Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Microsoft to Debut 'Istanbul' Application. Microsoft introduced a desktop computer application that aims to seamlessly integrate e-mail, instant messaging, video conferencing, traditional phone service and Internet-based calling. By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [The New York Times > Technology] 10:30:15 PM      Google It!.

VoIP Gets a New P2P Routing Protocol (DUNDi) [Slashdot:] 10:28:40 PM      Google It!.

Jet Engine on a Chip [Slashdot:] 10:24:25 PM      Google It!.

PythonCard 0.8.1 PythonCard is a GUI construction kit for building cross-platform desktop applications on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The latest release of PythonCard includes over 50 sample applications and tools to help users edit and build applications in Python, plus many useful programs like the slideshow sample that you might want to use without ever bothering to do any coding. Check out the sample pages for screenshots and info about the samples. The more applications page has some info and screenshots on applications users have built with PythonCard. New samples include floatCanvasTest, flock, gravity, testNotebook, and testSplitter. There is a new version of the codeEditor that uses tabs and will eventually replace the existing codeEditor. There is also an experimental reStructuredText and HTML editor in the codeEditor directory called restEditor. PythonCard requires Python 2.3 or higher and wxPython 2.5.2.8 or higher. The documentation page has links to installation instructions for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows that covers installing Python, wxPython, and PythonCard. The Linux instructions will be updated soon, but we're waiting for the RPMs to be built, so for now Linux users can just download and install from the tar.gz source archive. The documentation includes some walkthroughs, screenshots and info on using PythonCard and some of its tools such as the codeEditor, resourceEditor (layout tool), findfiles, and runtime shell. There are many changes from the earlier PythonCardPrototype packages. See the migration_guide.txt file if you are upgrading from an earlier release. Check the changelog for a complete list of changes for release 0.8.1. If you would like to contribute to PythonCard, the first step is joining the mailing list. [Kevin Altis' Weblog] 10:21:43 PM      Google It!.

Hacker Hits California University Computer. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A computer hacker accessed names and Social Security numbers of about 1.4 million Californians after breaking into a University of California, Berkeley, computer system in perhaps the worst attack of its kind ever suffered by the school, officials said on Tuesday. [Reuters: Technology] 8:26:35 PM      Google It!.

A Tapeless Digital Camcorder For Your Pocket [Slashdot:] 9:51:03 AM      Google It!.

Inventor Rejoices as TVs Go Dark. Tired of blaring TV sets at shops, bars and waiting rooms? A new universal remote called the TV-B-Gone lets users turn off virtually any set. A trial run in the streets of San Francisco shows the device to be quite effective. By Steven Bodzin. [Wired News] 9:48:37 AM      Google It!.

Creative Sound Blaster Wireless Music. Review From PC to hi-fi via Wi-Fi [The Register] 9:43:22 AM      Google It!.

UK tech specialist school pioneers open source switch. Thin client, app servers make the grade [The Register] 9:36:16 AM      Google It!.

Announcing: Audio.Weblogs.Com. It shows the newest podcasts, in reverse chronologic order, the same way weblogs.com shows the most recently updated weblogs. Now you can sample the work of the podcast community before installing an iPodder app. You can ping via XML-RPC, the same way you ping weblogs.com (all the major weblog apps are compatible) or through a Web form. There's even an RSS feed that contains the most recent 100 podcasts, and if your desktop aggregator is enclosure-aware, you'll even get all the podcasts (but watch out it adds up to quite a bit of space). [Scripting News] 9:09:36 AM      Google It!.