Gifts for Gamers: Some End-of-Year Recommendations, Part 4
Dec 31, 2009On the last day of the year part four of the gamers recommendations offer some adventure games, sports and action. Have fun!
more »BPython 0.9.6: Python Command Line at Ease
Dec 31, 2009BPython is an interactive Python command line interface with its own comfort functions. The program is now available in version 0.9.6.
more »Perl Script Extracts Software Licenses
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more »New Salix OS Version 13.0.2 Released
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more »Design Study for the Next OLPC
Dec 29, 2009With an all plastic tablet in design, the story of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) can well continue. Yves Behar, designer and founder of the FuseProject has released the first concepts online.
more »Series 60 Remote 0.4.0 Beta 1 Released
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more »The Maker Web Project Helper
Dec 28, 2009The Maker, a simple content management system (CMS) for websites, is available in version 1.0.
more »Opendesktop.org with openSUSE Build Service Integration
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