eComstation.ru has listings of OS/2 based solutions and companies that you can contribute to; recent additions include the use of eComstation in science and technical labs. Thanks to Eugene Gorbunoff for the info.

A Wiki has been set up where you can enter suggestions for presentations and workshops at Warpstock Europe. It will help find suitable speakers; anyone interested in presenting should submit their information to the Session Manager. From VOICE News.

NetLabs has published their fifty-ninth biweekly newsletter to update everyone on their latest developments. Recent updates include ACPI, FM/2, GenMac, Samba, UniAud, WPS Wizard, and more. You can sponsor NetLabs, which helps fund development on various projects.

eComStation.Ru is collecting information about Dell notebooks that are OS/2 compatible. They also have a categorized listing of available software. Thanks to Eugene Gorbunoff for the info.

An OS/2 build of Firefox version 2.0.0.14 has been released (4/18/2008). Firefox is a stand-alone browser, based on Mozilla code. See my Warpzilla tips page for more information. Thanks to Sander Nyman and Gary Wong for the info.

Warpstock Europe 2008 will be held at the City Hostel in Düsseldorf, Germany, on November 14th-16th.. This annual conference is dedicated to information, education, support, and exchange and addresses users, developers, and software vendors. To achieve these goals, the event offers seminars and workshops, exhibition areas, and room for personal exchange. From VOICE News.

An OS/2 build of Firefox version 3.0 beta 5 has been released (4/9/2008); there are some known issues, see the readme file. Firefox is a stand-alone browser, based on Mozilla code. See my Warpzilla tips page for more information. Thanks to Gary Wong for the info.

Universal Audio version 1.1.4 RC6 has been released (4/6/2008). This is based on the GPL ALSA Project from Linux and provides drivers for various sound chipsets. It now has support for ACPI, but users with HDA chipsets should continue to test the 1.9.x series of UniAud32 builds.

The SciTech SNAP Graphics products are no longer being actively developed, and portions of the source code will be available under an open source license. In the meantime, there is a free registration code you can use. If you are interested in assisting with an open source release, there is an OpenSNAP mailing list. SciTech SNAP Graphics is a "universal" video driver, with support for over 240 graphics chipsets, with extra features like zooming, multihead, video overlays for some chipsets, software OpenGL 1.5 support, and more.

Lewis G Rosenthal has set up a mailing list for T60 and T61 users running eCS; this should allow for more focused discussion of hardware issues on these laptop models. To subscribe, please send a message to ecs-t6x-on@2rosenthals.com and reply to the confirmation message.

Paul Smedley has released (4/5/2008) UniAud32 version 1.9.3; in this version the driver code has been updated to ALSA 1.0.16. This features better support for HDA than earlier builds of UniAud, and will eventually become UniAud version 2.0. Note that the emu10k1 driver (used by SB Live) is not currently included.

Peter Weilbacher has released (4/1/2008) unofficial builds of Seamonkey 1.1.9, Firefox 2.0.0.13, and Thunderbird 2.0.0.13(pre) that adds high memory support, MNG/JNG support, SVG and Canvas support, Rich Walsh's WPS enhancements, EA URL tagging of downloads, and more.

eCoSoft has published a newsletter informing everyone on their latest developments. Recent updates include ACPI, Panorama, General Network Utilities, NeoWPS, and more. Thanks to Eugene Gorbunoff for the info.

The OS/2 and eComStation Developers Workshop 2008 will be held May 17th-18th, in the city of Duesseldorf, Germany, in the City Youth Hostel, located right by the Rhine. Students don't need to pay, but they are required to register; speakers do not need to pay or register. Tickets are available for purchase through the Mensys Online shop.

Paul Smedley has released (5/4/2008) an OS/2 port of Squid version 3.0.stable5. Also available (7/24/2007) is another port of version 2.6s14. Squid offers high performance proxy caching for Web clients supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP requests. From VOICE News.

PrefBar version 4.1 has been released (5/4/2008). It allows you to configure several Mozilla settings on the fly, and incorporates the features of UABar.

JamochaMUD version 2.9 has been released (5/4/2008). This is an open-source Java MUCK/MUD client.

The Java Image Browser Sorter version 2.2.0 has been released (5/3/2008). This program requires Java 1.4.

ClamAV version 0.93 has been ported (5/1/2008) to OS/2. This is a GPL anti-virus toolkit, which features a command line scanner, a tool for automatic updating via the Internet, and integration with mail servers (attachment scanning).

The SunnyIcons component of eSchemes Deluxe has been updated (5/1/2008) to version 2.1 beta. The Piano Launchpad component is at version 1.37 (4/26/2008), and the Imagination component is at version 3.10 (3/2/2008). SunnyIcons offers support for PNG icons (warning: it conflicts with WPS Wizard!). Imagination consists of new WPS classes which simplify browsing of pictures; it offers a preview window and image viewing, with support for many common graphics formats. Piano Launchpad is a replacement for the old IBM Launchpad, with support for large icons.

Art of Illusion version 2.6 has been released (4/30/2008). This is a full featured 3D modelling, rendering, and animation studio, written entirely in Java.

dvddao version 2.0.4 has been released (4/29/2008). This is a tool for writing DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM discs.

PHPMyAdmin version 2.11.6 has been released (4/29/2008). This is a set of PHP scripts to administer MySQL over the web.

eComstation Maintenance Tool version 2.2.0.2 has been released (4/29/2008). This is designed to apply software updates to eComstation.

InstPDR version 1.02 has been released (4/27/2008) on the eComStation Betazone. This is a GUI tool for installing new printer drivers, and includes a graphical frontend for importing PPD files. From VOICE News.

Tame/2 has been updated (4/26/2008) to use the latest SANE 1.1.0 CVS code. TAME/2 is a GUI front end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy), which now comes as a complete scanning solution, together with SANE for SCSI and USB scanners. It has a preview window, supports MMOS2 image formats and light tables, and more. Many scanners from Microtek, Epson, HP, Mustek, Umax, and more are known to be working with this package; if yours works and isn't on the list, let Paul know the details. See the old Tame/2 web page for additional information. From VOICE News.

QTParted version 0.4.5 has been ported (4/26/2008) to OS/2. This is an open source clone of Partition Magic, allowing you to create, resize, and delete various partition types. NTFS is supported, but unfortunately HPFS is not.

OpenTTD version 0.6.1 RC1 has been released (4/26/2008) for OS/2. This is an open source clone of the popular DOS game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" using SDL. Note that the original game data files are currently required.

Iron Spring PL/I alpha version 0.5e has been released (4/25/2008). This is a compiler for the PL/I programming language, although it is currently missing some features.