Also see http://shader.kaist.edu/packetshader/io_engine/index.html and http://www.ndsl.kaist.edu/~kyoungsoo/papers/2010-lanman-100Gbps.pdf Using latest x86 hardware and GPU to build a 100GB pc router / possible theoretically, but as of now, is not coming to an ISP near you/
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ checks versions of all plugins installed/enabled in your web browser
http://framethink.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/how-facebook-ships-code/ Notes about facebook internal PM process (release, builds, QA, deployments, management, etc) … Interesting that they manage to do their work like a small startup team, even thought they are #1 site on the Net and have ~ 2K employees.
http://rdist.root.org/ blog by Nate Lawson, a good blog to follow if you are interested in InfoSec
http://blog.asmartbear.com/software-quality-mortgage.html notes on what is technical debt in the project and how to deal with, and how to convince non-technical stake-holders in the project that the debt should be re-paid.
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/RandomStuff/copilot_spec.pdf Example specs from Joel / copilot /
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000245.html from Joel – how to keep realistic schedules
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?FamilyId=3937E483-5CF1-4563-9DCB-8EBA85A47D1C&displaylang=en checklist template for release to production, roll out plan (.doc)
http://downloads.polycom.com/voice/voip/sip_sw_releases_matrix.html SIP Firmware for Polycom SoundPoint IP Phones and conf. devices
http://live.gnome.org/OCRFeeder software for automatic layout analysis and optical text recognition (GTK-based, possibly cross-platform)