Thursday, April 29, 2004

wix 2.0.1629.0 released (Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset). Total project downloads to date: 80194 Project description: The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages. [Download] [Release Notes] By robmen@users.sourceforge.net (Rob Mensching). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] This is the latest release in MSFT's first open source project. 1:43:46 PM

[teknoids] Directory of Open Access Journals  Hello: I'd like to bring this web site http://www.doaj.org/ to your attention and ask that you submit information on any open access full-text law journals your school publishes on the web to their attention. Current law and political science titles: http://www.doaj.org/ljbs?cpid=45 The link to suggest a journal is below: http://www.doaj.org/suggest/ The about link explains the process and criteria used for selecting journals.  [Teknoids mailing list] Posted by Steve Perkins to the teknoids list. 1:37:00 PM

Eweek has added the following to the bottom if its articles: "Be sure to add our eWEEK.com security news feed to your RSS newsreader or My Yahoo page:   " The 'add to My Yahoo' button adds the feed to the 'RSS Headlines' feature of My Yahoo.  Very nice.  I'm going to borrow this feature. 11:53:06 AM

phpreports 0.2.3. phpreports is a PHP report generator that uses XML report layout files to generate PHP code and show a report. [freshmeat.net] 11:36:35 AM

New WordPerfect Releases Reviewed New WordPerfect Releases Reviewed Posted by michael on Thursday April 29, @10:20AM from the corel-isn't-dead-yet? dept. MikeCapone writes "The Jem Report has an extensive review (all in one page, no flash ads -- what a concept!) of Corel WordPerfect 12 for Windows and the proof of concept comeback of WordPerfect for Linux."    [Slashdot] It is always refreshing to read /. chatter on stuff like this:-) 11:30:38 AM

moregroupware 0.7.2 released (moregroupware). Total project downloads to date: 148160 Project description: Web-based groupware written in PHP4. Including modules like webmail, notes, todo, contacts, project management, calendar and others. [Download] [Release Notes] By k-fish@users.sourceforge.net (Karsten Dambekalns). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] 11:25:21 AM

interface preprocessor for PHP 0.2.2. The ippfp library provides methods for creating and rendering user interfaces in PHP independent of output format. It features HTML, GTK, and ncurses. You can create input masks such as forms for databases, etc. [freshmeat.net] 10:32:21 AM

Using Linux tools to prep digital photos for email. Digital cameras capture images that are great for printing but generally unsuited for sending by email. The files are often too large, poorly named, and many images need to be rotated. Luckily, a number of open source tools are well-suited to solving these problems quickly. [NewsForge] 9:37:12 AM

In Class, the Audience Weighs In. Professors equipping their students with wireless keypads for classroom give-and-take say they make classes come alive. By Katie Hafner. [New York Times: Technology] CALI has looked into interfacing this sort of device with CALILessonettes to provide a way of making the law classroom more interactive and engaging for students. 8:50:00 AM