POCO 1.9.0 is now available:

POCO Release 1.9.0 available

by POCO Team

About the release

POCO C++ Libraries release 1.9.0 is available. Major new features include additional text encodings, available in the Poco::Encodings library, and support for Internationalized Domain Names in the Poco::Net::DNS class.

See the CHANGELOG for the full list of all 20+ changes. Upgrading to this release is recommended.