Archive for December, 2008
By admin on Dec 31, 2008 in interesting | Comments Off on NASA World Wind
World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand […]
By admin on Dec 31, 2008 in freebies, general | Comments Off on OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a free, closed-source, DNS resolution service. OpenDNS provides the following recursive nameserver addresses for public use, mapped to the nearest operational server location by anycast routing: 208.67.222.222 (resolver1.opendns.com) 208.67.220.220 (resolver2.opendns.com) OpenDNS offers DNS resolution for consumers and businesses as an alternative to using their Internet service provider‘s DNS servers. By placing company servers […]
By admin on Dec 31, 2008 in Java, open source | Comments Off on Open Source Web Services Framework
XINS is an open-source Web Services framework supporting HTTP protocols such as REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, JSON, JSON-RPC and more. From the specifications written in simple XML, XINS generates the Client API (.jar), the Java server code template (.war), the WSDL and the documentation of the specification in HTML (with the test forms) or in OpenDocument […]
By admin on Dec 31, 2008 in Java, open source | Comments Off on Java x86 PC Emulator
JPC is a pure Java emulation of an x86 PC with fully virtual peripherals. It runs anywhere you have a JVM, whether x86, RISC, mobile phone, set-top box, possibly even your refrigerator! All this, with the bulletproof security and stability of Java technology. JPC creates a virtual computer upon which you can install your favorite […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in open source | 1 Comment
Volantis Mobility Server™ is a java-based development and runtime platform, allowing web developers to build and run their own mobile Internet applications across over 5,800 devices. Volantis Mobility Server is designed to reduce the complexity of managing mobile content, so that developers and content owners can more easily create innovative content and services and users […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in Java, open source | Comments Off on Remove Old and Redundant JRE
JavaRa is a simple tool that does a simple job: it removes old and redundant versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Simply select “Check for Updates” or “Remove Older Version” to begin. JavaRa is free under the GNU GPL version two. Java software in general and the Java JRE in particular allow you to […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in open source | Comments Off on Open Source Parallel Programming for Heterogeneous Systems
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is the first open, royalty-free standard for general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems. OpenCL provides a uniform programming environment for software developers to write efficient, portable code for high-performance compute servers, desktop computer systems and handheld devices using a diverse mix of multi-core CPUs, GPUs, Cell-type architectures and other parallel processors […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in open source | Comments Off on Open Source Project Localization Platform
Transifex is a highly scalable localization platform with a focus on integrating well with the existing workflow of both translators and developers. It aims in making it dead-simple for content providers to receive quality translations from big translation communities, no matter where the project is hosted. Goals Provide an interface for translators to submit translations […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in freebies, windows | Comments Off on Animated Windows Application Launcher
RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock. Now with added Taskbar support your minimized windows can appear as icons […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in freebies, windows | Comments Off on Animated Windows Application Launcher
RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock. Now with added Taskbar support your minimized windows can appear as icons […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in Linux, open source | Comments Off on Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment
LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment), is an extremely faster, performing and energy saving desktop environment maintained by an international community of developers. It comes with a beautiful interface, multi-language support, standard keyboard short cuts and additional features like tabbed file browsing. LXDE uses less CPU and less RAM. It is especially designed for computers with […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in freebies | 1 Comment
TinyResMeter is a small tool that displays useful information about system resources in real time, but it also gives much more detail when you right-click on the displayed fields ! – It is not the prettiest Resource Monitor.– It is not the most complete.– It has no wonderful and amazing graphical interface.– It has no […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in open source | Comments Off on Open Source Network Backup Solution
Bacula is a set of computer programs that permits the system administrator to manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds. Bacula can also run entirely upon a single computer and can backup to various types of media, including tape and disk. In technical terms, it is […]
By admin on Dec 30, 2008 in open source | Comments Off on Open Source Web Office
OpenGoo is an Open Source Web Office. It is a complete solution for every organization to create, collaborate, share and publish all its internal and external documents. You and your team can create and collaborate on: Text documents Spreadsheets (coming soon) Presentations Task Lists E-mails Calendars Web Links Contacts OpenGoo is a server application that […]
By admin on Dec 29, 2008 in open source | Comments Off on jCarousel: A Useful JQuery Plugin
jCarousel is a jQuery plugin for controlling a list of items in horizontal or vertical order. The items, which can be static HTML content or loaded with (or without) AJAX, can be scrolled back and forth (with or without animation).
By admin on Dec 29, 2008 in open source, windows | Comments Off on Open Source Screen Capture Tool
Greenshot is a revolutionary screenshot tool optimized for productivity. Save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file within a second. Apply text and shapes to the screenshot. Offers capture of window, region or full screenshot. Supports several image formats.
By admin on Dec 29, 2008 in .NET, open source | 1 Comment
Visifire is a set of open source data visualization components – powered by Microsoft® Silverlight™ & WPF. Visifire is a multi-targeting control which can be used in both WPF & Silverlight applications. Using the same API, charts in both Silverlight & WPF environments can be created within minutes. Visifire can also be embedded in any […]
By admin on Dec 26, 2008 in Java, open source | 1 Comment
The Plexus project provides a full software stack for creating and executing software projects. Based on the Plexus container, the applications can utilise component-oriented programming to build modular, reusable components that can easily be assembled and reused. While Plexus is similar to other inversion-of-control (IoC) or dependency injection frameworks such as the Spring Framework, it […]
By admin on Dec 26, 2008 in Java, JXTA | Comments Off on Free Ebook: JXTA JXSE Programmers Guide 2.5
This guide is for software developers who would like to write and deploy P2P services and applications using JXTA technology and the Java Standard Edition programming language. It provides an introduction to JXTA technology, describes the JXTA network architecture and key concepts, and includes examples and discussion of essential programming constructs using JXTA JXSE. Download […]
By admin on Dec 26, 2008 in Java, JXTA | Comments Off on Free Ebook: JXTA
This book presents a guided tour of the JXTA platform, including all of the critical information required to begin producing P2P solutions built on top of JXTA. Reference information on each of the JXTA protocols provides an understanding of the underlying principles of P2P networking, and examples built on the JXTA reference implementation provide the […]