Miro - The internet TV software

I was searching for one video library software for my linux box for the past couple of month, and i came to know about Miro from this months Linux4u, the software impressed me a lot in the first look itself. One thing which is really exciting is the way how the software uses the web2.0 features. Webservice is being utilized quiet brilliantly in this desktop application. It will give you huge set of internet tv channels you can add, you search your favorite video from youtube, google video and other n numerous online video search engines. Another feature which i liked a lot is this software does have the ability to aggregate all my hard disk video files. All together this is one of the amazing software and all linux users should have one instance of Miro running in boxes

jvisualvm

jvisualvm - the application which provides the in and out of java apps running in a VM is out with jdk now. It is available with the jdk1.6 update. Really cool graphical interfaces which will show you the running threads, monitor the heap etc, and you can even profile the application using this tool. Nice set of plugins contributed by the community make this app a perfect choice for all folks who drink and eat java.

Internet archives

waybackmachine gives you the opportunity to look back to the web many a years ago and check how the webpages looks in older ages with out flashy css or web2.0. Do check out the web pioneers section at the bottom of this website.