VariCAD is a universal CAD solution for mechanical engineering. The new version of the proprietary software includes a new user interface.

Mozilla has made itself into the draft horse for a new font format for the Web that some of its developers and independent font designers are currently hatching. Firefox 3.6 should be the first to support the new Web Open Font Format (WOFF).

The Couturier Mono program merges multiple PDFs into a single file. It follows the old UNIX policy: one program for one task.

Cheese is a simple yet practical graphic tool that has been available to Gnome users for quite a while. Kamoso now provides KDE fans with their own solution.

Adobe has big plans for its Flash Player 10.1. The browser-based edition of its Player runtime should support multiple operating systems.

How do you sharpen a digital image? A short introduction to the principles and a Perl plugin for GIMP help amateur digital photographers polish their snapshots in a professional way.

Veusz, a free plotting package for scientific data, is now available in version 1.5. Among the new features is support for Microsoft's EMF graphics format.

Electronics manufacturer Archos has introduced its new ARM-based multimedia player including Linux platform Android in collaboration with Google. An additional DVR docking station allows the device to morph into a video recorder.