Archive for December, 2008

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Open Source Mobility Server »

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Windows: Display System Resources in Real Time »

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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).

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.

Open Source Silverlight and WPF Charting Components »

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 […]

Java: Component Oriented Programming with Plexus »

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]