floAT's Mobile Agent

It is a good Open Source Software for use with Mobile phone. I've been using this with Sony Ericson handset and it works fine with this set.
Here is the homepage at SourceForge:
http://fma.sourceforge.net/index2.htm
This is what the homepage says about FMA:
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FMA is a free powerful phone editing tool allowing users to easily manage all of the personal data stored in their phones, via a number of different connections methods. FMA allows easy management of Phonebook (both SIM and Phone memory), SMS, Profiles, and Files stored on the phone. FMA can also allow you to pickup and dial calls directly from your PC. FMA is fun and much more; whatever you want it to be, it is whatever a mobile phone should have :-) (Currently based on Sony Ericsson T610 features set).
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शायर: फानी / हरिचंद अख़्तर

हर नफस उमरे-गुजश्ता की है मय्यत फानी,
सांस / बीती उम्र / कब्र
जिंदगी नाम है मर मर के जिए जाने का

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शबाब आया किसी बुत पर फ़िदा होने का वक़्त आया
मेरी दुनियां में बन्दे के खुदा होने का वक़्त आया


तकल्लुम के खामोशी कह रही है हर्फे-मतलब से
बातचीत / शब्दों के अर्थ
कि अश्क-आमेज़ नजरों से अदा होने का वक़्त आया
आंसू भरी

हमें भी आ पड़ा है दोस्तों से काम कुछ यानी
हमारे दोस्तों के बेवफा होने का वक़्त आया
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Creating Documentation and Manuals

Microsoft Word is one of the popular options to create documents. It can be used to create manuals and guides. But as these manuals grow in size and include more images, handling the document becomes more tedious task. Producing PDF version of the document is also not the straight task in Word.
One option available in Open Source is LyX based documentation tools. I found it particularly good at creating bulky and complex documents.
There are more than one software that need to be installed in order to get a working LyX framework. Here are the tools, I used in my setup:

• LyX
  
• MiKTeX
• ImageMagick
• GhostScript

LyX is the main program that uses other tools in background.

The basic difference in working with LyX and other common softwares is the appearience while writing documents. Instead of WYSIWYG, the approach is What You Mean Is What You Get. Normally, the document elements are styled as title, chapter, heading, and so on. Rest of the work is handled by LyX, when it processes and generate the document.

शायर: नामालूम

हम पर दुःख का पर्वत टूटा, तब हमने दो चार कहे
उसपे भला क्या बीती होगी जिसने शेर हजार कहे
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