freshmeat.net: Project details for Qt
“This is the first GPL edition available for MS Windows ever. Qt/Windows has been integrated with Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET. An all-new edition of Qt optimized for back-end server development is available. Binaries are provided for both commercial customers and the open source community. The paint engine and Qt Designer were improved and are more powerful. Wide architectural and API improvements were made. Support for multithreading was extended, and much more.“
REALbasic 2005 for Linux
Announcements 2005 | REALbasic 2005
“REAL Software announced today that REALbasic 2005 for Linux, a groundbreaking new visual development environment for Linux, is available for public beta and can be downloaded now from www.realsoftware.com/demo. REALbasic 2005 for Linux Standard Edition will be offered for free when it ships in August.“
Compatible with VB and includes utilites to migrate VB to RB.
Open Source Video Production Software
You don’t need to spend $$$ or get a Mac to get at some of the best VFX and 3D animation software out there. Just D/L it.
Running XP As Non-Admin
Users Overlook XP’s Non-Admin Security
“Microsoft is sparing no expense to spread the Least-privileged User Account security gospel ahead of next year’s Longhorn launch, but a little-known fact—especially among IT administrators and end users—is that the technology is already available in the Windows operating system.“
The article references the nonadmin wiki as a good source for information and tools. It is run by Microsoft developers.
EBayOpens Developer Community
O’Reilly Radar > EBay Launches New Developer Portal
“This morning EBay announced announced the eBay Community Codebase, a site for code sharing among EBay and PayPal developers.“
Clam AntiVirus Update
freshmeat.net: Project details for Clam AntiVirus
“This release introduces a number of bugfixes and cleanups. Possible descriptor leaks in archive unpackers and mishandling of fast track uuencoded files have been fixed in libclamav. Database reloading in clamav-milter has been improved.“
I’ve been waiting for this update:) We’ve been having issues with the db reload in clamav-milter, especially when under load from worm email.
BBC to Release Video Codec as Open Source
New Scientist Breaking News – BBC to launch free online video system
“The BBC codec, named after British physicist Paul Dirac, is likely to be a serious threat to the existing systems because, unlike these systems, it will be free for anyone to use. The source code for the codec has also been released for free, enabling anyone to build a player or adapt the codec for any computer platform.“
Tracking Down Folksonomies
Folksonomic Discovery
“Gataga will display its folksonomic search results as an RSS feed (just as Technorati does), which is very useful: you can subscribe to stay updated. But there are big missing pieces in this application. For one thing, it doesn’t include 43 Things and Flickr, off the beaten track of social bookmarking spanning web content, but far and away my favorites for fun and utility as self-tagging folksonomies.“
Get Podcasts for iTunes now!
MAKE: Blog: BadFruit – Get Podcasts for iTunes now!
“You don’t need to wait for iTunes 4.9 to get podcasts through iTunes for your iPod! Badfruit is a plugin for iTunes (Windows) that allows you to browse thousands of podcasts right from iTunes 4.8. “
Yummy, BadApple! Note: Uses central directory of podcasts; doesn’t appear that you can add your own podcasts:(
WebObjects Now Free To Tiger Users
Slashdot | WebObjects Now Free With Tiger
“Macworld reports that has Apple released WebObjects as a free application. From $50,000 to free, the software used to build the iTunes Music Store and Dell’s original online store is now available for free to Tiger users via Xcode 2.1.” From the article: ” The software has historical importance to Apple-watchers: it was originally released in March 1996 – but not by Apple. In fact, WebObjects was developed by NeXT Computer and became Apple’s software only when that company acquired Steve Jobs’ second computer company later that year. While not software on the tip of every Mac users tongue, WebObjects sits behind several significant implementations – the most famous current example being Apple’s iTunes Music Store.“