httptype is a Perl program that returns the http host software of a website. It reads the http_proxy and no_proxy environment variables to determine whether to use a proxy or not.

SomeNEWS allows you to check for articles on the net, filter it, take off the HTML, etc. It can be used to make Web portal, or have article locally on you PC, etc.

Trying to browse to a server that's inaccessible to you? This CGI script may be what you need. It acts as an HTTP proxy, and can be a bridge between a browser and an otherwise inaccessible server. It also makes your requests anonymous, so you can set up your own server like The Anonymizer. Very simple to install; runs in either Perl 4 or Perl 5. Configurable options include cookie support, text-only support, simple ad filtering, custom encoding of target URLs, and more.

Anaconda! Clipper provides your site with live news headlines instantly. This new product will fetch (clip) free headlines from iSyndicate.com and insert them into your site in real time. The latest news about Sports, Weather, Business, Finance, Science, Entertainment, Technology, Health, and more. Any of the free headlines from www.isyndicate.com are supported.

Casthat is a Web-based news aggregator. It lets you syndicate the XML/RSS file to your own website on the fly. Casthat supports all version of RSS even if the RSS file is not valid.

Creativyst's SMFeed.pl is a server side perl script that allows you to display content such as news headlines and blog indexes on your web page. JSMFeed converts RSS to a standard JavaScript file for each feed. This gives webmasters complete creative control over how the information in each RSS feed is displayed on their pages.

News Clipper is an application which allows you to integrate information from around the internet into your own personal web page - in your own personal style. It accomplishes this by snipping content from pages that you define and shipping them to destination pages of your design. This automated process is executed at your discretion while you maintain complete control over the content input and output. News Clipper can be used to retrieve information from web pages, Usenet articles, text files on the internet, FTP sites and has the ability to locate hidden text within html pages that wouldn't normally be viewable. You may choose to extend News Clipper to include information stored locally, enabling an intranet integration of an enterprise's own database of information. In addition, News Clipper's unique Handler architecture ensures versatility and future compatibility with the ever-changing World Wide Web.

WebFetch is a set of Perl5 modules that provide a framework for retrieving information from local files and/or the web for display on the web or export to other sites. Its use is oriented around periodically automatically updated information on a web server. For display on your own site, WebFetch can import from: Freshmeat, Slashdot, LinuxToday, Yahoo Business News, CNN, CNet News.Com, Segfault, comp.os.linux.announce moderator archive, Debian GNU/Linux Project News, and any site running WebFetch::SiteNews. For others to display on their sites, WebFetch can export your news to: any web site running WebFetch::General, any desktop running EHeadlines, Netscape's MyNetscape portal, or anything else you write a WebFetch export module for.

FirstProductions Dining Guide, a CGI script written in the Perl language, can give your web site a comprehensive worldwide dining guide, including restaurant information, reviews, and direct links to even more reviews. Now includes support for Regional Dining Guides for localized web sites. FirstProductions Dining Guide is FREE for non-profit and personal use and is easily customized with HTML templates.

This script allows you to fetch a specified Web page using HTTP, FTP and GOPHER, and parses it for links counting them as it goes. With multiple sites it will calculate the average links per webpage. The script requires the Win32::Internet module.