i-Flock: 
I haven’t tried this.. but it kind of sounds interesting. Has anyone tried it?
sharedcopy – how fascinating!!!
wiki wiki wiki: the good, the bad and the ugly
Of course by now everyone knows wikipedia the most famous and infamous citizen collaboration project. Well.. there are few noteworthy others using the same concept:
1- Mengospedia [link]: well this is my very own wiki created for Middle East NGOs. I have just launched it and am hoping that people will take the plunge and participate. Not sure if they will though. But.. we’ll see. This is a unique and first-time project in the Arab Middle East.
2- Citzendium [link]: Well this wiki promises to tackle the ‘problem’s of wikipedia. Its motto is “A wiki with experts and real names. A new knowledge society.” It says that
“The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a “citizens’ compendium of everything,” is an open wiki project aimed at creating an enormous, free, and reliable encyclopedia. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on the Wikipedia model by adding “gentle expert oversight” and requiring contributors to use their real names.”
Hmmm… I am not sure I am thrilled with the idea. It seems we are back to regular encyclopedias, aren’t we? what’s the poin of it being a wiki then?
3- Conservapedia [link]: need I write more? 🙁
Well.. enough for now.. I think I got stuck at conservapedia.
portable devices
How interesting. I have not tried this, but I came across this in the USB Tools and Portable Programs blog. It is a Windows XP boot up through a USB drive and it is only 56MB! [Is this almost like a Linux live CD?]. Here is the link where you can download it and read more about it.
open source iso burner
InfraREcorder is a good open source iso image burner that you can download here: http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/?page_id=5
It is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.