
attack. Find a quick job for a month at places like fast-food
restaurants and grocery stores, but remember again that time away from
your computer leaves it open to attack. Viruses may also appear on your
computer, weakening your computer's health points regularly until
cleaned.

TONG 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183865/

TONG is Tetris and Pong in the same place at the same time. Think
you're an old-school game master? Have at two classics at once! Rules
governing what happens when pong balls hit Tetris pieces change
on-the-fly and are wildly customizable. Set up your game your way,
tuning all game settings to your liking.

Trouble Ticket System 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183797/

Trouble Ticket System is a simple system that helps people help their
clients with solving problems. You can specify problem categories,
discuss the problems, and report your solutions for similar problems in
the future. Clients are able to get a ticket and watch the activity of
their case. It is ideal for people who want a small and lightweight
system without other groupware.

Tulip 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183839/

Tulip is a software system dedicated to the visualization of huge
graphs. It manages graphs with up to 500,000 elements (node and edges)
on a personal computer (PIII 600, 256MB RAM). Its SuperGraph technology
architecture provides the following features: 3D visualizations, 3D
modifications, plugin support, support for clusters and navigation,
automatic graph drawing, automatic clustering of graphs, automatic
selection of elements, and automatic coloring of elements according to
a metric.

Visual Paradigm for UML (Community Edition) 4.0 (Unix)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183690/

Visual Paradigm for UML is a powerful, easy-to-use UML modelling and
CASE tool. It lets you draw all types of UML diagrams, reverse source
code to UML models, generate source code from UML diagrams, and much
more. It features the latest UML support (use case diagrams, class
diagrams, component diagrams, etc.), incremental round-trip
engineering, instant reverse for Java, C++, Dot NET exe/dll, XML, XML
Schema, and CORBA IDL, Rational Rose support, Microsoft Visio
integration, and report and HTML/PDF documentation generators.

Vuurmuur 0.5.59
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183887/

Vuurmuur is a middle-end and front-end for netfilter and iptables that
is aimed at system administrators who need a decent firewall, but don't
have netfilter specific knowledge. It converts human-readable rules
into an iptables ruleset (or optional a bash script), makes netfiler
logs readable, includes an ncurses GUI.

Web Application Gateway 0.6.1 (Core)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183860/

Web Application Gateway provides core functionality, such as user
definition, authentication, and administration, for Web applications.

Web-Analiser PRO 2.49
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183819/

Web-Analiser is a script to gather and analyze statistics of Website
traffic. It provides the whole gamut of every possible statistics and
reports, which analyze visitors, pages, and Website traffic. It is
designed to operate both one and several domains (Websites) at once.
The statistics are maintained, in which each Website dealt with
separately and together. It includes a great number of statistical
reports, making it possible to have a complete idea of your audience.

WikkaWiki 1.1.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183892/

WikkaWiki is a lightweight and flexible wiki engine allowing easy
management of Websites, in particular collective Web-based projects: it
provides an intuitive interface for modifying page content, tracking
and comparing revisions made by single users, and setting user access
privileges. It features W3 compliant XHTML and CSS output, several text
formatting options, categories, a GUI for editing pages, support for
images, tables, Flash objects, RSS feeds, FreeMind maps, advanced
Access Control List management, referrers management, and text search
functions. Designed for easy customizability, it aims at keeping its
core as light as possible while maintaining an architecture that
supports extensibility through plugin modules.

XFree86 Synaptics TouchPad Driver 0.14.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183882/

The XFree86 Synaptics TouchPad Driver is a driver for Synaptics
touchpads, which are found on many notebook computers. It features tap
gesture decoding (including tap-and-drag operations and multi finger
tapping), emulation of a middle mouse button, emulation of vertical and
horizontal scroll wheels, palm detection, and run-time configuration.

xMule Testing 1.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/183898/

xMule is a multi-platform clone of the popular eMule client for the
eDonkey filesharing network. Currently supporting various
Linux/Unix/BSD platforms, it aims at higher stability and portability
than the competitors.

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Resolutions :: New Music Update, Vol. 2, No. 1

2005-01-06T17:58:00.000-08:00

Resolutions :: New Music Update
January 6, 2005
Vol. 2, No. 1

The ornaments are stored, the tree is on the sidewalk, and the
brandy-laced fog inside our head has finally dissipated. Yes,
the holidays are over and another brand-spanking-new year stands
boldly before us.

Here at Download.com Music, we feel ripe, recharged, and ready
to face those fabulously golden horizons--you know, the ones
our high-school counselors always told us were bursting with
hopes and possibilities.

Like every good celebrity rocker, sarcastic blogger, and
prairie farmer, we have our list of new year's resolutions
stuffed firmly in our back pocket:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=9f-o70MQ1J0ENe5r6Ij2F5HyI9NUQzA
http://ct.com.com/click?q=29-SgwrIjM2xomzequqDbBMtrQz87C2
http://ct.com.com/click?q=b2-M4YwQX09AZUDIq8CzjreBx07PZh7

Which in turn has given us a head full of hot inspiration--yes,
the fierce energy of poetic potential is practically burning the
backs of our necks--or maybe it's just the scratchy tag on that
new Lindsay Lohan T-shirt we got for Christmas, hard to tell:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=61-x95AIoL~tfh4Yuj30SdzTKYTWr6w

Anyway, we're excited, and since we're also in a sharing mood,
we compiled a soundtrack to help you, too, get over that holiday
hangover and face the, uh, music.

As always, the songs here are free and artist-approved.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. This Week's Soundtrack: Resolutions
2. Newest Notables
3. What We're Into
4. Featured Label: Hush Records

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1. This Week's Soundtrack: Resolutions

The Arcade Fire
http://ct.com.com/click?q=14-5MPAIF~K4BJXyZeqB7XMITBvR8B2
It's no wonder people are falling all over each other to heap
praises onto the Arcade Fire, who couple intense, raw emotions
with gorgeous, full, complex arrangements. This Montreal
foursome's urgent, shimmering music strikes a huge collective
chord--it's an inspired presentation, balancing immensely
personal themes of loss with hopeful, infectious energy.

Filed under: Indie Pop
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Don't Miss the Big
http://ct.com.com/click?q=c7-KGu3QLPZHedxp4~bLCWfT2FgxPdi
And don't fear the emo, because this Mesa, Ariz., threesome sure
doesn't. Love, fear, and collapsing foundations--it's open
season on the deep issues. Turn and face the emo, feel the
rock, and don't shy away from the sensitive stuff.

Filed under: Emo
Location: Mesa, Ariz.

Explosions In The Sky
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a4-HGVsQ6p9mUQaOljSYNp95I5jgSZm
Moving from quiet and gentle to throbbing and burly, this Texas
post-rock outfit is not afraid to slip its hand under your
collar, grasp the skin on the back of your neck, and take you
on an emotional roller coaster of a ride. The music's lush and
hypnotic, but also dark and complex, with guitars keeping things
dreamy while the percussion drives the music forward.

Filed under: Post-Rock
Location: Austin, Tex.

The Superdelic
http://ct.com.com/click?q=2d-OxMyIbKmNP2yhcJkIykky7hyjYwJ
Direct from Tokyo, the Superdelic make deliriously upbeat pop
music for your inner Teletubby. Ska, metal, doo-wop, and J-pop
collide with kaleidoscopic, hyperactive results. If all music
were this imaginative and carefree, all social order would
collapse. The Superdelic are superduper!

Filed under: Asian Pop
Location: Tokyo, Japan

Deadstring Brothers
http://ct.com.com/click?q=b7-FO1PQ8JoOIFe1IYEcxqJBTNILNdz
Detroit's Deadstring Brothers make the kind of hungover honky-
tonk everyone wishes the Rolling Stones still made. With nods to
Mazzy Star and Whiskeytown, this trio with a female backing
vocalist has effectively mated Nashville country with its
native Detroit rock. File under "Literate Americana with Good
Jeans."

Filed under: Alternative Country-Rock
Location: Detroit, Mich.

Hope Carr
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3f-4skEIqMZaqWVpnLsNEftqBufNgM6
This LA singer's serene vocals are filled with inspiring
praise for the Almighty, but she never comes off as preachy.
Hope Carr blesses each track with tight phrasing and near-
perfect pitch control. Husband Darnell handles the backing
music, layering each groove with funky bass lines and uplifting
melodies that match up perfectly to Ms. Carr's golden voice.

Filed under: Black Gospel
Location: Compton, Calif.

And My Eccentric Face
http://ct.com.com/click?q=07-HqWzI5rYtTtuu8bQRgW6QvzViKMf
According to the artist, "And My Eccentric Face is a poorly
thought out mostly ironic dance music collective containing one
sad and lonely person: me." Goodness, not exactly an uplifting
statement. "However, it's always a pleasure to listen to a
little bit of dance music." Oh, right, we most certainly agree.
"So enjoy." Indeed we will.

Filed under: Alternative Dance
Location: Wales, U.K.

The Telepathic Butterflies
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a5-DyhHQ7ZlSWUoQbvudtA61OKQOogV
Psych-popsters the Telepathic Butterflies have emerged from
their retro-pop chrysalis to soar on wings of pure harmony.
Frequent migrations between Canada and Detroit have infused
their garage-based jangle with an extra dose of lysergic punk
power. These delicate and graceful creatures will lovingly flit
from ear to ear.

Filed under: Psychedelic Pop
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Michael Grimes
http://ct.com.com/click?q=2f-hYhFIqnK3abT8f5zlaO2jgTBjwzx
What's more soothing to the ears than masterful picking on
stringed instruments such as the acoustic bass and mandolin?
Michael Grimes from Albuquerque, N. Mex., isn't satisfied with
working in a single genre; instead, he combines Latin-jazz
rhythms with such disparate details as cocktail-ish guitar and,
most surprisingly, mandolin--a sound that has long been familiar
to fans of traditional American folk and bluegrass music. These
intricate melodies are sure to awaken your spirit.

Filed under: Latin Jazz
Location: Albuquerque, N.Mex.

Need New Body
http://ct.com.com/click?q=e1-6RmNQxkAP7xywAlIxd70AAfb95qO
It's tough to fully experience the insane spectacle of Need New
Body by hearing one song, but what a song it is. Joyfully
unhinged with an insistent beat, "Show Me Your Heart" is
absolute mayhem made for dancing and a great introduction to a
fantastically eccentric band.

Filed under: Experimental Rock
Location: Philadelphia, Pa.

Insight
http://ct.com.com/click?q=7f-bnUKIIPRqK24xYq_dI2nfwxxBxnp
This aptly named musician spills fluid streams of thought into
his showering rhymes, stimulating your brain and tickling your
senses in the process. The multifaceted MC handles his own
production, which is as enthralling as his milky flow. The
often-overlooked, Boston-based Renaissance man brings
intelligence and excitement back to the somewhat predictable
hip-hop scene.

Filed under: East Coast Rap
Location: Boston, Mass.

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2. Newest Notables

The Streets
http://ct.com.com/click?q=1d-6KVjIGQ_qvbhQD3r2j~XCQAKq_sk

The Mekons
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a5-DyhHQ7ZlSWUoQbvgdtA61OKQOogV

TV On The Radio
http://ct.com.com/click?q=19-BL90I2rrgrSndmsnzu3AI8Eq7TRQ

Silkworm
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a3-qXt6QYU3RJomGekD8WhXvr22si5L

Boiling Bayou Cajun Band
http://ct.com.com/click?q=40-6PY4IdnNkgmpm6nDkT6h0pjW0M1s

Nina Nastasia
http://ct.com.com/click?q=df-1k~hQLE_xEQ_W9Nyi_bcJhv~h6IM

The Metric Mile
http://ct.com.com/click?q=92-ubPVQTzl95H2HtGpocDL714OnnHF

The Invisibles
http://ct.com.com/click?q=30-u8KEIRrZLCSPzgpRdPDzGKLrX83m

The Merritts
http://ct.com.com/click?q=8f-OOpvQ8Kzg_0bCETYtdkv9yC3W7Ms

The Places
http://ct.com.com/click?q=19-BL90I2rrgrSndmypzu3AI8Eq7TRQ

Emanon
http://ct.com.com/click?q=b7-FO1PQ8JoOIFe1I7UcxqJBTNILNdz

Jon Swerens
http://ct.com.com/click?q=2d-OxMyIbKmNP2yhc8DIykky7hyjYwJ

Hod the God
http://ct.com.com/click?q=e0-cIxRQfDmn1LvGwYVEUERox0A9~Ax

Jose Deluna
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a8-020ZQQZOjFPjLN6fvuybwwLIO3Ac

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3. What We're Into

1. William Basinski
Dark, droning music that's experimental tape-loop/art-school
stuff, for sure--but it's damn cool.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=5b-5L2wIBKgZXlFbLjw72N9kSfbzgaS

2. The Flatmates
Kind of like if Belle & Sebastian thought they were the Ramones.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=0e-~e2TIiQKu~cWSNz_j1nnH972bDXh

3. Belle & Sebastian DVD
Or if Belle & Sebastian were themselves on DVD.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=ac-RbNtQ0UzomdgZCZZLW5nnkADV2pO

4. "The Elegant Universe"
Watch the whole thing online.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=5f-WKoBIIKr1F8Q76RNmPJbBaXNIk0d

5. "Full Metal Joe"
Animated Kubrick
http://ct.com.com/click?q=fd-BX3MQgOX_PnzyPXe1OaYi4C5t1Oc

6. RIP Jerry Orbach
Here's to "Law and Order" reruns.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=b0-NZvfQQJXNS9rfWQWh_009N6QP_A9

7. John Cale, "Fear"
One of our favorite holiday gifts
http://ct.com.com/click?q=63-tPNjIHW5w6tXy_am1R8HskJ1WoSa

8. Legos are great.
But this guy has too much time on his hands.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=2b-2FTYINzVpKSyIJpOMJMupfPX8f9M

9. "Anchorman" DVD commentary
Even Lou Rawls shows up.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=c9-3OiLQpgOZ3LxSWYrwVvu6PntHaCN

10. Chowhound
For those who live to eat
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a6-9z_4QCULL508Rw_ht~I~0vqigMNq

11. 33 1/3's "Dusty In Memphis"
Ex-Del Fuego Warren Zanes writes about Dusty Springfield's
landmark album.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=45-fNAJIKBRjVNwZVkCPKSd0hqenrV9

12. Corrina Repp
Delivering musical truth with a breathy whisper
http://ct.com.com/click?q=e4-ABpFQVkZ4ooivL5pQ8eKWTt8v8B6

13. Nulog
Amateur and professional DJs playing everything from electronic
to house
http://ct.com.com/click?q=96-pjrWQtdfdd2zk8sbBfvfG2dGJLNI

14. Cashmere socks
Sure, they're expensive, but they're so comfortable!
http://ct.com.com/click?q=1c-cswiIFrtAm3SOe2p5Jka42O~qbUt

15. More Legos
Apparently, it actually works.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=90-wHiMQ_I0RXqV6exxi1oiZLyenTFV

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4. Featured Label: Hush Records

The whimsical dream of starting a label became a daunting
reality when Chad Crouch--a burgeoning musician and visual
artist--released his first solo record, "Portland, OR". Armed
with a Mac and some basic recording software, he decided to
invite like-minded local musicians to record for free in his
modest home studio. Hush Records was born out of a distinct
desire to capture the quieter side of the immensely fertile
Portland, Oreg., music scene, and Crouch quickly found himself
in good company with artists such as Kind of Like Spitting,
Corrina Repp, and Reclinerland, who all share his love of quirky
folk and orchestral pop. With his own band, Blanket Music,
Crouch has released three, solid full-lengths that pull jazzy
Tropicalia and soulful Motown influences into a satisfying
indie-pop sound. With labelmates the Decemberists and Norfolk &
Western now getting national exposure, Hush Records is slowly
getting the attention it deserves. Boasting artists known for
their charming, offbeat elegance, Hush is a great discovery for
fans of wide-reaching, adventurous pop.

A sampling of Hush Records artists on Download.com Music:

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Norfolk & Western
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Noise For Pretend
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CNET Download.com Games: Stormy weather

2005-01-06T15:55:00.000-08:00

CNET | Download Dispatch for Games
January 6, 2005
Vol. 2, No. 1

Although we convince ourselves otherwise, most of us can't
handle driving in the snow. You can blame it on the black ice or
the bad reflexes of the driver behind you, but when the winter
weather hits, gridlock ensues. However, frightful weather is no
reason not to race through virtual sleet and snow. Stash your
outdoor gear in the closet and strap yourself into your computer
seat for high-speed rally action with my favorite off-road
racing games in this week's High Five.

With her usual mastery of balance and precision, Karen racks up
big points on her favorite pinball games in Play Nice. Shake it,
but don't break it. Tilt! New this week is a second demo for the
action-packed shooter Tribes: Vengeance, and the addictive
arcade racer Mad Cars appears in New Games. The Tribes fun keeps
rolling in Maps, Mods, & Skins, where I look at some new files
for customizing your high-flying battles. As always, On the
GameSpot has the newest reviews and previews, including an
in-depth look at the upcoming NASCAR SimRacing. Game on!

GAME OF THE WEEK: Tribes: Vengeance single-player demo 2

The first-person shooter that helped develop and refine modern
multiplayer gameplay surprised us all in 2004 by releasing a new
version with a full single-player story line. The first
explosive demo for the game let us blast swarming hordes of
increasingly difficult enemies in a battle arena. The second
demo puts us squarely into the single-player campaign with a
full mission as a robot assassin.

Read more or download it here:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=7d-FFqqIDLUM2Bs~59dDMb_~RpaBXVc

Peter Butler
Producer, Game Downloads

IN THIS ISSUE

1. New Games
2. High Five: Buckle up
3. Maps, Mods, & Skins
4. Play Nice: Pinball wizardry
5. On the GameSpot

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1. New Games

- Mad Cars 1.0
http://ct.com.com/click?q=de-7tYkQMW9g~w~v2_TAGO4NBprhE~B
Date added: December 27, 2004
File size: 9.4MB

Win money to gain sparkling new weapons in this amusing top-
down racing game.

- AstroAvenger 1.1
http://ct.com.com/click?q=3f-4skEIqMZaqWDBivVNEftqBufNgM6
Date added: December 28, 2004
File size: 9.43MB

One part Zaxxon, one part Space Invaders, and a dash of
Asteroids combine for a fun-filled shoot-'em-up.

- Medal of Honor Pacific Assault multiplayer demo 2
http://ct.com.com/click?q=ca-icZuQUg_CLJcyhwb21NogfruHhhk
Date added: January 4, 2005
File size: 409MB

Allied forces and the Japanese clash in WWII over the
strategic island of Corregidor.

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2. High Five

Over the river and through the woods...

5. Rally Trophy
http://ct.com.com/click?q=61-x95AIoL~tfhSbF2F0SdzTKYTWr6w

You'll be surprised at how much damage a Mini Cooper can do
to a crowd of innocent bystanders.

4. Cross Racing Championship demo
http://ct.com.com/click?q=c2-oXSLQUEOqTtEo4cskymNTZiduOH4

Have no fear of the icy, mountainous regions. If you can
figure out the controls, you can drive anywhere.

3. V-Rally 3
http://ct.com.com/click?q=24-8DrMIczR7A8bCOhwohuot2cRrMpo

There's no snow, but the packed-in mud makes for a good spin
around England's Witchchurch track.

2. Richard Burns Rally demo
http://ct.com.com/click?q=98-FThOQ_z9YmVdqRiNLq6hqeeiK9AZ

The amazingly realistic graphics are the major highlight of
this European rally game.

1. Colin McRae Rally 04 single-player demo
http://ct.com.com/click?q=23-sFnGINMNntd_0qCjT73itZntQDtL

The first name in off-road racing offers three free tracks in
its 2004 demo, including the snowbound hills of Finland.

Got a suggestion for High Five or a list of your own? Drop us
a line at newsletters@cnet.com.
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3. Maps, Mods, & Skins

The most notable addition to Tribes: Vengeance is the new
single-player story, but the game also amps up the single-
player and multiplayer replayability with new add-ons.

The Tribes: Vengeance development kit gives you all the
sprites, scripts, and other bits you'll need to make cool
maps and mutators for the game. To get the most out of the
Mojo scene editor, which is included with the retail version,
check out the Tribes: Vengeance Mojo Cut Scene Editor
documentation PDF. This guide will help you make your own
cool cutscenes in no time.

Don't forget the v1.01 patch, which is required for online
play--completing missions and designing mods is great
fun, but nothing compares with blasting friends to
smithereens.

Tribes: Vengeance demos:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=ae-jOq6QMB3EJFS165bXLfm1R~PVZXa

Tribes: Vengeance development kit:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=22-xNdrIrd2QfRbVUVseiKvVcl5NFHu

Tribes: Vengeance Mojo Cut Scene Editor documentation:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=83-U~bXQYJb_F1i87M2HE1FpMWEZRvn

Tribes: Vengeance v1.01 patch:
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All Tribes: Vengeance files:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=1b-wAchI3NAzaLH9P3R_hGI4uoF7pvw

_______________________________________________________________

4. Play Nice

The first time I played computer pinball, the graphics amazed
me. 4Pinball PC Edition helps me relive the experience, from
the realistic look and physics to the scrolling window. The
similarity makes sense, since this is a port from the Pocket
PC platform, which probably has more computing power than my
old Commodore 64.

Now that Windows comes with a decent pinball game, for me to
justify downloading--let alone paying for--another one, it
has to offer something more than realism. Most new-style
pinball games mix up the gameplay with other arcade types. In
WildSnake Pinball: Invasion, for example, you use your
flippers to fight off space invaders, and if you don't mind
the registration process, Ultra Ball adds pinball flippers to
an Arkanoid paddle for a genuinely new experience.

4Pinball PC Edition:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=52-LU0oIrJ4IsjBZC4WLg~F9ICgj2xj

WildSnake Pinball: Invasion:
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Ultra Ball:
http://ct.com.com/click?q=4e-0Ye5InZ2aZhe6akdnry308b1J281

Karen Whitehouse
Reviews Editor
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5. On the GameSpot

Each day, GameSpot posts reviews, previews, movies, and other
features for your favorite PC and console games.

- NASCAR SimRacing preview
http://ct.com.com/click?q=d8-XWL3QWLZzvNwIzRyVYU8fAmqDFTo

If you think of vehicle physics, environmental modeling, and
artificial intelligence when you think "NASCAR," then this
upcoming simulation game might be right up your alley.
Gearheads can get all the details in this preview.

- Half-Life 2 cheats
http://ct.com.com/click?q=77-u6a6IIpV7CpQezfwF8kv~PgIZe0u

This first-person shooter with stunning graphics and
environments also features a whopping 170 codes for adjusting
everything in the game, from weapon damage to walking through
walls. Get the full list, plus other secrets and Easter eggs,
in this comprehensive roundup.

- Best and Worst of 2004
http://ct.com.com/click?q=15-mYR_IGcOlEgRKtT5kAfVLc52RGw4

With 50 awards spread across five categories, GameSpot's
year-in-review feature has everything you want to remember
about gaming in 2004 and a few things we'd all like to
forget. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, anyone?

Get more PC features, reviews, and previews from GameSpot:
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Protect that Wireless Network | ZDNet Downloads Digest

2005-01-06T15:02:00.000-08:00

ZDNet's Downloads Digest
December 6, 2004
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eBay said in a statement that from late January it will no longer
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debate over
centralized systems versus individual vendor systems. George Mitchell
claims "It
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along with whatever other key identification data the central site might
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it all gravely worse".
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Member seosamh refutes claiming "It's the same risk of compromise
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2005-01-06T14:29:00.000-08:00

CNET NEWS.COM Afternoon Dispatch
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Even without the nudity of the European version, will the racy
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3. Car adapters keep iPod rocking

One device, from Clarion, lets drivers control their iPods
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Thu Jan 06 09:00:00 PST 2005
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4. Blinkx launches desktop search for Mac

Search firm is one of the first to cater to Apple's loyalist
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Thu Jan 06 12:07:00 PST 2005
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Merrill Lynch research also concludes that internal IT staff
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The company's new offerings include a 1GB flash-memory based
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2. FEATURE: The Game Artist's Guide to Maya, Part 1

To bring life to your model, you must texture it. The main process you
need to be aware of is what is known as UV Mapping. This book excerpt
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read or doesn't answer users' key questions, they leave. Note a
pattern here? There's no such thing as a user reading a Web site
manual or otherwise spending much time trying to figure out an
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Is your Web site usable? There are several definitions for usability,
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John S. Rhodes, Editor and Webmaster at WebWord.com, says: "Data
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* A-Z Indexes to Enhance Site Searching

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site map, and so on. Another way to address making information on a
Web site easy to find is through search functionality. What's the
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* A Sneak Peak at MasterPages in ASP.NET 2.0

This article takes a sneak peak at MasterPages in ASP.NET 2.0.
MasterPages are not a new concept. What is exciting about MasterPages
in ASP.NET 2.0, though, is that Visual Studio 2005 introduces rich,
design-time support for MasterPages, something that was sorely missing
in Visual Studio .NET.
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Rounded corners give your website a professional, polished look.
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* Internet Explorer Has Now Lost 30% Of The Browser Market

According to this article, by the end of 2005 Internet Explorer will
not be anymore the browser of choice for the majority of Internet
users. According to my own traffic statistics based on a sample of
over 600,000 visitors from over 180 countries, Internet Explorer
controls slightly more than 70% of the browser market, where, just
twelve months ago it had over 91% of it.
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Robin Good, December 31, 2004

* MapQuest Offers to Navigate Mobile Users

U.S. mobile phone users might not have to stop and ask for directions
as often, thanks to a new service from MapQuest.com Inc. that sends
color maps and directions to their phones.
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ComputerWorld, January 5, 2005

* Search Looks at the Big Picture

Searching the Internet for images or videos often leads down a blind
alley or worse - to deceitful advertisers or unsuitable content.
Researchers are developing visualization technologies that can "see"
inside images, reducing search engines' reliance on text-based image
tags that are easily manipulated.
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Wired News, January 6, 2005

That's it for this Thursday.
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CNET NEWS.COM: CES 2005: Digitizing entertainment

2005-01-06T08:06:00.000-08:00

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CES spotlights digital evolution; Symantec-Veritas: Marriage of convenience--or brilliance? [TECH UPDATE]

2005-01-06T07:08:00.000-08:00

Welcome to ZDNet's Tech Update Today for Thu., January 6, 2005

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IN THIS ISSUE:

DAVID BERLIND
- CES spotlights digital evolution

TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN
- Itanium--one step forward, one back
- Court rules in pop-ups' favor
- Apple suit foreshadows coming products
- Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support
- Tsunami survivors turn to blogs for news, help
- MedicAlert to arm patients with USB drives

IN THE BLOGS
- Oracle, not just PeopleSoft, employees on chopping block -- Chris
Jablonski
- Bookmark: Answers.com -- Dan Farber
- Live Linux or die -- Dana Blankenhorn
- Better errors in 2005 -- Joe Brockmeier
- Dvorak channels Markoff -- Steve Gillmor
- Tips for spyware removal -- Wayne Cunningham

DAN FARBER'S PICKS
- Symantec/Veritas: A marriage of convenience--or brilliance?
- Warning: Hackers hunting for exposed servers
- Steve Jobs: Loose lips must be eradicated
- Software by subscription, sure--but what about support?
- Consolidating servers and storage for ROI

IN THE BLOGS
- SOA: the end of the world as we know it

COMMENTARY
- The right role for WiMax

DOWNLOADS
- Put your desktop to work

INTERVIEW
- Preparing for a doomsday attack

PREVIOUSLY ON TECH UPDATE TODAY
- Linspire: Easing into desktop Linux
- The war against open source
- Firefox has much to learn

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at the PlayStation Portable. With the decline of Comdex, CES -- which
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Interview: Bill Gates, chairman of the couch
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Ultra wideband to get first airing here
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Russell Shaw reports on what's new in IP telephony
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TOP NEWS HEADLINES FROM ZDNN

Itanium--one step forward, one back
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Court rules in pop-ups' favor
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Apple suit foreshadows coming products
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Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support
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Tsunami survivors turn to blogs for news, help
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MedicAlert to arm patients with USB drives
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IN THE BLOGS

Oracle, not just PeopleSoft, employees on chopping block -- Chris
Jablonski
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Bookmark: Answers.com -- Dan Farber
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Live Linux or die -- Dana Blankenhorn
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Better errors in 2005 -- Joe Brockmeier
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Dvorak channels Markoff -- Steve Gillmor
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Tips for spyware removal -- Wayne Cunningham
http://ct.com.com/click?q=55-TAGaIKJNc5ibDPR8f1C~XJtldjkN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DAN FARBER'S PICKS

Symantec/Veritas: A marriage of convenience--or brilliance?

The $13.5 billion Symantec/Veritas merger is somewhat confounding,
at least to the investment community. Where is the synergy in joining
together two strong companies with little overlap in products and
technology? The people who buy security products aren't typically the
same who acquire storage infrastructure. But that may be changing over
the next few years as security becomes a more embedded part of
infrastructure. I have to assume there is a grand plan for a unified
security and server/storage suite that manages risk, servers, storage
and compliance across an enterprise.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=f3-Lj_gQJOy89qwzJgQON6kKqereEvd

See also: Symantec, Veritas reach out to investors
http://ct.com.com/click?q=92-ubPVQTzl95oaxwOdocDL714OnnHF

Steve Jobs: Loose lips must be eradicated

Apple's Steve Jobs runs a tight ship. Information leaks are treated as
flaws in the system that must be eradicated, using the courts if
necessary to protect "trade secrets." This week, Apple lawyers swayed
a court into issuing subpoenas to Mac enthusiast site Think Secret,
among others, in an effort to identify the source of alleged leaks
about a $500 iMac and a Microsoft Office competitor. It's Jobs' right
to eliminate loose lips from the ranks, but taking the press to court
for doing its job legitimately is just going too far.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=1b-wAchI3NAzapO9P38_hGI4uoF7pvw

A new iMac for under $500?
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Apple office software seems likely
http://ct.com.com/click?q=6c-SU73IuP~8WSGjtbP8tptNNdDEsPS

See also: Lawsuit claims Apple violates law with iTunes
http://ct.com.com/click?q=09-jo3SIj8NsYFs697K6YvRUMmvY1qv

Warning: Hackers hunting for exposed servers

Companies that have not patched their servers against the Windows
Internet Naming Service vulnerability are now at much greater risk
of attack, The SANS Internet Storm Center warned Wednesday after it
detected a steep rise in probes directed at network ports handling
WINS services.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=b4-aJsbQ6Z3HKRHmASN0gOukXOMLtBX

Software by subscription, sure--but what about support?

At $50 per user per year, David Berlind noted recently, desktop *nix
offerings from Novell and Sun will likely redefine the market for
desktop software. Reader Miles Wade, a Windows XP Embedded system
designer, admits to being "tantalized" by desktop Linux' potential.
"A $50 annual subscription for desktop Linux, writes Wade, "isn't out
of line at all. If I knew the support connection was going to result
in a definitive answer, I wouldn't hesitate recommending subscriptions
for all our computers. I gave up years ago trying to get direct support
from Microsoft."
http://ct.com.com/click?q=66-kDG_IyWJTstOSOpmE24kNDLiWArZ

See also: Desktop *nix and what $50 gets you
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Linspire: Easing into desktop Linux
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IN THE BLOGS

SOA: the end of the world as we know it

Three decades ago, data processing/word processing integration changed
the face of corporate culture. Will SOA unleash a similar
transformation?
In this decade, Joe McKendrick predicts, end users will become
application
developers, businesses will be both application suppliers and consumers,

even as the world becomes your hard disk -- and the rest of your
computer,
too.
http://ct.com.com/click?q=c8-2lRnQWOKMDS36iLIno8JTrl5HjAz

Also: Beware of SOA in a box
http://ct.com.com/click?q=52-LU0oIrJ4IsNIZC9zLg~F9ICgj2xj

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMMENTARY

The right role for WiMax

WiMax, the latest wireless broadband standard, promises to be
all things to all men, so how can it gain focus and mature?
Anthony Plewes looks at the challenges this technology must
overcome and where it fits in the wireless world
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a major cybersalvo aimed at bringing the Internet to its knees?
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PREVIOUSLY ON TECH UPDATE TODAY

Linspire: Easing into desktop Linux

For businesses that are exploring Windows alternatives in their
desktop deployments, Linspire CEO Michael Robertson has a simple
message: Ease of use really does matter. In an e-mail interview,
Robertson compared Linspire and its one-click install process with
desktop offerings from Novell and Sun. He also fielded my questions
about hardware support, pricing structure, remote management, the
specter of lawsuits, and why $50 per year per user is all any business
ought to pay for all the desktop software they need.
READ FULL INTERVIEW
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See also: Desktop *nix and what $50 gets you
http://ct.com.com/click?q=a8-020ZQQZOjFZ6EH_hvuybwwLIO3Ac

The war against open source

SCO may be losing its lawsuit, writes Dana Blankenhorn, but it's
winning many hearts and minds among fearful corporate execs. With
businesses spending millions to identify unauthorized
open-source software on their corporate networks, Blankenhorn wonders
if the software liability business is here to stay. Reader George
Mitchell responds: "If the war against open source continues, eventually

the question of what exactly is contained in closed source code bases
will surface. And that would leave a host of software vendors with
infringing code. At some point the copyright office is going demand that

software developers produce ALL of the code on their software products."

http://ct.com.com/click?q=30-u8KEIRrZLCvJIvYCdPDzGKLrX83m

See also: Kim Polese reveals more SpikeSource plans
http://ct.com.com/click?q=ce-SdXCQMsos2mJkkZSHWJlKeulfecR

Firefox has much to learn

Firefox, writes George Ou, demonstrates "a flagrant disregard for the
most
basic of security principles." His gripes: Installing Firefox requires
downloading an unsigned binary from a random web server; installing
unsigned
extensions is the default action in the Extensions dialog; it's
impossible to
check the signature on downloaded program files; and it's too easy to
bypass
the "This might be a virus" dialog. Ou's recommendations for the IE
challenger:
Fix the security shortcomings, support IE formatting in addition to HTML

standard formatting, and support and secure ActiveX. More than a few
ZDNet
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