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
Dec 31, 2009A tiny script from U.S. network specialist Scott Iekel-Johnson extracts software licenses from source code. The oss-license-extract tool is now available in version 1.2.
more »26C3: Milkymist Visual Synthesizer Soon with Ethernet and USB
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more »26C3: WikiLeaks to Conquer Iceland
Dec 30, 2009The whistleblower project, protected by a cascade of tor servers, over the last months has made public a series of explosive documents. Now it wants to take a step further and plans a technical data model state in the north Atlantic.
more »Greg's Kernel Report: Android Drivers to Be Dropped, Same Possible Fate for Microsoft Hyper-V
Dec 24, 2009Kernel developer and Novell coworker Greg Kroah-Hartman manages new drivers in a separate tree for the Linux drivers project. He most recently reported that a few projects will have to depart from Kernel 2.6.33, among them also Google.
more »Opendesktop.org with openSUSE Build Service Integration
Dec 24, 2009There's a lot more to the openSUSE build service than just openSUSE. The service builds packages for numerous other projects, now also including Opendesktop.org.
more »Unswindle: Israeli Hacker Breaks Kindle's DRM Format
Dec 23, 2009Amazon's Kindle is well and good. But what if you want to read a DRM-protected ebook on other devices? Simple: set up a hacking contest.
more »Maarch Entreprise 1.0 Manages Digital Documents and Physical Archives
Dec 23, 2009French company Maarch has released the first version of its free document management system.
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