The following modules have recently been added to or updated in the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). You can install them using the instructions in the 'perlmodinstall' page included with your Perl distribution. AIIA-GMT-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~cjukuo/AIIA-GMT-0.02/ a XML-RPC client of a web-service server, AIIA gene mention tagger, which provides the service to recognize named entities in the biomedical articles ---- Alien-Selenium-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~domq/Alien-Selenium-0.07/ installing and finding the Selenium Web test framework ---- Apache-Session-1.86 http://search.cpan.org/~c*****/Apache-Session-1.86/ A persistence framework for session data ---- Asterisk-config-0.93 http://search.cpan.org/~hoowa/Asterisk-config-0.93/ the Asterisk config read and write module. ---- B-Generate-1.12_03 http://search.cpan.org/~jcromie/B-Generate-1.12_03/ Create your own op trees. ---- CGI-JSONRPC-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~crakrjack/CGI-JSONRPC-0.04/ CGI handler for JSONRPC ---- CatalystX-CRUD-0.25 http://search.cpan.org/~karman/CatalystX-CRUD-0.25/ CRUD framework for Catalyst applications ---- Config-Inetd-0.28 http://search.cpan.org/~schubiger/Config-Inetd-0.28/ Interface inetd's configuration file ---- Config-Model-Xorg-0.508 http://search.cpan.org/~ddumont/Config-Model-Xorg-0.508/ Xorg configuration model for Config::Model ---- Config-XPath-0.13 http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/Config-XPath-0.13/ a module for retrieving configuration data from XML files by using XPath queries ---- Convert-Temperature-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~mopy/Convert-Temperature-0.02/ ---- Convert-yEnc-1.03 http://search.cpan.org/~swmcd/Convert-yEnc-1.03/ yEnc decoder ---- DBD-MaxDB-7.7.05.00 http://search.cpan.org/~maxdb/DBD-MaxDB-7.7.05.00/ MaxDB database driver for the DBI module version 7.7.5 BUILD 000-000-000-000 ---- DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn-0.00001 http://search.cpan.org/~groditi/DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn-0.00001/ Automatically encode columns ---- Data-Thunk-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Data-Thunk-0.04/ A sneakier Scalar::Defer ;-) ---- HTML-WikiConverter-DokuWikiFCK-0.10 http://search.cpan.org/~turnermm/HTML-WikiConverter-DokuWikiFCK-0.10/ A WikiConverter Dialect sup****ting the FCKeditor in DokuWiki ---- HTML-WikiConverter-DokuWikiFCK-0.11 http://search.cpan.org/~turnermm/HTML-WikiConverter-DokuWikiFCK-0.11/ A WikiConverter Dialect sup****ting the FCKeditor in DokuWiki ---- IO-Async-0.12 http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/IO-Async-0.12/ a collection of modules that implement asynchronous filehandle IO ---- IO-Async-Loop-Glib-0.12 http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/IO-Async-Loop-Glib-0.12/ a Loop using the Glib::MainLoop object ---- IO-Lambda-0.09 http://search.cpan.org/~karasik/IO-Lambda-0.09/ non-blocking I/O in lambda style ---- IPC-Locker-1.480 http://search.cpan.org/~wsnyder/IPC-Locker-1.480/ Distributed lock handler ---- JavaScript-Dumper-0.002 http://search.cpan.org/~perler/JavaScript-Dumper-0.002/ Dump JavaScript data structures from Perl objects. Allows unquoted strings and numbers. ---- LWPx-TimedHTTP-1.5 http://search.cpan.org/~simonw/LWPx-TimedHTTP-1.5/ time the different stages of an HTTP request ---- Lirc-Client-1.50 http://search.cpan.org/~mgrimes/Lirc-Client-1.50/ A client library for the Linux Infrared Remote Control ---- Math-Polygon-1.00 http://search.cpan.org/~markov/Math-Polygon-1.00/ Class for maintaining polygon data ---- Module-Build-PM_Filter-v1.21 http://search.cpan.org/~vmoral/Module-Build-PM_Filter-v1.21/ Add a PM_Filter feature to Module::Build ---- Nagios-Plugin-0.24 http://search.cpan.org/~tonvoon/Nagios-Plugin-0.24/ A family of perl modules to streamline writing Nagios plugins ---- Net-DNS-Nslookup-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~pgrinberg/Net-DNS-Nslookup-0.01/ Perl module for getting simple nslookup output. ---- Net-Elexol-EtherIO24-0.17 http://search.cpan.org/~chrisy/Net-Elexol-EtherIO24-0.17/ Object interface for manipulating Elexol Ether I/O 24 units with Perl ---- Net-Elexol-EtherIO24-0.18 http://search.cpan.org/~chrisy/Net-Elexol-EtherIO24-0.18/ Object interface for manipulating Elexol Ether I/O 24 units with Perl ---- Nothing-Tiny-1 http://search.cpan.org/~jrockway/Nothing-Tiny-1/ a module that does nothing, albeit with no accessor overhead or non-core dependencies ---- POD2-Base-0.0301 http://search.cpan.org/~ferreira/POD2-Base-0.0301/ Base module for translations of Perl do***entation ---- POE-Component-CPAN-SQLite-Info-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-CPAN-SQLite-Info-0.04/ non-blocking wrapper around CPAN::SQLite::Info with file fetching abilities. ---- Rose-DBx-Garden-0.11 http://search.cpan.org/~karman/Rose-DBx-Garden-0.11/ bootstrap Rose::DB::Object and Rose::HTML::Form cl***** ---- Rose-DBx-Garden-Catalyst-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~karman/Rose-DBx-Garden-Catalyst-0.08/ plant Roses in your Catalyst garden ---- SNMP-Class-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~aduitsis/SNMP-Class-0.07/ A convenience class around the NetSNMP perl modules. ---- SQL-Translator-0.0899_02 http://search.cpan.org/~jrobinson/SQL-Translator-0.0899_02/ manipulate structured data definitions (SQL and more) ---- SWISH-WebService-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~karman/SWISH-WebService-0.02/ provide HTTP access to a Swish-e index ---- Socket-GetAddrInfo-0.08_6 http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/Socket-GetAddrInfo-0.08_6/ RFC 2553's getaddrinfo and getnameinfo functions. ---- Time-Clock-0.12 http://search.cpan.org/~jsiracusa/Time-Clock-0.12/ Twenty-four hour clock object with nanosecond precision. ---- VCS-CMSynergy-1.31 http://search.cpan.org/~rschupp/VCS-CMSynergy-1.31/ Perl interface to Telelogic Synergy ---- VCS-CMSynergy-1.32 http://search.cpan.org/~rschupp/VCS-CMSynergy-1.32/ Perl interface to Telelogic Synergy ---- Variable-Magic-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~vpit/Variable-Magic-0.08/ Associate user-defined magic to variables from Perl. ---- VoiceXML-Client-1.00 http://search.cpan.org/~pdeegan/VoiceXML-Client-1.00/ Perl extension for VoiceXML (VXML) clients, including useragent, parser and interpreter. ---- mobirc-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~tokuhirom/mobirc-0.03/ modern IRC to HTTP gateway If you're an author of one of these modules, please submit a detailed announcement to comp.lang.perl.announce, and we'll pass it along. 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