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vAVRdisasm 1.3 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 10:39 PM

vAVRdisasm is an Atmel AVR firmware disassembler. It supports all AVR instructions defined by the Atmel AVR Instruction Set, revision 0856E-AVR-11/05. This single-pass disassembler can handle Atmel Generic, Intel HEX8, and Motorola S-Record formatted files containing valid AVR firmware. vAVRdisasm is capable of a variety of formatting options, including representing data constants in different bases, and can output assemble-able code.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
This release corrects a few minor bugs and one critical bug: the calculation of the absolute address, which is used in certain instructions (like absolute jump). Previous versions showed absolute addresses that were not multiplied by two (to account for the 16-bit instruction size), and therefore did not display the correct absolute address. This has been fixed.

ITWorks 1.0 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 10:38 PM

IT Works is an IT asset management native iPhone application. It lets you store and manage detailed information about computers, devices, and users, using AES-128 encryption from the system-provided frameworks for storing sensitive data such as passwords. A Master Password is set up on first run that both protects access to your information and encrypts your data. When you want to add new information, or edit/delete existing records you must 'unlock' the Application using the Master Password, which will also let you view your passwords in clear text.

libburnia 0.6.0.pl01 (libburn/cdrskin branch) - 01/08/2009 10:38 PM

libburnia is a project comprised of libraries and binaries for reading, mastering, and writing optical discs. It provides libburn, a CD/DVD/BD burn library, libisofs, a manipulation library for ISO 9660 filesystems, and libisoburn, a ISO 9660 multi-session library. On top of them there is cdrskin, a cdrecord emulator, and xorriso, a all-in-one application for ISO 9660 multi-session operations which additionaly provides a limited emulation of mkisofs.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
Release 0.6.0.pl00 contained a bug with finalizing BD-R media. This is fixed now.

OpenSSL 0.9.8j (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 10:37 PM

The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.

License: OSI Approved

Changes:
Several incorrect checks, allowing a malformed signature to be treated as a good signature rather than as an error, were fixed. This vulnerability was reported as CVE-2008-5077. Experimental JPAKE support was implemented. Support for XMPP STARTTLS was added in s_client. Several other minor changes were made.

conexus I/O Library 0.5.98 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 10:37 PM

conexus is a generalized C++ I/O library that includes support for IPv4 and IPv6 sockets, serial/TTY communications, kernel message queues, pipes, and files. Objects use sigc++ for signalling property changes and other information. A companion library, conexusmm, provides a set of gtkmm widgets.

License: GNU General Public License v3

Changes:
This is a preview release heading to 0.6.0. The biggest additions to this release are the additional endpoints including kernel message queues, OpenSSL, NSPR, and NSS. There are also numerous bugfixes and rewrites.

UIF2ISO 0.1.7a (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 07:23 PM

UIF2ISO is a program for converting UIF files (Universal Image Format, used by MagicISO) to ISO. On Windows, it works from both the commandline and a GUI (double-click and use).

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
This release adds big endian support to the magiciso_is_shit function for allowing it to work on processors like PowerPC, and has some minor changes/fixes.

pycups 1.9.45 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 07:22 PM

pycups is a set of Python bindings for the CUPS API.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
Printing a test page now works with CUPS 1.4, and bindings have been added for localizing IPP reasons and marker names from PPD files.

MCM Backup 0.1 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 07:22 PM

MCM Backup is PHP/MySQL Web site backup software. It allows you to back up your Web site files and database and save them to your PC.

iWeb Valet 1.3.7 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 07:22 PM

iWeb Valet lets you enhance a set of Web pages made with iWeb, Apple's application for creating and publishing great-looking Web sites easily. After you have created your pages with iWeb, instead of publishing your site to MobileMe, you can publish your site to a folder on a local destination (your hard disk, for example), and then you can use iWeb Valet to process the site's pages in many ways, and finally have your Web site uploaded to an FTP server.

License: Shareware

Changes:
This release adds basic MobileMe iDisk upload support.

YourKit Java Profiler 8.0-build4042 (EAP branch) - 01/08/2009 04:24 PM

YourKit Java Profiler is a CPU and memory profiler that makes it easy to solve wide range of CPU- and memory-related performance problems. It features automatic leak detection, powerful tools for the analysis of memory distribution, an object heap browser, comprehensive memory tests as part of your JUnit testing process, extremely low profiling overhead, transparent deobfuscation support, and integration with Eclipse, JBuilder, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, and JDeveloper IDEs.

License: Free for non-commercial use

Changes:
Table column visibility can be configured. Table column widths are chosen more accurately. The Ctrl+F action, in addition to searching in java.lang.String instances, now has an option to search in char arrays, as well as in byte arrays in the specified encoding. Text representation of byte arrays can be viewed in the "Quick info" (Ctrl+Q) panel. Memory snapshot capture could fail under some circumstances due to incorrect data provided by JRockit. Class loaders are marked in object explorers with a dedicated icon.

NolaPro 4.0.4057 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 04:24 PM

NolaPro is a Web-based accounting, inventory, POS, and business management suite. It integrates well with other applications as an accounting backend. Custom development, APIs, and code hooks are all available. Standard modules include AP, AR, payroll, POS, order entry, inventory tracking, customer records, B2B web portal, and shopping cart (OSC). This suite can be configured for LAN or Web access, and offers optional security measures like user monitoring and IP access restrictions.

License: Freeware

Changes:
A new order page was added with POS support, order deposits, file upload, notes and deposit display. Item lookup was changed to use AJAX. The language of hints and tips text is now modifiable. POs now can recv multiple units. A toggle switch for the inv glacct page for handling scrap breakdown was added. A problem with inv PDF repeating an order number was fixed. Commission/client checks are created whenever a project invoice is paid. Support for turning quotes into orders was added. MS Access connection support was added. Number breakdowns in volume report were enhanced. The "+" character is now valid for item codes and barcodes. The ability to define a memo field for all checks printed for a company was added.

Perl Doxygen Filter 1.10 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 04:17 PM

DoxygenFilter is an input filter for Doxygen. It adds support for Perl code to Doxygen, and therefore allows Perl developers to build their code documentation using Doxygen.

License: Perl License

Changes:
This release adds basic support for documenting Visual Basic .NET code. Also, a few minor improvements were made in the Perl support, notably support for documenting variables.

NTP 4.2.4p6 (Stable branch) - 01/08/2009 04:12 PM

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. It provides client accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on WANs relative to a primary server synchronized to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) via a Global Positioning Service (GPS) receiver, for example.

License: OSI Approved

Changes:
This release fixes oCERT.org's CVE-2009-0021, a vulnerability affecting the OpenSSL library relating to the incorrect checking of the return value of EVP_VerifyFinal function. Credit for finding this issue goes to the Google Security Team for finding the original issue with OpenSSL, and to ocert.org for finding the problem in NTP and telling us about it. This is a recommended upgrade.

Winzig 2.00 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 04:12 PM

Winzig is suite of a PIM style applications written in Python/GTK. It includes an address book, a calculator, a calendar, a todo list, a notebook, a weather viewer, and a color and Unicode browser. It was written with small code size and small screen real estate usage in mind, and works well with PDAs.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
This release adds geo coding and customizable actions, such as browser invocation, that can be associated with record fields in the contact manager.

TreeLine 1.2.2 (Stable branch) - 01/08/2009 04:11 PM

TreeLine is used to organize and store text data in a tree structure. It is well suited to keeping track of many different types of information. Each node of the tree can contain several defined fields, forming a mini-database. The format of each node can be defined, and the output can be shown on the screen, printed, or exported to HTML. The tree structure is navigated and edited in the left pane of the window, while various views of the child data are shown and editable in the right pane. The data is stored in XML text files. TreeLine is based on the PyQt library.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
A German translation was added. Support was added for Python 2.6. Tabbing issues were fixed, as well as problems with special fields in node titles.

openPlaG 3.0 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 04:10 PM

openPlaG is a function graph plotter for use on Web sites. It allows the display of up to three function graphs, their derivatives, and their integrals. It can compute several different functions, with a focus on probability functions.

License: GNU General Public License v2

Changes:
New features include a slider for the instructions frame, new score table formats, graph thickness, and the functions pll, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, D0, D02, and D03.

Ximinez 0.3 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 04:08 PM

Ximinez is a disk usage analyzer and comparator. It enables you to take snapshots of disk usage for a given folder, to browse through the snapshots, and to view differences between snapshots. It is aimed towards solving problems like: "Why is my disk suddenly so full when it was OK just recently?" Besides the GUI, the package also includes an optional command line tool, which can be used, for example, in conjunction with a scheduler to take snapshots on a regular basis.

License: BSD License (revised)

Changes:
A settings dialog was created. The directory tree remains expanded during sorting, and selection is also preserved. The "file manager" and "terminal" shortcuts should now work out of the box on most Linux distributions and on Windows. There should be no more complaints about "unknown file types" (for things such as sockets and device files), just some notes about ignoring such files. There were many changes made in the generic modules.

Gnome Chemistry Utils 0.10.3 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 04:00 PM

The Gnome Chemistry Utils includes the following programs: a 2D chemical editor (GChemPaint), a chemical calculator (computes raw formule, molar weight, mass composition, and isotopic pattern), a 3D molecule viewer using OpenGL to display molecular models, a crystal structure viewer and editor, a spectrum viewer, and a periodic table of the elements.

License: GNU General Public License v2

Changes:
In GChemPaint, a selection issue, stereochemistry of InChI and SMILES output, zoom dialog behavior, and a couple of other minor issues were fixed. CIF file loading was fixed in Gnome Crystal.

clive-utils 2.1.1 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:44 PM

clive-utils is a project that contains additional utilities that can be used together with the clive utility.

License: BSD License (revised)

Changes:
This release adds the LICENSE file and changes the utilities to share the configuration file. Additionally, the Crypt::Salt module prerequisite was removed, and Crypt::Twofish2 was replaced with Crypt::Twofish (clivepass).

awesome 3.1.1 (3.x branch) - 01/08/2009 03:40 PM

awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, light, and extensible. It is primarily targeted at the power user, developer, and anyone dealing with everyday computing tasks who wants to have fine-grained control over a graphical environment.

License: GNU General Public License v2

Changes:
This version adds a missing entry in the manpage and fixes a critical bug in the image object handling.

Granite Data Services 1.2.0 GA (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:39 PM

Granite Data Services (GDS) is an alternative to Adobe LiveCycle (Flex 2) Data Services for J2EE application servers. The primary goal of this project is to provide a framework for Flex 2+/EJB3/Seam/Spring/Guice/Pojo application development with full AMF3/RemoteObject benefits. It also features a Comet-like Data Push implementation (AMF3 requests sent over HTTP) and ActionScript3 code generation tools (Ant task and Eclipse Builder).

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

Changes:
The Gravity implementation for Tomcat was completely rewritten. JBossWeb, a modified Tomcat included in JBoss 5.0.0 GA, is supported. TopLink and EclipseLink were integrated. A specific security service was added for GlassFish. Seam 2.1 in Tide is supported. Tide for Spring and Tide for EJB improvements were made. The WebCompiler now includes the Flex 3.2 SDK and is able to compile code for Flash 10. Maven artifacts are now available on java.net.

csync 0.42.0 rc2/gmc (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:35 PM

csync is a bidirectional file synchronizer for Linux. It allows the user to keep two copies of files and directories in sync. It uses uses widely adopted protocols like SMB or SFTP so that there is no need for a server component of csync. It is a user-level program which means there is no need to be a superuser. With pam_csync, it is possible to create roaming home directories.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
Syscalls were reduced. A bug in the state database was fixed. libsmbclient support was fixed. The userguide was completed.

Google Gadgets for Linux 0.10.5 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:35 PM

Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running Google Gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. It's compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle. There are two main components to the application: one is a common gadget library responsible for running and presenting a gadget, and the other is a host program that allows the user to choose gadgets and run them on the desktop. Currently it has hosts written for GTK+ and Qt, with the GTK+ host offering a sidebar similiar to that of Google Desktop for Windows.

License: The Apache License 2.0

Changes:
Some nasty bugs found in 0.10.4 have been fixed. An about dialog for both GTK and Qt hosts has been added. A Doxyfile is included in the source package, which is used for generating an API reference document with doxygen. A fully static build is supported.

Mandriva Directory Server 2.3.2 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:33 PM

MDS (Mandriva Directory Server), along with the Mandriva Management Console (MMC), is a powerful system that allows developers, system administrators, and other software vendors to manage users, groups, and their associated policies in both OpenLDAP server and Fedora Directory Server which allows multi-master replication. Its highly ergonomic interface design makes it very easy to use, and delegation of administration enables medium size organization to adopt MDS.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
This release features MX and NS record management for DNS zones, multi-threading support in the MMC agent for improved scalability, TLS support with a certificate check for the MMC agent, and improvement to the external LDAP provisioning system.

Marathon 2.0b4 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:33 PM

Marathon is a GUI test tool that allows you to play and record scripts against a Java Swing UI. It's written in Java, and uses Python and Ruby as its scripting language (the emphasis being on an extremely simple, readable syntax that customers/testers/analysts feel comfortable with). Marathon includes a recorder, editor, player, and debugger to simplify working with test scripts.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

Changes:
Creation of semi automatic test scripts is supported. Exploratory test mode is supported. Creation of test run reports in XML and HTML is supported. A new assertion window supports creating an assertion as blocks.

prodatum alpha 38 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:17 PM

prodatum is a simple yet powerful and cross-platform preset editor (SysEx-editor) for the E-MU Proteus 2000 synthesizer family. It supports the following sound modules: Vintage Pro, Audity 2000, Proteus 2000, Proteus 1000, B-3, XL-1, Virtuoso 2000, Mo'Phatt, B-3 Turbo, XL-1 Turbo, Mo'Phatt Turbo, Planet Earth, Planet Earth Turbo, Proteus 2500, and Orbit 3. Its supported keyboards are Vintage Keys, PK-6, XK-6, MK-6, and Ensoniq Halo. It supports the PX-7, XL-7, and MP-7 command stations.

Gearmand 0.1 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:16 PM

Gearmand is the job server component of Gearman. Gearman provides a generic framework to farm out work to other machines, dispatching function calls to machines that are better suited to do work, to do work in parallel, to balance the load of processing, or to call functions between languages.

Citadel SELinux Support 1.0.60 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:16 PM

Citadel SELinux Support is a set of SELinux modules which extend mandatory access control policies to the Citadel Groupware Server daemons (citserver and webcit).

Noble Ape Simulation 0.689 (Carbon Mac OS and Source Code branch) - 01/08/2009 03:15 PM

The Noble Ape Simulation creates a random environment and simulates the ape inhabitants' cognitive processes. It features the Ocelot landscape rendering engine.

License: MIT/X Consortium License

Changes:
This version features the ape brain analysis menu options and a number of low-level bugfixes relating to genetics, reproduction, and the long-term stability.

ERDialog Web Framework 1.0 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:14 PM

ERDialog is part of a simple Web based framework with Erlang. It is a Web browser interface and system for developing programs using the Yaws HTTP server and Erlang support programs. It will be able to ship applets for installation. Applets for wiki, music playing, and file launching exist now.

License: GNU General Public License v2

Changes:
I18n handling was refactored, so it now loads text files at runtime starting rules for per-page context help. Make was added to the startup script.

OpenGrade 2.9.4 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:12 PM

OpenGrade is software for teachers to keep track of grades. It can put the students' grade reports on a Web server and allow the students password-protected access to them.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
Gradebooks can be exported to GradeL format. Marking periods are implemented.

dbook 0.4 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:12 PM

dbook is a collection of programs to manage a big book collection on the command line. It includes an ISBN checker and converter and an Amazon book information retriever. It can be used to create bibtex out of latex/tex automatically.

Layer-7 Packet Classifier for Linux 2.21 (Netfilter 2.4/2.6 patches branch) - 01/08/2009 03:11 PM

L7-filter is a packet classifier for Netfilter that identifies packets based on application layer (OSI layer 7) data. This means that it is able to classify packets as HTTP, FTP, Gnucleus, Kazaa, etc., regardless of ports. It complements existing matches that classify based on port numbers, packet length, TOS bits, and so on. Combined with Linux QoS, it allows for full layer 7 packet shaping.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
Support for Linux 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 was added.

Big Faceless PDF Library 2.11.1 (Default branch) - 01/08/2009 03:11 PM

The Big Faceless PDF Library is a Java class library for creating PDF documents. The Extended Edition offers the ability to create and edit AcroForms, PDF's answer to the HTML form. Like HTML forms, PDF forms can contain text boxes, radio buttons, and can call JavaScript functions. The Extended Edition also includes a PDF reader for importing and editing, along with FDF support, verification for digital signatures and text extraction. Both variations offer full Unicode support, encryption, embedded TrueType and Type1 fonts, barcodes, hyperlinks, and spot and calibrated color.

License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial

Changes:
Jar size was further reduced through new obfuscation techniques. Case-insensitive search was added to PageExtractor.getMatchingText(). PostScript errors were fixed on "copy" and "internaldict" operators, used in some fonts created by pdfeTeX. Flate streams with Predictor=10 and multi-pages little-endian TIFFs were fixed.