Guiffy 3.2 release available.

2001-10-17 00:28:49 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Bill Ritcher]

Guiffy is a visual source file/folder, compare/merge, utility/component.
http://www.guiffy.com

Citing consumer harm from Microsoft Monopoly

2001-10-17 00:26:08 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com]

Full report can be found as a PDF-document at
http://www.consumerfed.org/WINXP_anticompetitive_release.PDF

The story is that Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Media Access Project and U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), reveals how the tight integration of Windows XP with other basic computer applications, restrctive licensing terms, and other anticompetitive conditions imposed by Microsoft.

SmartCache 0.5.5 released

2001-10-17 00:05:39 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com, Frank Berke]

http://home.worldonline.cz/~cz210552/scache.html

Junkbuster 2.9.9 alpha released

2001-10-17 00:04:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com, David Schmidt]

The development of Junkbuster continues - and an OS/2 port is available.

Junkbuster is a powerful web proxy that filters out unwanted web content like advertisements, cookies, snoopy javascript, etc. Recent improvements include things like improved HTTP 1.1 support and popup suppression.

Tester input is needed... the documentation is a little light at the moment, but you can get support via the Junkbuster SourceForge website or comp.os.os2.apps. A self-installing executable, as well as the source code, is available.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118

Kobil Chipcard reader

2001-10-17 00:01:58 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2.org, A. Roederer]

Kobil has released a new version of their KAAN* Chipcard reader-driver
http://www.kobil.de/seiten/d/download.htm

NetDrive plugin for Psion

2001-10-16 23:59:15 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Timo Maier]

NetDrive plugin to get access to Psion PDA disks as to ordinary OS/2 drive (now with icons :-)
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=psiplug.zip

Utilities for Psion

2001-10-16 23:57:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Timo Maier]

Text mode ftp-like utilities for Psion Series 3(5). For a files transfer and files conversion, with a Rexx interface. This utilities don't use any TCP/IP stack calls.

Some words about Psion
http://en.ecomstation.ru/dbank.php?show=hardware&type=PDA

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=psiftp.zip

DFSee support now on Yahoo groups

2001-10-16 23:55:14 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com, Jan van Wijk]

To allow a better interface to the support using regular email, the support for DFSee will be moved from the current Yahoo club to the Yahoo group:
dfsee-support@yahoogroups.com

with related web-page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dfsee-support

The DFSee club will eventually be closed down ...
See the groups web-page for joining instructions.

www.fsys.demon.nl

PMEquator released as Freeware - Open Source

2001-10-16 23:51:52 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2.org, Martin Iturbide]

PMEquator 0.1 is an educational game for equations (1995/07/09). Special thanks to Frank Nestel for making his game Open Source.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pmequator.zip

NetDrive Archive PlugIn, first preview-alpha

2001-10-15 13:55:26 -- Deniska [www.ecomstation.ru, Deniska]

I'm glad to announce to you plugin for NetDrive to access (read and write) to files inside archives (such as ZIP), as they are ordinary files and folders.

URL: http://ecomstation.ru/ndparch/ndparch.zip

Few words about hardkill and watchcat for OS/2

2001-10-12 03:36:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [#os2russian, Samm]

http://www.os2.ru/articles/software/system/hardkill/index.phtml.ru
(russian text)

Unofficial fixes from testcase (11.10.2001)

2001-10-12 03:35:43 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [#os2russian, VladG]

http://www.yukos.bryansk.ru/testcase/index.html

DaniDASD update (V1.4.2)

2001-10-12 03:35:00 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Timo Maier]

Replacement for OS2DASD.DMD with FAT32, extendedX, and arbitrary partition support, mini-LVM, V1.4.0;
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=danidasd

Printerpak 19

2001-10-12 03:33:54 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2.org, Klaus Staedtler]

IBM has released the Printerpak 19. All Drivers (laserjet, plotter, omni and postscript) are updated for BR, CN, DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, JP, TW Language
ftp://ftp.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/printpak/

OS/2 Will Run Windows Applications Again

2001-10-11 17:06:30 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com, Martin Iturbide]

Martin found this article: Connectix's Virtual PC for OS/2 will let OS/2 users run Windows and Linux applications.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011009S0010

Connectix published PRESS RELEASE related to Virtual PC.

2001-10-11 17:04:50 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [#os2warez, [TGA_GiS]]

Connectix Launches Virtual PC (tm) Solution for OS/2 Users PRESS RELEASE DATE: October 9, 2001 NEWS: Connectix Launches Virtual PC(tm) Solution for OS/2 Users. Enables Enterprise Customers to use Windows and OS/2 Concurrently on one PC Through Partnership with InnoTek and Serenity Systems Details: http://www.connectix.com/company/press_vpc4w_100901.html