Smoking Cessation

Version 1.5.2 of Chiba Core, an open source, XForms library for Java. This release "adds the new Xforms 1.1 schema which is now configurable. Therefore the nil value is now valid for a bunch of Schema types like data, double and the like. Localisation has been improved and now falls back to US locale as default if incoming value cannot be parsed. A new appender has been added to logging."

All About N-Gage have the dirt on a game that looks like it has a lot of potential: Asphalt: Urban GT.  I can't say that I've played much more than some FIFA and other random stuff on the N-Gage, but a good racer can add a lot of value to a gaming platform.  Of course I'm still waiting to see if Call of Duty rocks as much as it should.

SAP said its third-quarter results will be below expectations due to a sudden drop-off in sales that the software vendor blamed on the turmoil in the world's financial markets.

OpenSymphony

The Quartz team announces the official release Quartz 1.6.1. This release contains dozens of bug fixes, performance improvements, and a few new features.

* Quartz: http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz
* Release notes and changes: http://wiki.opensymphony.com/display/QRTZ1/Quartz+1.6.1
* Download: http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/download.action

1.6.1 Release Candidates were downloaded over 20,000 times, and ran through months of high use testing in clustered environments.

Many thanks to all contributors and testers!