Announcements

Lisp guru makes awards finalist list

Bruno Haible was among the top three finalists for the 2002 Free Software Awards. Thanks to Paolo Amoroso.

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Eridani Star Systems MailStripper Pro 0.93 released

Eridani Star Systems has announced a new version of MailStripper, an anti-spam mail scanner with anti-virus capability. MailStripper is intended to be Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) independent and aims to work with any SMTP-based MTA as it works by filtering the incoming SMTP stream.

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Motorola announces Linux handset

Motorola has announced what it claims is the first handset running Java and Linux. "The A760 is Motorola's first handset demonstrating the company's commitment to making the Linux operating system a key pillar of its handset software strategy. The strategy fosters innovative applications, which helps lead to increased revenue and differentiation opportunities for operators around the globe." Unless you live in the Asia/Pacific region, however, you will have to wait a while before you can get your hands on one.

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Sourcefire gets $11 Million investment

Perhaps some money is slowly flowing back into the tech industry; SourceFire, which is selling a product built around the free Snort intrusion detection system, has announced the receipt of $11 million in venture funding.

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Sun Microsystems Laboratories Contributes XACML Security Standard

Sun Microsystems, Inc. has announced the release of its implementation of the new XACML OASIS Open Standard for security under an open source (BSD-style) license.

The OASIS interoperability consortium has announced that its members have approved the Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) as an OASIS Open Standard.

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3-in-1: Mini Book Reviews (Linux Journal)

Linux Journal reviews three books: "Extending and Embedding Perl", "LDAP Programming, Management and Integration", and "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp, 2nd Edition".

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Linux Summit 2003 and press conference

The Linux Summit 2003 happens February 27 - 28, 2003 in Espoo Finland. At the Summit, attendees will learn why Linux has become a hot topic within the IT industry.  Using examples from real life, the Linux Summit 2003 will demonstrate why businesses are increasingly embracing Linux and Open Source software.

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PyCon 2003

PyCon 2003, a community-oriented Python conference, will be held in Washington, DC on March 26-28, 2003.

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First OpenOffice.org Conference

The First OpenOffice.org Conference will be held in Hamburgh, Germany on March 20-21, 2003.

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KDE at Paris Solutions Linux 2003

KDE.org reports on the KDE activity at the Solutions Linux 2003 show which was held in Paris.

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GUADEC 2003 to Attract Global Audience of GNOME Developers and Enthusiasts

Here is an announcement for the fourth annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC), to be held at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, June 16 - 18, 2003.

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CFP Stockholm Perl Mongers (use Perl)

Use Perl mentions the resurrection of the Stockholm Perl Mongers group.

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New Security Paradigms Workshop 2003 CFP

A Call For Papers has been sent out for the New Security Paradigms Workshop 2003, to be held in Ascona, Switzerland on August 18-21, 2003. Papers are due in by June 10.

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Events: February 20 - April 17, 2003

Date	Event	Location
February 20 - 21, 2003	Desktop Linux Summit	(Vivendi Universal Building)San Diego, CA
February 22 - 24, 2003	CodeCon 2.0	(Club NV)San Francisco CA, USA
February 27 - 28, 2003	Linux Summit 2003	(Dipoli Conference Center)Espoo, Finland
March 17 - 19, 2003	Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU	(The Marvin Center Grand Ballroom, George Washington University)Washington, DC
March 20 - 21, 2003	First OpenOffice.org Conference(OOoCon2003)	(University of Hamburg)Hamburg, Germany
March 20 - 21, 2003	Conference PHP 2003	(École Polytechnique de Montréal)Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 26 - 28, 2003	PyCon DC 2003	(George Washington University)Washington DC
March 31 - April 2, 2003	2nd USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies(FAST '03)	(Cathedral Hill Hotel)San Francisco, CA
April 2 - 3, 2003	The UK Python Conference	(Holiday Inn Oxford)Oxford, England
April 10 - 12, 2003	MySQL Users Conference & Expo 2003	(Doubletree Hotel)San Jose, California
April 13 - 17, 2003	RSA Conference 2003	(Moscone Center)San Francisco, CA
April 14 - 15, 2003	Samba eXPerience 2003	(Hotel Freizeit)Göttingen, Germany
April 15 - 16, 2003	LinuxUser & Developer Expo 2003	Birmingham, UK

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This week's software announcements

Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:

• Sorted alphabetically,
• Sorted by license.

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WiFi Caravan to Prove Extreme Mobile Connectivity

If you're interested in wireless, Linux, security, digital music, or the off-the-shelf hardware and software that enable the freedom of a mobile wireless network which can maintain an uninterrupted connection even at highway speeds, then read on...

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