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Google announced the project lists for Summer Of Code 2008. Some of the more interesting projects from my perspective:
Adium

Data Detectors for Adium

Dojo Foundation

Native cryptography API for Google Gears
Dojo-Charting improvements
Dojo GFX Enhancement

FFmpeg

AAC-LC Encoder
MLP/TrueHD encoder
Apple Lossless Encoder for FFmpeg

Gallery

Facebook / Flickr Style Image Region Based Tagging

Inkscape

SVG Fonts

Joomla!

Multi-DB support, and Database abstraction layer implementation for Joomla!

The Mozilla [...]

I’m not exactly a big Instant Messaging fan, but it seems life forces you to use it these days. The majority of use on AIM, some MSN, Yahoo, and sometimes my favorite Skype. All those clients are clutter. So I don’t use Yahoo much, and keep that one closed. I’ve complained [...]