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Articles in April 2007

• ROL ship second Select 4 release
  CDs in the post, downloads for the impatient
   64 comments, latest by druck on 14/05/07 09:52AM. Published: 30 Apr 2007
  
  
• Another Select feature module for RISC OS 5
  OS_ClaimSWI and OS_ReleaseSWI wheel reinvented
   Discuss this. Published: 30 Apr 2007
  
  
• System diagnostic utility updated
  ConfInfo bug fixed to version 1.11
   Discuss this. Published: 28 Apr 2007
  
  
• The houses that RISC OS built
  New homes designed and produced using RISC OS kit
   14 comments, latest by vshears on 12/5/07 12:23PM. Published: 28 Apr 2007
  
  
• App development plans to be hatched at Wakefield
  Plus, should open source coding be charity-supported?
   39 comments, latest by dgs on 24/05/07 7:25PM. Published: 27 Apr 2007
  
  
• New release of family tree file editor
  Version 2.02 of freeware GEDCOM editor Prune
   Discuss this. Published: 27 Apr 2007
  
  
• Theme manager app revised
  Various updates and tweaks
   Discuss this. Published: 27 Apr 2007
  
  
• ARM 'security hole' is ofla cousin
  One man's exploit is another's .ofla.ofla.ofla
   9 comments, latest by bavison on 25/4/07 10:44PM. Published: 24 Apr 2007
  
  
• Dutch A9home support site hopes to sell software
  Developers invited to distribute their software via the website
   Discuss this. Published: 24 Apr 2007
  
  
• ROS-powered school looks for careers tutor
  And an ICT technician
   Discuss this. Published: 24 Apr 2007
  
  
• DigitalCD MIDI player now 32bit-compatible
  Courtesy of Alan Gibson
   Discuss this. Published: 24 Apr 2007
  
  
• Oregano 3 scrapped
  Dropped like a hot potato
   92 comments, latest by caliston2 on 28/04/07 00:25AM. Published: 23 Apr 2007
  
  
• Animated cursor silly now 32bit-compatible
  DogGlass converted and MouseScale also updated
   Discuss this. Published: 22 Apr 2007
  
  
• ROOL make 'market map' mouse mats
  Companies sign up to sponsor design
   13 comments, latest by arenaman on 24/4/07 2:42PM. Published: 22 Apr 2007
  
  
• Select low-level emulator in development
  RISC OS 5 given dose of SWI OS_AbortTrap
   14 comments, latest by em2ac on 25/4/07 11:28AM. Published: 22 Apr 2007
  
  
• Multimedia-friendly 1GHz XScale launched
  For the love of God, get this chip a RISC OS port
   26 comments, latest by Phantomz on 7/5/07 10:49PM. Published: 22 Apr 2007
  
  
• The return of the 8bit-era: creating a 'neo-micro'
  Reviving the 1980s, which brought us Thatcher, Depeche Mode and 32K OS ROMs
   11 comments, latest by guestx on 27/4/07 8:32PM. Published: 22 Apr 2007
  
  
• Why can't we all just get along?
  What are you looking at?
   13 comments, latest by dgs on 23/4/07 9:25PM. Published: 21 Apr 2007
  
  
• 32bit MIDI synthesiser goes on sale
  Dozens of built-in instruments plus serial driver also released
   1 comment, latest by liquid on 22/4/07 1:03AM. Published: 21 Apr 2007
  
  
• TimPlayer now supports MatrixTRK and 669 formats
  Verion 1.08 also features better volume scaling
   Discuss this. Published: 21 Apr 2007
  
  
• New scripting tool for StrongED
  Match text regular expressions can't reach
   Discuss this. Published: 21 Apr 2007
  
  
• DeskDebug updated to version 1.09
  Debugging aid treated to various fixes and improvements
   Discuss this. Published: 21 Apr 2007
  
  
• News in brief
  Samba, Neil Raine, RISC OS 6, and more
   19 comments, latest by hzn on 20/4/07 2:42PM. Published: 18 Apr 2007
  
  
• StrongED font converter updated
  StrongFont tweaked to version 1.04
   Discuss this. Published: 18 Apr 2007
  
  
• Cryptography guide brought up to date
  This link is rot26 encrypted.
   Discuss this. Published: 18 Apr 2007
  
  
• New Desklib mailing list opened
  Don't all join at once
   Discuss this. Published: 13 Apr 2007
  
  
• MIDISupport orders now being taken
  Copies emailed out, SerialMIDI to follow soon
   Discuss this. Published: 10 Apr 2007
  
  
• Minor vandalism hits riscos.info wiki
  Attempts to erase IRC info thwarted within hours
   Discuss this. Published: 10 Apr 2007
  
  
• Domesday system for sale down under
  Rare Acorn dinosaur surfaces in New Zealand
   Discuss this. Published: 9 Apr 2007
  
  
• Boffin claims security holes found in ARM chips
  Researcher set to present findings later this month
   Discuss this. Published: 7 Apr 2007
  
  
• Beta testers wanted for code checking tool
  SideDiff now supports recursive diff
   Discuss this. Published: 7 Apr 2007
  
  
• Enhanced smbserver returns back online
  Thomas Milius's work is available for free again
   Discuss this. Published: 7 Apr 2007
  
  
• Family tree software in bug fix update
  Ancestor Plus version 3.08 released online
   Discuss this. Published: 6 Apr 2007
  
  
• Qemu emulation of A9home-like hardware
  Emulation of 266Mhz ARM920T hardware developed
   Discuss this. Published: 6 Apr 2007
  
  
• ArtWorks 2.7 to create compressed PDFs
  New option to reduce size of documents
   Discuss this. Published: 4 Apr 2007
  
  
• Internet search tool updated
  Searchy 1.50 supports advanced search plus other tweaks
   Discuss this. Published: 3 Apr 2007
  
  
• Boot diagnostic utility released
  Help at hand to pin-point those start up problems
   Discuss this. Published: 3 Apr 2007
  
  
• Wakefield show exhibitor numbers swell
  Over a dozen confirmed, more hoped to follow
   Discuss this. Published: 3 Apr 2007
  
  
• First RISC OS 6 release candidate in hands of testers
  ROL move step closer to releasing Select 4
   Discuss this. Published: 3 Apr 2007
  
  
• Could NetSurf 2.0 support JavaScript?
  Developers to discuss browser future
   22 comments, latest by DS1 on 6/4/07 11:33PM. Published: 3 Apr 2007
  
  
• Judge this! Read our spoof injunction letter
  Were you fooled? Some were..
   Discuss this. Published: 1 Apr 2007
  
  

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