bibliographic: Bibliographic Project Homepage Open Office

bibliographic: Bibliographic Project Homepage: "When will this wonderful facility be available ? new !Bibliographic enhancements are planned to be included in OpenOffice version 3.0."

darcusblog � [ANN] XBib

darcusblog � [ANN] XBib: "Time to finally announce the stuff I’ve been working on …

XBib provides important building blocks for dramatically improved bibliographic and citation support in XML. The project consists of three key pieces:"

Financial Express

Financial Express: "Despite the TRIPS attempt to strike a balance between the long term social objective of providing incentives for future inventions and creation, it is likely to stifle basic research while encouraging the commercialisation stages which benefit advanced industrialised countries which have the capacity to innovate on a continuous basis. "

Very very good article! Recommended reading.

Techworld.com - Norwegian government backs open source

Techworld.com - Norwegian government backs open source: "Norwegian Minister for Modernisation Morton Andreas Meyer is asking all government institutions to have a plan for the use of open-source software by the end of 2006.

Without referring specifically to Microsoft Meyer, who is responsible for the Norwegian government's IT policy, said that 'proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communication between citizens and government.'"

An open letter to the open source community

An open letter to the open source community: "We end users are happy with the way the open source movement is progressing. With Linux now a stable operating system worthy of mainstream deployments, we've begun looking up the stack to see where else open source can fit in our data centers."

Open Conference Systems

PKP @ SFU: Demos and Downloads: "What is Open Conference Systems?

Open Conference Systems (OCS) is a free Web publishing tool that will create a complete Web presence for your scholarly conference. It has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia to improve the scholarly and public quality of research online. OCS will allow you to:

* create a conference Web site
* compose and send a call for papers
* electronically accept paper and abstract submissions
* allow paper submitters to edit their work
* post conference proceedings and papers in a searchable format
* post, if you wish, the original data sets
* register participants
* integrate post-conference online discussions

"

BBC NEWS | Technology | Global raids target piracy gangs

BBC NEWS | Technology | Global raids target piracy gangs: "Suspected internet pirates in 11 countries have been raided in a global operation against illegal distributors of movies, games and software."

Why be a pirat when the best software is free??? The mass think that when a product get a price it is because it has a higher quality compared to the product that is free. Many people say that the bottled water in shops taste better than other water, try it on blind tests.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google maps shows the way forward

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google maps shows the way forward: "Instead of thinking about making a few thousand pounds here and there from licensing, they could add millions to the economy by providing real-time traffic congestion information to commuters on an open platform with an open API."

WiMAX aims to stretch wireless farther

WiMAX aims to stretch wireless farther: "'It will allow other nations to engage more effectively where they were before constrained,' Phillips said. 'India and China already have a huge push going for them already,' but the biggest changes will be in Latin America and Africa, which are still catching up."

The day the world united … the day the work really started - [Sunday Herald]

The day the world united … the day the work really started - [Sunday Herald]: "After the concerts we all have a responsibility to pressure those we elected to office to agitate for real change, to show that there will be consequences if the expressed wishes of millions are once again ignored. If we turn our heads and walk away, if we move on to the next fashionable cause, the next cool wristband, then we will have failed just as badly as the G8 leaders."

Economist's View

Economist's View: "IBM's success in the mid-1960s led to inquiries as to IBM antitrust violations by the U.S. Department of Justice, which filed a complaint ... in ... 1969.' Was Marshall right? My own view follows Keynes, 'In the long-run we're all dead,' and I would prefer more vigilance against market power in the short-run than is currently in vogue among regulators."

My opinion: I agree.

Linux moves into midrange Motorola phones | CNET News.com

Linux moves into midrange Motorola phones | CNET News.com: "Motorola announced a new step this week in its plan to remake most of its mobile phone line with Linux, expanding use of the open-source operating system to midrange phones."

Viva Software Libre!

Viva Software Libre!

TCS: Tech Central Station - Joke on the Water

TCS: Tech Central Station - Joke on the Water: "One of the least sexy of Geneva's many institutions is the World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO for short (but not for long in francophone Geneva, where it is better to call it by its French acronym, OMPI). Despite its inherent air of bureaucracy and diplomatic tranquility, it's worth taking a look at this institution because it is at risk of being hijacked by an alliance of special interests who, though they promise to help the world's poorest nations, will hurt all nations, rich or poor, if they succeed."

Copyright & YOU - Richard Stallman to Visit Montreal - CMAQ

Copyright & YOU - Richard Stallman to Visit Montreal - CMAQ: "Flanked by several other speakers from the field, Stallman will talk about copyright, 'intellectual property', and digital freedom in an age of mounting corporate pressure on governments and populations worldwide. "

Further copyright policy suggestions on how to Make Poverty History. | Digital Copyright Canada

Further copyright policy suggestions on how to Make Poverty History. | Digital Copyright Canada: "'every license for Office plus Windows in Brazil - a country in which 22 million people are starving - means we have to export 60 sacks of soybeans'."

More and more people have discovered the link between software, development in the third world, climate change, USA-Europe-led intellectual property legislation in the WTO.

Brazil is burning forest in and extreme tempo because to produce soybeans for the USA is one of few possibilities to make money.

So You're Planning A Trip To Africa

So You're Planning A Trip To Africa

Google Hush-Hush Project Searches Subscription Content � MarketingVOX

Google Hush-Hush Project Searches Subscription Content � MarketingVOX: "Google is testing a search service that will access 'Deep Web' content, providing searchers with free previews of restricted or subscription content, reports BetaNews (via paidcontent). The service is being tested with a few sites, which are under confidentiality agreements, but apparently one of them is singing like a canary. 'Premium content will be indexed and tagged as paid, and will be displayed in a special content area on the right side of Google's search results, underneath the AdSense advertising links,' according to the report."

Comparing security on Windows and Linux

Comparing security on Windows and Linux: "Recent U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) vulnerability metrics reported 250 episodes for Microsoft Windows, 39 of these having a severity rating of 40 or greater. With Red Hat Linux there were only 46 episodes, of which only with only 3 scored over 40. There are thousands of reports that compare the two operating systems but reports like this by an independent government body, on the relative number of critical flaws between them, should be given greatest consideration."

Model Credit Bureau Open Source Solution Being Tested in Morocco

Model Credit Bureau Open Source Solution Being Tested in Morocco: "Casablanca, Morocco (PRWEB) July 1, 2005 -- PlaNet Finance Maroc (Morocco) and Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) today announced a joint initiative to develop a software package for creating a credit bureau for microfinance borrowers. This innovative program, when implemented, will allow poor borrowers in Morocco to establish a credit history which will help move them into the financial mainstream. "