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once:radix: version 1.0 released

once:radix is a Rapid Application Development system for Intranet and eXtranet environments. Create advanced database-driven web applications that require no expertise in the underlying technologies. Just point and click with pixel-perfect precision.

blitzwave: New release 0.7.1 available

blitzwave is a c++ wavelet mini-library building on the blitz++ array classes. blitzwave is heavily templated and supports wavelet decompositions of n-dimensional arrays of various integer and floating point data types. blitzwave is fast and extensible.

Jampal: 1.17 has been released

mp3 library, advanced ID3V1 and ID3V2 tagger, player. Organize a large mp3 library, over 30,000 songs. Speech synthesis and tag backup utilities. Scripts to maintain and organize song files.

GTD-Free: stable 0.3.1 released.

GTD-Free is personal TODO/action manager inspired by GTD (Getting Things Done) method by David Allen. GTD-Free tries to be simple and easy to use.

Blosxom: 2.1.0 released

Blosxom is a lightweight yet feature-packed weblog application designed from the ground up with simplicity, usability, and interoperability in mind.

Whatsnew: 0.2.0 released

The phpWebSite Community Development Project was created to allow a central location for the development and propagation of third party modules, themes, l10n, and documentation for the phpWebSite CMS.

 

OSNews

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Shuttleworth Sets Bar For Linux 'Beyond Apple'

Mark Shuttleworth today urged development of Linux models to rival what Apple has done on the desktop and mobile devices. Certainly on the desktop experience, we need to shoot beyond the Mac, but I think it's equally relevant [in] the mobile space, Shuttleworth said, outlining the challenge as figuring out how to deliver a 'crisp and clean' experience, without sacrificing the community process. Key to this will be services-based mechanisms for creating revenue for free software that go beyond advertising, Shuttleworth said, adding that cadence in free software releases spurs innovation, and that a regular release schedule, as well as meaningful ties to Windows, will be essential to fulfilling the vision.

Why We Still Need the iPhone App Black Market

There are no less than five apps to turn my iPhone into a flashlight, yet I can't turn it into a 3G-powered Wi-Fi hotspot. Why? Because the SDK has more restrictions than Guantanamo-devs can't integrate with the OS and have to steer way, way clear of copyright and trademark issues-so the most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone." An editorial by Gizmodo. Many kinds of apps (from multi-IM apps running on the background, to copy/paste) require the level of system integration that either is not possible via the existing official API, or that Apple artificially limits via lawyers.

DragonFly BSD 2.0 Released

Matthew Dillon has announced the availability of DragonFly BSD 2.0. Also HAMMER filesystem is released with the new DragonFly. Read the full Release Notes.

Interview with Mandriva's KDE Developer Helio Castro

The How Software is Built blog secured an interview with Helio Chissini de Castro, one of the KDE developers employed by Linux distributor Mandriva. Helio talks about Mandriva, about KDE 4, and about the state of open source software in Brazil, where he is based.

Mandriva and PTech Announce Low-cost Desktop

Mandriva and Precedent Technologies (PTech) are pleased to announce a new partnership, working together on the release in September in the United States of a new low-cost desktop - the TechSurfer - with Intel Atom CPUs and Mandriva Linux preinstalled. TechSurfer is a web-centric computing platform that is designed for customers who mostly surf the web; download music; and utilize VOIP services, such as Skype. The TechSurfer platform is also suitable for light desktop applications. TechSurfer is powered by the Intel Atom processor. The Atom processor was designed especially for web-centric computers. TechSurfer prices starts at $399.99 with Mandriva Linux pre-installed: Microsoft Windows will cost an extra $100. The system will come with a three-year manufacturer's warranty. Find out more in the press release. Editor's note: Looks like Mandriva is taking full-advantage of the Low-cost hardware arena. First the Intel's ClassmatePC then the GDium and now PTech.

*The Coco Bidet and Toilet Technology*

"The Japanese love those things!" That's what I've heard a lot of people say when I've talked to them about my latest obsession, the Coco 6035Re Bidet toilet seat. As part of OSNews' ongoing project, "Building The Wired Home," I wanted to try to see what the march of technological progress has brought to the bathroom, so we installed a bidet seat in OSNews' House of the Future. It turns out, I'm pretty impressed. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...
 

freshmeat.net announcements (Global)

The last 24 hours worth of freshmeat.net releases [hide] [more]

TimeTrex Time and Attendance 2.2.12 (Default branch)

Screenshot TimeTrex is a complete Web-based payroll and time management suite that offers employee scheduling, time and attendance (timeclock, timesheet/timecard), job costing, invoicing, and payroll in a single package. Employees can use Web browsers or timeclocks to track their time and attendance, check their own timesheet for missed punches, and respond to flagged timesheet errors. Payroll administrators can quickly generate paystubs and process payroll based off timesheet information or export timesheet data to other applications.
License: Mozilla Public License (MPL)
Changes:
This release includes out-of-the-box support for exporting time and attendance data to the most popular payroll providers, including ADP, Paychex, Ceridian, Millenium, and Quickbooks Pro. It also improves handling for excessively long shifts (24hrs or more), shifts that span midnight, the ability to show total break time and lunch time for each day on the timesheet, increased performance, and an improved installer.

APRON numerical abstract domain library 0.9.9 (Default branch)

The APRON library is dedicated to the static analysis of the numerical variables of a program by abstract interpretation. The aim of such an analysis is to infer invariants about these variables.

Blosxom 2.1.0 (Default branch)

Blosxom (pronounced "Blossom") is a lightweight yet feature-packed Weblog application designed from the ground up with simplicity, usability, and interoperability in mind. Fundamental is its reliance upon the file system, folders, and files as its content database. Users can create, edit, rename, and delete entries on the command-line, via FTP, WebDAV, or anything else they might use to manipulate their files.
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
Support for external config files and multi-instance installations via environment variables, multiple plugin directories, and configuring the plugin list in a config file have been added. The default feed templates are now in RSS 2.0 format and have GUID elements, and the announced charset encoding can be configured. Several RSS and XHTML escaping issues have been fixed, and the default HTML templates now conform to HTML 4.01. It now also works together with a broader range of CGI.pm versions.
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