This page contains useful links to a variety of sites of interest. Not everything here will appeal to everyone - many of these things are links to resources on the network.

CRiSP links

The following links can be used to find out about purchasing or upgrading CRiSP.

http://www.crisp.com

VITAL, Inc. based in the USA.

http://www.pacemaker.co.uk

Pacemaker Software Ltd, based in the U.K.

Other links

None of these links should be construed as an endorsement of these products or services. The information provided here is as is, and has been found to be useful by the authors. Whether it is for you depends on your individual interests.

http://slashdot.net

Snippets of technology and gadget info provided by viewers of the web rather than paid for journalists. Can be useful to get early headlines on interesting technological subjects.

http://www.engadget.com

News about gadgets. Updated frequently during the day.

http://www.gizmodo.com

News about gadgets. Updated frequently during the day. Very similar to engadget up.

pearpc.sourceforge.net

PowerPC Virtual Machine emulator that can emulate Mac OS X. Brilliant piece of software if you want to run a Mac on Windows or Linux.

http://sourceware.cygnus.com

Provides a suite of Unix tools for Windows (CYGWIN) and is the current home of things like the GNU compiler suite.

http://www.gnu.org

Home site for the GNU project. Contains pointers to lots of free software, much of it very useful on its own and for its educational insights into how real programs work.

http://www.gzip.org

Information on the gzip package and source code for multiple platforms.

http://www.linux.org

Home site for the Linux project. Contains pointers to information about the Linux free operating system, and other useful projects, such as WINE the Windows Emulator for Linux.

http://www.cpan.org

Home site for Perl - source, modules, documentation.

http://www.opera.com

Alternative browser to Internet Explorer and Netscape/Mozilla. Very good, and lots of features. Also useful to avoid virus infection on your browser.

http://www.theregister.co.uk

Daily technology newsbytes with a hint of sarcasm.

http://www.theinquirer.net

Another daily technology newsbytes with a hint of sarcasm.

http://www.vmware.com

VMware is a product for Windows and Linux platforms to support virtual operating systems (run Linux inside Windows or vice versa. Excellent product for software development.

http://www.x86.org

Interesting site which contains a lot of detailed information about the Intel CPU architecture, including lots of undocumented aspects of the processors. Contains a useful headlines summary which can be interesting if you want to know the latest about the CPU price wars.

http://www.zlib.org

Information on the zlib compression and decompression libraries.