The Microsoft hasn’t made the world better, it just made Microsoft richer along with several other companies who are benefiting from proprietary software : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7487060.stm
We need a real alternative, not Apple products - not Adobe or any of the companies who are monopolizing the right to distribute software. You believe it’s ok ? Think of […]
Oxfam : “Biofuels are presented in rich countries as a solution to two crises: the climate crisis and the oil crisis. But they may not be a solution to either, and instead are contributing to a third: the current food crisis.” http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy/another-inconvenient-truth
In a rather long report Oxfam International explain that the current rise in […]
Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. It is not an “emulator”, but a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. You don’t need windows to run wine, it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code.
The project is […]
Firefox is the best. Firefox 3 is better. Period.
Start downloading 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Tuesday, June 17th. Vietnam midnight 17th to 18th of june.
other time :
The canadian government want to amend the Canadian copyright law with the bill C-61. While I agree that the old law was aging there’s no reason to make it that restrictive.
The bill goes against piracy, fair enough and good try. Now try to transform it, because digital sharing of electronic art, otherwise known as “piracy” […]
RSS, that’s jargon for many people around me. I know that they many are overwhelm by information and need something to track it down. Then I suggest to use RSS, and then they run scared. So for those who need this technology but don’t know it yet. Look at the following video.
There’s one thing that is […]
Years ago I remember reading “powerpoint is evil“, it was an enjoyable reading because I knew at that time that something was wrong with the “powerpoint style”. Tufte just put word on the unspeakable…
I also know now why they are so annoying, because talking and showing about the same thing put too much stress on […]
Every now and then world leaders meets and discuss about world problems, that’s why we pay them. They often come up with ideas to solve the crisis “du jour”. This year it’s the price of the food.
The cause of the food crisis is the continuous consumption of energy (in whatever form) by rich countries and […]
If at least people could use less email, maybe they would actually have some work done.
http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/26/wiki-collaboration-leads-to-happiness/
One picture says all.
However if you try to explain that to the casual user they will often reply with anger, somehow it was like if I attacked their only way to use a computer, rendering their skills obsolete. Is it […]
From: ************
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:35 PM
To: *************
Subject: Green Transport Day
We at Action for the City are launching a Green Transport Day on May
16th and invite you to join us to make Hanoi a quieter, cleaner and
greener city. On this day, we ask that you walk, cycle, or use public
transport instead of private cars […]
