bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress.

Have you ever been frustrated with forum or bulletin board software that was slow, bloated, and always got your server hacked?

bbPress is focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed. We’re focused on keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add on features through our extensive plugin system.

http://bbpress.org

eHub is a constantly updated resource of web applications, services or sites with a focus on next generation web (web 2.0), social software, blogging, Ajax, Ruby on Rails, location mapping, open source, folksonomy, design and digital media sharing.
http://www.emilychang.com/go/ehub/

Steve Jobs is a genius with a vision.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j02b8Fuz73A

“Opera Software [has] released a beta version of Opera Platform SDK, a software development kit for developing and running Web applications on mobile phones. With Opera Platform SDK, developers can rapidly develop Web applications that let users interact with information in new ways. For example, a Web application can be an email client, a game, or a stock ticker.”
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/platform/

Multi-user version of the famous WordPress blogging application for people wanting to offer a hosted version of WordPress. Allows people to sign up for a new blog and have them securely manage their templates and settings without affecting any other users. Only one blog per user is allowed, but you can have unlimited users, and you can have multiple users on a single blog.
http://mu.wordpress.org

Mac OS X-native version of the OpenOffice.org office suite (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs). Features a Spotlight plugin, a double-click installer, drag & drop support… Fully open project released under the GNU General Public License, so updates are frequent and free for the taking. Can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office. Requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en

Premiere DDoS Protection Products and Services. Unmatched experience in identifying, mitigating, and tracking DDoS attacks and the exploits (e.g., worms, viruses) that are traditionally used by attackers to direct DDoS activity. Leveraging unique filtering techniques, high-speed bandwidth and peering, advanced routing, and other patent-pending devices, Prolexic has created the most powerful DDoS detection and protection system on earth.
http://www.prolexic.com

Personal information management and organizer, Backpack makes it easy to flesh out your ideas, add free-form text, to-dos, notes, photos, files, share with other people, get reminders, etc.
http://www.backpackit.com

Collaboration software to share files securely with your own network (friends, family, business network…). Includes secure instant messaging and secure screen sharing. Runs on Windows 2000 and XP, Mac OS X “Panther”, Linux, and FreeBSD.
http://www.shinkuro.com/products.php

Open-source ad server, with an integrated banner management interface and tracking system for gathering statistics. Rotates paid banners and in-house advertisements, and integrates banners from third party advertising companies.
http://phpadsnew.com

Allows teams/companies to work together securely over the Internet as if they were in the same physical location: e.g. share information, manage projects, conduct meetings, etc.

Groove’s founder, Ray Ozzie, is best known as the creator of Lotus Notes, the world’s leading groupware product with more than 100 million users worldwide. Its customers includes Dell, Microsoft, Pfizer, Sharp, the US Department of State, Harvard, MIT, Yale…

Wired articles here (Aug 04), and here (Feb 01).
http://www.groove.net