> can anyone explain to me the differences between HTTrack 
> and wGet?
I don't really know wget, but you can have main httrack 
features listed here:
<http://www.httrack.com/index.php?p=9&l=en>

> Which of the two programs should I use if I simply want 
to 
> make offline copies of my favorite news websites for my 
> PocketPC PDA? 

You can use httrack to do this task -- and optionally use 
the 8+3 (dos names) option if necessary, if the PDA does 
not support long filenames