xVM VirtualBox 2.1 software features a number of new enhancements, including: * New Accelerated 3D Graphics: Uses the industry standard application programming interface (API) for high-performance graphics, Open Graphics Library (OpenGL), allowing users to flawlessly run applications like Google Earth and CAM-based software that are popular among heavy users of imagery like industrial designers, automotive and robotics engineers, architects, etc. * Improved Network Performance...

NIST has published all 51 first-round candidates in its hash algorithm competition. (The other submissions -- we heard they received 64 -- were rejected because they weren't complete.) Their goal is to publish the accepted submissions by the end of the month, in advance of the Third Cryptographic Hash Workshop to be held in Belgium right after FSE in February.