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. Acme-POE-Acronym-Generator-1.12 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/Acme-POE-Acronym-Generator-1.12/ Generate random POE acronyms. ---- Acme-Rautavistic-Sort-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~schwigon/Acme-Rautavistic-Sort-0.01/ Rautavistic sort functions ---- AnyEvent-3.2 http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/AnyEvent-3.2/ provide framework for multiple event loops ---- Business-KontoCheck-2.91 http://search.cpan.org/~michel/Business-KontoCheck-2.91/ Perl extension for checking German and Austrian Bank Account Numbers ---- CGI-CMS-0.33 http://search.cpan.org/~lze/CGI-CMS-0.33/ Content Managment System that runs under mod_perl and and as cgi script. ---- CGI-Widget-DBI-Search-0.23 http://search.cpan.org/~adiraj/CGI-Widget-DBI-Search-0.23/ Database search widget ---- CPAN-Reporter-Smoker-0.09 http://search.cpan.org/~dagolden/CPAN-Reporter-Smoker-0.09/ Turnkey CPAN Testers smoking ---- Crypt-DH-GMP-0.00005 http://search.cpan.org/~dmaki/Crypt-DH-GMP-0.00005/ Crypt::DH Using GMP Directly ---- DBIx-Class-Schema-Slave-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~travail/DBIx-Class-Schema-Slave-0.01/ DBIx::Class::Schema for slave (EXPERIMENTAL) ---- DBIx-Class-Schema-Slave-0.01001 http://search.cpan.org/~travail/DBIx-Class-Schema-Slave-0.01001/ DBIx::Class::Schema for slave (EXPERIMENTAL) ---- DBIx-Perlish-0.39 http://search.cpan.org/~gruber/DBIx-Perlish-0.39/ a perlish interface to SQL databases ---- DBIx-Web-0.74 http://search.cpan.org/~makarow/DBIx-Web-0.74/ Active Web Database Layer ---- Devel-Deprecate-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~ovid/Devel-Deprecate-0.01/ Create deprecation schedules in your code ---- GRID-Machine-0.091 http://search.cpan.org/~casiano/GRID-Machine-0.091/ Remote Procedure Calls over a SSH link ---- Games-RailRoad-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~jquelin/Games-RailRoad-0.03/ a train simulation game ---- Geo-Google-PolylineEncoder-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~spurkis/Geo-Google-PolylineEncoder-0.02/ encode lat/lngs to Google Maps Polylines ---- HTML-Tested-JavaScript-0.12 http://search.cpan.org/~bosu/HTML-Tested-JavaScript-0.12/ JavaScript enabled HTML::Tested widgets. ---- HTTP-Server-Simple-0.32 http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/HTTP-Server-Simple-0.32/ Lightweight HTTP server ---- Lyrics-Fetcher-AstraWeb-0.33 http://search.cpan.org/~bigpresh/Lyrics-Fetcher-AstraWeb-0.33/ Get song lyrics from lyrics.astraweb.com ---- Module-Replace-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~dmcbride/Module-Replace-0.01/ Replace functionality in other modules ---- MooseX-Clone-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/MooseX-Clone-0.01/ Fine grained cloning support for Moose objects. ---- MooseX-Clone-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/MooseX-Clone-0.02/ Fine grained cloning support for Moose objects. ---- Net-Amazon-0.49 http://search.cpan.org/~boumenot/Net-Amazon-0.49/ Framework for accessing amazon.com via REST ---- Net-BitTorrent-0.018 http://search.cpan.org/~sanko/Net-BitTorrent-0.018/ BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol class ---- Net-SNMP-Mixin-Dot1dStp-0.01_01 http://search.cpan.org/~gaissmai/Net-SNMP-Mixin-Dot1dStp-0.01_01/ mixin class for 802.1D spanning tree information ---- Net-Twitter-1.11 http://search.cpan.org/~cthom/Net-Twitter-1.11/ Perl interface to twitter.com ---- PDF-FDF-Simple-0.16 http://search.cpan.org/~schwigon/PDF-FDF-Simple-0.16/ Read and write (Acrobat) FDF files. ---- PDF-FDF-Simple-0.17 http://search.cpan.org/~schwigon/PDF-FDF-Simple-0.17/ Read and write (Acrobat) FDF files. ---- POE-Component-IRC-5.76 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-IRC-5.76/ a fully event-driven IRC client module. ---- POE-Component-MessageQueue-0.2.0 http://search.cpan.org/~dsnopek/POE-Component-MessageQueue-0.2.0/ A POE message queue that uses STOMP for its communication protocol ---- SWISH-Prog-0.20 http://search.cpan.org/~karman/SWISH-Prog-0.20/ information retrieval application framework ---- Search-Google-1.0.0 http://search.cpan.org/~ejs/Search-Google-1.0.0/ Perl OO interface to the Google REST API for searching ---- Test-Approx-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~spurkis/Test-Approx-0.01/ ---- Test-Approx-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~spurkis/Test-Approx-0.02/ compare two strings for equality using Levenshtein distances ---- Text-FormBuilder-0.13 http://search.cpan.org/~peichman/Text-FormBuilder-0.13/ Create CGI::FormBuilder objects from simple text descriptions ---- WWW-YourFileHost-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WWW-YourFileHost-0.01/ Get video informations from YourFileHost ---- WWW-YourFileHost-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WWW-YourFileHost-0.02/ Get video informations from YourFileHost ---- WWW-YourFileHost-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WWW-YourFileHost-0.03/ Get video informations from YourFileHost ---- WebService-Simple-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WebService-Simple-0.04/ Simple Interface To Web Services APIs ---- WebService-Simple-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WebService-Simple-0.05/ Simple Interface To Web Services APIs ---- WebService-Simple-0.06 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WebService-Simple-0.06/ Simple Interface To Web Services APIs ---- WebService-Simple-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WebService-Simple-0.07/ Simple Interface To Web Services APIs ---- WebService-Simple-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WebService-Simple-0.08/ Simple Interface To Web Services APIs ---- WebService-Simple-0.09 http://search.cpan.org/~yusukebe/WebService-Simple-0.09/ Simple Interface To Web Services APIs ---- XML-XML2JSON-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~ken/XML-XML2JSON-0.05/ Convert XML into JSON (and back again) using XML::LibXML ---- smtm_1.6.9.1 http://search.cpan.org/~edd/smtm_1.6.9.1/ Display and update a configurable ticker of global stock quotes 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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