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DevelopmentJPPF, the Java Parallel Processing FrameworkThe Java Parallel Processing Framework (JPPF) is a cross-platform GPL-licensed tool set for controlling the execution of CPU-intensive tasks across multiple execution nodes. JPPF is intended to be used in the scientific data processing field.
Java Parallel Processing Framework is a set of tools and APIs to facilitate the parallelization of CPU intensive applications, and distribute their execution over a network of heterogenous nodes.
It is intended to run in clusters and grids.
A brief feature list of JPPF includes:
The initial JPPF beta release, version 0.6.0, has been announced. "This release is the first beta version of the Java Parallel Processing Framework. From now on, all the work will be dedicated to testing, bug fixing, and documentation fixing, until it is deemed "stable". There will be intermediate beta, then release candidate, release, so don't lose hope." The release features a complete user guide, a new matrix multiplication example, bug fixes and documentation improvements. JPPF is available for download here. Dependencies include version 5 of the Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) and Apache Ant 1.6.2 or newer. See the readme document for installation details.
System Applications Database Software PostgreSQL Weekly NewsThe October 16, 2005 edition of the PostgreSQL Weekly News is online with the latest PostgreSQL database articles.
phpPgAdmin 3.5.6 ReleasedVersion 3.5.6 of phpPgAdmin, a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL, has been announced. "This release fixes the serious problems that phpPgAdmin had under PHP 4.4.0 with strict references."
ZODB 3.2.10 final releasedVersion 3.2.10 final of ZODB, the Zope Object Database, is out. "ZODB 3.2.10 contains a few bugfixes relative to 3.2.9, all in obscure error cases. The most serious is a workaround for what appears to be a rare race bug in Microsoft's implementation of socket binding on Windows platforms."
ZODB 3.4.2 final releasedVersion 3.4.2 final of ZODB, the Zope Object Database, is out. "ZODB 3.4.2 mostly contains obscure error-case bugfixes relative to 3.4.1. One important fix: most applications that do subtransaction commits do so to reduce RAM consumed by the ZODB memory ("pickle") cache. When subtransactions were reimplemented on top of savepoints, this cache reduction no longer occurred. That was an oversight, and is repaired in 3.4.2."
Interoperability Samba 3.0.20b is AvailableVersion 3.0.20b of Samba has been released. "This is the latest stable release of Samba. This is the version that production Samba servers should be running for all current bug-fixes."
Samba 3.0.21pre1 Available for DownloadVersion 3.0.21 pre 1 of Samba has been released. It includes several bug fixes and some improved compatibility features.
Mail Software DSPAM 3.6.0 releasedStable version 3.6.0 of DSPAM, a scalable, open-source statistical anti-spam filter, is out. See the release notes for change information.
Telecom The open-ezx project launchesHarald Welte and others have been busily hacking on the Motorola A780, a Linux-powered cell phone. They have now launched the OpenEZX project as the focal point for the effort to create a 100% free software stack for phones based on the Motorola EZX platform. If this project succeeds, it will lead to a new level of open communications platforms.
Web Site Development Apache HTTP Server 1.3.34 ReleasedVersion 1.3.34 of the Apache web server is out. "This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release."
Apache 2.0.55 releasedApache 2.0.55 is out; click below for the full announcement. This is a bugfix release, and, in particular, it contains fixes for several security problems. If you're running your own build of Apache, you probably want this release.
Campsite 2.3.2 ReleasedVersion 2.3.2 of Campsite, an open-source multilingual content management system (CMS), is out. "Version 2.3.2 is a maintenance release."
Lightweight Web Serving with thttpdJulio M. Merino Vidal introduces thttpd on O'Reilly. "The Apache HTTP Server is the most popular web server due to its functionality, stability, and maturity. However, this does not make it suitable for all uses: slow machines and embedded systems may have serious problems running it because of its size. Here is where lightweight HTTP servers come into play, as their low-memory footprints deliver decent results without having to swap data back to disk."
What Is Web Analytics (O'Reilly)Eric T. Peterson introduces Web Analytics on O'Reilly. "In general terms, web analytics is the process of collecting data about the activities of people accessing your website (visitors)--how they found you, when they visited, what pages they looked at, what they bought or downloaded, and so on--and mining that data for information that can be used to improve said website."
Zope 2.8.2 releasedVersion 2.8.2 of the Zope web development platform has been released. Several new features have been added.
Miscellaneous PyKeylogger 0.6.5 released. (SourceForge)Version 0.6.5 of PyKeylogger, a keyboard logging application, is out. "This is a bugfix release. Fixed the first-ever reported bug (1323518), logging to onefile. If you report more bugs, more bugs will get fixed."
Desktop Applications Audio Applications Ardour 1.0: neverThe Ardour project, which is producing a multi-track audio editor, has had a pending 1.0 release for a number of months. The project status indicates a slight change in direction: "We have decided to skip version 1.0 and go straight to 2.0 with a basic port to GTK2. Work is already under way, progress is good."
gnormalize 0.4.5 releasedVersion 0.4.5 of gnormalize, an audio format converter which can adjust the volume level, is out. This release adds: "The ability to select more than one album or artist by pressing control key and mouse button."
Desktop Environments Dropline GNOME 2.12.1 ISO Available (GnomeDesktop)An ISO image of Dropline GNOME 2.12.1 is available. "This release is an incremental improvement with many bugfixes and refinements over 2.12.0."
GNOME Software AnnouncementsThe following new GNOME software has been announced this week:
KDE 3.5 Beta 2 releasedThe KDE Project has announced the release of KDE 3.5 Beta 2. (Found on KDE.News)
KDE 3.4.3 Released (KDE.News)Version 3.4.3 of KDE has been announced. "This release includes many bugfixes and increased translation coverage compared to previous versions. The 3.4.3 info page has the links to download the source and packages are available for Arch Linux, Kubuntu, Slackware and SuSE. Konstruct is the easy way to build from source." See the full announcement for details.
KDE Software AnnouncementsThe following new KDE software has been announced this week:
Electronics Icarus Verilog Snapshot 20051012Snapshot 20051012 of Icarus Verilog, an electronic simulation language compiler, has been announced. "This snapshot includes noticible improvements in bug count and run time. Also, I've been using the devel trunk in my day job work for a while now, so I would say that it is now an improvement over the stable 0.8 releases."
Logisim 2.0 Beta 23 repairs bugs (SourceForge)Version 2.0 Beta 23 of Logism is out with bug fixes. "Logisim, an extensive Java-based educational tool for graphical design and simulation of digital logic circuits, has been updated to a new version, 2.0 Beta 23. The new version repairs a significant bug with configuring the behavior of a small number of built-in components (Constant, Clock), and it repairs a minor problem with some images in the beginner's tutorial."
Simted 0.0.4 beta releasedVersion 0.0.4 beta of Simted, a cross-platform engine for modeling electronics with nonlinear ordinary differential equations, is out. Changes include an improved API, better stability, more examples, and new documentation.
SvxLink version 051009 released (SourceForge)Version 051009 of SvxLink has been announced. "SvxLink is a repeater controller and a general voice services system with features such as EchoLink and voice mail. For this release a nasty networking bug has been fixed and a voice mail system has been added."
Fonts and Images Open Clip Art Library 0.18 AnnouncedRelease 0.18 of the Open Clip Art Library, a collection of images, is out. "For the month of September, the Open Clip Art Library sought imagery related to pets including images of different breeds appropriate for use by animal shelters. For the upcoming 0.19 release, due November 1, 2005, the theme is Halloween."
Games Bygfoot Football Manager 1.9.2 available (SourceForge)Release 1.9.2 of Bygfoot Football Manager has been announced, changes include bug fixes and some new features. "Bygfoot is a small and simple graphical football (a.k.a. soccer) manager game featuring many international leagues & cups. You manage a team from one such league: you form the team, buy & sell players, get promoted or relegated and of course try to be successful."
Ember 0.3.3 ReleasedVersion 0.3.3 of Ember has been released by the WorldForge game project. "Ember is a fully functional 3d client for the WorldForge project. It takes advantage of the latest graphic cards to present a beautiful, fully interactive world. An easy to use GUI allows the player to interact with both the world and other players with ease. This release adds support for the latest Atlas, Eris and Ogre libraries, which brings much increased stability and performance. The GUI and input system has also been further refined, as well as the options available to the user in the ember.conf file."
MetalMech 0.2.4 released (SourceForge)Version 0.2.4 of MetalMech is out with new XML locking code and bug fixes. "Metal Mech is a Web-based mass multiplayer game of battle between robots and space exploration. It is a game of strategy, economics, role-playing, and combat. Each player can handle their own war robot and battle against other players to be the Emperor of the Universe. Players battle against each other for resources, energy, money, buildings, and more."
Interoperability Wine TrafficThe October 14, 2005 edition of Wine Traffic is online. Topics include: LWN Article, Direct3D 7, version 2, Still Image Architecture, Winelib & Native Apps, and Fixing Bugs.
Mail Clients MH-E 7.85 releasedVersion 7.85 of MH-E, the Emacs interface to the MH mail system, has been announced. "Version 7.85 heralds a migration of the CVS repository from SourceForge to Savannah only for those files that were already part of Emacs. As a result, two incompatibilities were introduced with this release: the location of MH-E in the load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to mh-autoloads.el."
Music Applications DSSI 0.9.1 releasedVersion 0.9.1 of DSSI, an audio plugin API for software instruments and effects, is out. "This release does _not_ contain any changes to the DSSI API itself, which has been stable now since the 0.4 release fifteen months ago (with minor additions at 0.9). Instead, it contains numerous clarifications to the specification and documentation, and the included reference host and example programs have become significantly more robust."
Office Suites Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, Part 2 (Linux Journal)Linux Journal is running part two of a series on controlling OpenOffice.org. "Last time we learned the vocabulary and the concepts. Now we're ready to look at the code that will let us interact with OOo Calc."
Web Browsers XForms 1.0 Second Preview Available for Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 (MozillaZine)Preview release 2 of XForms 1.0 for Firefox has been announced. "Aaron Reed writes: "The Mozilla project today released a second preview of its XForms extension, available as a .xpi and ready to be used to extend the recently released Beta 2 version of Firefox 1.5. XForms 1.0 is a W3C recommendation that allows web page authors to take advantage of structured data and client-side validation when designing forms. XForms is designed to be embedded in XML documents, such as XHTML 1.0. Mozilla XForms support has been developed over the last year by IBM, Novell, and independent contributors.""
Word Processors AbiWord 2.4.1 released. (GnomeDesktop)Version 2.4.1 of AbiWord has been announced. "The AbiWord team is happy to announce AbiWord v2.4.1. Since the 2.4.0 release we have received a lot of great feedback from our users, which led to a number of useful bugreports as well. This is the first bugfixing releasing in the new stable 2.4 series to address some of those bugreports."
Languages and Tools Caml Caml Weekly NewsThe October 18, 2005 edition of the Caml Weekly News is online with the latest Caml language articles.
Haskell Haskell Weekly NewsThe October 18, 2005 edition of the Haskell Weekly News is online with the latest Haskell news. Topics covered this week include several new releases, the future Haskell standard, Zlib bindings, and a proposal for class aliases.
Java Sun releases Jini starter kitSun Microsystems, Inc. has announced the availability of the Jini Technology Starter Kit v2.1, available under the Apache 2.0 license. "The Jini Technology Starter Kit enables developers to leverage advanced Java dynamic networking technology, making it easier for developers to build competitive applications in technology growth markets such as edge networking, grid computing, e-business, and enterprise integration."
Diagnostic Tests with Ant (O'ReillyNet)Koen Vervloesem uses Ant for running diagnostics. "Determining what's gone wrong with your software--source or binary--in a remote location is no simple task. Before taking a call and walking the user through error-prone troubleshooting, why not collect information about the user's system and the application files?"
What Is Spring, Part 2 (O'Reilly)Justin Gehtland and Bruce Tate continue their O'Reilly introductory series on Spring with part two. "In part one of this two-part series dubbed "What Is Spring" (and excerpted from Chapter 1 of Spring: A Developer's Notebook), authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland showed you how to automate a simple application and enable it for Spring. Today, the authors will cover how to use Spring to help you develop a simple, clean, web-based user interface (excerpted from Chapter 2, "Building a User Interface")."
Perl This Week on perl5-portersThe October 3-9, 2005 edition of This Week on perl5-porters is available with a number of new Perl articles.
PHP Zend launches PHP Collaboration ProjectZend Technologies, Inc. has announced the launch of the "PHP Collaboration Project," an initiative designed to push PHP-based web applications forward. The project's first two initiatives are "a Web application framework which will standardize the way PHP applications are built," and the incorporation of PHP support into Eclipse.
Python Dr. Dobb's Python-URL!The October 17, 2005 edition of Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! is online with the latest new Python articles.
DrPython 161 releasedVersion 161 of DrPython, an editing environment for Python, has been announced. "The buggy debugger was removed for now. Focus is now set in each tab when switching documents. The focus is set to the current document when a program ends. Code for the Save A Copy function was added. SourceBrowser auto-refresh is now saved again. The location of the mode dialog bitmaps was changed."
TestOOB 0.7 releasedVersion 0.7 of TestOOB has been released, it features major feature enhancements. "TestOOB (Python Testing Out Of (The) Box) is an advanced unit testing framework for Python. It integrates effortlessly with existing PyUnit (module "unittest") test suites."
Ruby What Is Ruby on Rails (O'ReillyNet)O'ReillyNet takes a look at Ruby on Rails. "It has been just over a year since the public debut of Ruby on Rails on July 25, 2004. In this short time, Rails has progressed from an already impressive version 0.5 to an awe-inspiring, soon-to-be-released version 1.0 that managed to retain its ease of use and high productivity while adding a mind-boggling array of new features. This article introduces the components of the upcoming Ruby on Rails 1.0 and shows you what the fuss is all about."
Ruby on Rails gains new ModelSecurity featureBruce Perens has announced the ModelSecurity project. "I've developed /ModelSecurity/, a new Ruby on Rails facility that helps developers implement a security /defense in depth/ by implementing access control within the data model."
Tcl/Tk Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL!The October 19, 2005 edition of Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! is online with the latest Tcl/Tk articles and resources.
Debuggers DWARF 3 Public ReviewVersion 3 of Dwarf, a debugger, is up for public review. "Version 3 of the DWARF standard builds on the previous version and includes support for C++ namespaces. It extends previous support for C, Java, Ada, Fortran and Cobol. There is improved support for optimized code, which has often been difficult to debug. Improvements have also been made to make it easier to eliminate duplicate debugging information."
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