diff --git a/includes/versioncheck.inc.php b/includes/versioncheck.inc.php
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+<?php
+
+### Generate some statistics to send along with the version request.
+
+$stats['ports']        = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM ports"),0);
+$stats['devices']      = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM devices"),0);
+$stats['sensors']      = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM sensors"),0);
+$stats['services']     = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM services"),0);
+$stats['applications'] = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM applications"),0);
+$stats['bgp']          = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM bgpPeers"),0);
+
+$dt_query      = mysql_query("SELECT `os` FROM `devices` GROUP BY `os`");
+while($dt_data = mysql_fetch_assoc($dt_query))
+{
+  $stats['devicetypes'][$dt_data[os]] = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `devices` WHERE `os` = '".$dt_data['os']."'"),0);
+}
+
+$stats = serialize($stats[$dt_data[os]]);
+
+$dataHandle = fopen("http://www.observium.org/latest.php?i=".$stats['ports']."&d=".$stats['devices']."&stats=".$stats."&v=".$config['version'], r);
+
+if($dataHandle)
+{
+        while (!feof($dataHandle))
+        {
+                $data.= fread($dataHandle, 4096);
+        }
+        if($data)
+        {
+                list($omnipotence, $year, $month, $revision) = explode(".", $data);
+                list($cur, $tag) = explode("-", $config['version']);
+                list($cur_omnipotence, $cur_year, $cur_month, $cur_revision) = explode(".", $cur);
+
+             if($argv[1] == "--cron") {
+
+               $fd = fopen($config['log_file'],'a');
+               fputs($fd,$string . "\n");
+               fclose($fd);
+
+                shell_exec("echo $omnipotence.$year.$month.$month > rrd/version.txt ");
+
+             } else {
+
+                if($cur != $data) {
+                  echo("Current Version : $cur_omnipotence.$cur_year.$cur_month.$cur_revision \n");
+                
+                  if($omnipotence > $cur_omnipotence) {
+                    echo("New version     : $omnipotence.$year.$month.$revision\n");
+                  } elseif ($year > $cur_year) {
+                    echo("New version     : $omnipotence.$year.$month.$revision\n");
+                  } elseif ($month > $cur_month) {
+                    echo("New version     : $omnipotence.$year.$month.$revision\n");
+                  } elseif ($revision > $cur_revision) {
+                    echo("New release     : $omnipotence.$year.$month.$revision\n");
+                  }
+                }
+             }
+        }
+        fclose($dataHandle);
+}
+
+?>