*Result*: News & Views.
*Further Information*
*This section presents news briefs on issues and events related to computer programming as of October 2004. The final release of PGH 5.0 is now available. Along with a new object model, this version of the open-source scripting language features new and updated extensions such as a Simple Object Access Protocol extension for web services interoperability; a MySQL extension supporting MySQL 4.1 and later; and a SimpleXML extension, compatible with the DOM extension, for manipulating XML as Personal Home Page objects. On the other news, Steve Jobs previewed the next version of Mac OS X--10.4, code-named Tiger--to a crowd at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. While Tiger will not be released until 2005, Jobs is already crowing about beating Microsoft to the next generation of technologies such as file management and video manipulation. Meanwhile, the Worldwide Newton Federation claims that the Newton remains the king of the personal digital assistants. Considered the forerunner of modern personal digital assistants, the Newton MessagePad was introduced by Apple in 1993, but never became a commercial success. High prices and faulty handwriting recognition prevented the Newton from becoming popular with a wide-audience, and the device was discontinued in 1998.*