30 Oct, 2005
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is a no-frills edition of the proven Oracle Database 10g product. Its completely free of charge, supports up to 4GB of user data and runs on a single processor and can use a maximum of 1GB memory. Database administration is done via browser interface and applications can be developed using standard interfaces such as SQL, JDBC, ODP.NET, or using Oracles unique HTML DB feature.
- Free to download, develop, and deploy
- Free to embed in ISV software and hardware products
- Supported via a free, online community forum Fully upgradeable to Oracle Database 10
- Standard Edition One, Standard Edition, and Enterprise Editions.
Download Factsheet
Source: Oracle, Heise
30 Oct, 2005
ok,ok, what this means is easy, but in in other cases the Urban Dictionary may help!
Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world.

Source: Urban Dictionary
28 Oct, 2005
Ever wanted to have direct access to your FTP Server through a windows drive? Novells NetDrive makes this possible, an this absolutly free! NetDrive enables you to map a FTP, WebDav,… to a windows drive, and update all Files every time you save them!

There are several sources on the web to get the tool, most of them with a short instruction:
Source: Novell.com
28 Oct, 2005
In near future IBM will publish
a new addition to the IBM WebSphere Application Server family.
The IBM WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition is a J2EE based Aplication Server built on the OpenSource Projct Apache Geronimo.
The product is
designed to help you accelerate your development and deployment efforts by offering technology that is quick, easy to download, and free to use!
Source: IBM, Heise
27 Oct, 2005
…ok, I do not really often watch TV, because in most cases there are the wrong shows at the right time or vice versa, but nevertheless I want to have something like the Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS from Terratec. TV analog or via DVB-T in your pocket as USB Stick with all the cool features like time shift…
anywhere, at any time on any device (with USB 2.0 capability) ;o)

Source: Terratec
24 Oct, 2005
Just a few day´s after the OpenOffice 2.0 Release, I found the Java UNO Wrapper Nice Office Access from ubion.ORS! They describe their solution as:
- leichtgewichtige UNO Wrapper API für viele UNO Interfaces
- Zugriff auf UNO Interfaces aus Wrapper Objekten
- Höherwertige Funktionen für bekannte Anwendungsfälle
- released under LGPL Lizenz
Screenshot Office Integration Editor Plugin
Additionally they offer an Office Integration Editor Plugin for Eclipse! Which offers Wizards and enables the access of OO Documents during the Development.

Source: ubion.ORS, Heise
24 Oct, 2005
Just a few seconds ago I found this very cool Javascript based Widget for Gridviews from ActiveWidgets, it´s released under GPL! I like the look and feel, maybe I will integrate it in WordPress! ;o)
Source: ActiveWidgets