GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects- February 29, 2008 The GNOME Foundation is running an accessibility outreach program, offering USD$50,000 to be split among individuals. This program will promote software accessibility awareness among the GNOME community as well as harden and improve the overall quality of the GNOME accessibility offering. Read the full announcement.http://gnomedesktop.org/node/3971 GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul, Turkey- February 29, 2008 BOSTON, MassFebruary 28, 2008GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from the 7th to the 12th of July 2008. The conference will bring together the GNOME development and user community and key personalities from businesses and governments, to discuss the future direction of the GNOME project. The call for participation in the conference is now open, and will close on March 30th. A variety of presentations and session can be proposed. Emerging GNOME trends set the...http://gnomedesktop.org/node/3972 PyChess Philidor Goes Gold!- February 21, 2008 PyChess Philidor 0.8 has been released. This happens after nearly a year coding, and a rewrite of large parts of the codebase for stability and features. If you haven't already beaten fruit, gnuchess, pychess-engine and your friend with PyChess, now is time to! The most prominent new features include: - - - Online chess play on the FICS servers. - - - Ability to undo and pause chess games. - - - Support for UCI engines like Fruit, Glaurung and Shredder. - - - Full list of changes:...http://gnomedesktop.org/node/3970 |