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Google is partnering with San Francisco to provide the service to homeless individuals and to shelters and agencies so they can distribute the numbers to their clients. The announcement was made at a Project Homeless Connect event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Wednesday. A homeless person will be able to call in for his or her messages from any phone. The move by the city and the company would allow someone to be able to fill out a job application, which asks for a call back number. It will allow clinics to share test results. Mayor Gavin Newsom and Google said they want to empower people. "How do you communicate as a homeless individual? " Newsom asked. "How do you expect your life to turn around if you can't even get information or if someone can't even get in touch with you?" "It just seems exactly like any other voice mail," said Craig Walker, senior project manager of Google. "There's no stigma attached to it that 'hey this ...

Ubuntu has just relased a new Flavour for Mobile Devices or may say mobile internet devices. for sure I will try this Ubuntu Flavour on my EEE PC this Weekend Ubuntu Mobile Introducing Ubuntu Mobile - full Internet, no compromise Ubuntu Mobile is an Ubuntu edition that targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices. Ubuntu Mobile, based on the world's most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, are redefining what can be done in mobile computing. Ubuntu Mobile, a fully open source project, gives full Internet, with no compromise. Custom options may include licensed codecs and popular third-party applications. Full Web 2.0/AJAX fidelity, with custom options of Adobe Flash®, Java, and more Outstanding media playback so you can enjoy videos, music and photos with superior quality and easy navigation A suite of applications that work seamlessly to meet every need of a digital parent, student or anyone who is on-the-go Facebook®,...

Powerline networking specialist Devolo will next month demo an Ethernet-over-the-mains prototype capable of delivering up to 400Mb/s bandwidth. Devolo's keeping mum about the details until it shows the kit off at the CeBIT show in Hannover. We suspect the unit essentially comprises two separate 200Mb/s HomePlug AV that sit between the mains power cables and a Gigabit Ethernet port. I see that Power Line Networks can break many barriers and works as an excellent carier for last mile connection even more affordable than WiMax, and we all can imagine the impact on Development World and Breaking the digital divide. Original Post h3r3

Ubuntu has a program called 5 A Day, which aims to have each one of us covers 5 bugs per day, only 5 bugs. You can cover these bugs in many ways : If you're a developer, you can help out reviewing patches and getting them uploaded. If you want to just confirm new bugs, you can do that. If you've experience with a certain package and want to triage bugs you can do that and forward them upstream if necessary. If you know your way around Ubuntu quite well, you can help assign bugs to the right package. the Complete thingy on Ubuntu Site link is h3r3

The International Open Source Network (IOSN) ASEAN+3 and InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany in collaboration with the The State Ministry for Research and Technology (RISTEK), Republic of Indonesia are inviting both government and non-government organizations (NGOs), IT small-to-medium enterprises/businesses (SMEs/SMBs), developers, experts, trainers and users of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) disaster management information systems to a Training of Trainers (ToT) for FOSS Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with Sahana. The training will be held at the PDII-LIPI in Jakarta, Indonesia from March 24 to 28, 2008. This activity is in response to the great demand and interest for a follow-up training as a result of the successful conduct of an earlier ToT on FOSS GIS for Disaster Management held last October 2007 in PDII-LIPI in Jakarta, Indonesia. InWEnt-IOSN Training on Free/Open Source Software-based Geographic Information Systems with Sahana Compo...

What's new in this release: - Proper handling of OpenGL/Direct3D windows with menu bars. - Stubs for all the d3dx9_xx dlls. - Several graphics optimizations. - Many installer fixes. - Improved MIME message support. - Lots of bug fixes. Reference Link is h3r3

In General These features are showcased for your attention. Please test them and report any bugs you find. If you want to see what the developers have cooking for the next alpha release, take a look through the Hardy blueprints page: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy Upgrading from Ubuntu 7.10 To upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10, run "update-manager -d" using the update-manager package from Gutsy. Xorg 7.3 The latest Xorg is available in Hardy, Xorg 7.3, with an emphasis on better autoconfiguration with a minimal configuration file. Linux kernel 2.6.24 Alpha 5 includes the 2.6.24-8.14 (2.6.24.2-based) kernel. This brings in significant enhancements and fixes that have been merged in the last few months into the mainline kernel. Among these is the introduction of dynticks support for amd64, bringing the same power savings already available on 32-bit systems to 64-bit laptops and desktops. PulseAudio Alpha 5 includes PulseAudio enabled by default. Some non-GNOME ...

It is Obvious that some one hacked Harvard site to settle down some personal issues with Harvard System Admin. The torrent Files and message on the hacked site shows that Harvard is using Joomla, and needless to say that Joomla suffers some very well known security holes and Sql Injection. List of Joomla Security holes is available on OSVDB (Open Source Vulnerability Database) h3r3 Link to the Harvard Hacked site is h3r3

Wanted to Announce that Wireless Networking in the Developing World 2nd Edition was just released. Download Link is h3r3 Picx may be found h3r3 The goal of the WNDW project is to provide information and resources to the wireless community to help jumpstart wireless communications infrastructure projects all over the world. Plus Chapter on Solar power. Official Press Release : The WNDW team is pleased to announce the release of Wireless Networking in the Developing World, Second Edition. This is the first major update to the WNDW book since its initial release in 2006. This revised and expanded 425 page book includes over 170 pages of new material, including new chapters on solar power and economic planning, several new case studies, and much more. In the developing world, one book can often be equivalent to a library. Access to books is difficult where there are few libraries or book stores, and there is often little money to pay for them. By releasing this book for free under a Creati...

An upset Comcast subscriber in Washington, DC, has filed a lawsuit against the company over its traffic management practices. Filed yesterday in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, the lawsuit accuses Comcast of false advertising over its claim that its Internet service allows "unfettered access to all the content, services, and applications that the Internet has to offer." Details are h3r3

I captured this on an Airport this week. It is obvious that M$ Windows is not able to make it in a very easy environment like Airport (just to display flights details)

Since the trend that everything starts with "i" these days. Please let me introduce to you what I think is a PDF killer, which is called Ipaper. iPaper to Alternatives Feature iPaper PDF Microsoft Office Requires Download No Sometimes Yes Requires software installation No Yes Yes Embeddable in web pages Yes No No Cost to create documents Free $299 ~$150 Offers built-in social features Yes No No Size of application 96 KB 92,000 KB ~130,000 KB Option to advertise in documents Yes No No Highly secure? Yes Only with DRM No Can contain viruses? No Yes Yes I still do not know , how friendly it is for Search Engine, or Does it support any kind of access right or encryption, I still have no clue. But I do not ...

TrueCrypt is an Open Source software system for establishing and maintaining on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. Entire file system is encrypted (e.g.., file names, folder names, contents of every file, free space, meta data, etc). Files can be copied to and from a mounted TrueCrypt volume just like they are copied to/from any normal disk (for example, by simple drag-and-drop operations). Files are automatically being decrypted on-the-fly (in memory/RAM) while they are being read or copied from an encrypted TrueCrypt volume. Similarly, files that are being written or copied to the TrueCrypt volume are automatically being encrypted on-the-fly (right before they are written to the disk) in...

FLAG Telecom Released an official updates letter on the submarnie cable cut that feeds Egypt with Internet that was the cuz of Internet outage/un-stability in Egypt since 30 Jan 2008. link is h3r3

This explains how to be a Satellite Observer. Satellite Observers are ppl who trace satellites in their orbits. The site gives you some tools like Satellite prediction software, which helps you to predict where is the satellite orbit and kinds of satellites plus the best time to start observing Link to Satellite Observers community is h3r3

Details and Video are on mynewn95.blogspot.com link is h3r3

IPv6 came a step closer as ICANN added IPv6 host records to the root DNS servers, reports the BBC. 'Paul Twomey, president of Icann which oversees the addressing system, told the BBC News website there was a need to start moving to IPv6. "There's pressure for people to make the conversion to IPv6," he said. "We're pushing this as a major issue." The reason for the urgency, he said, was because the unallocated addresses from the total of 4,294,967,296 possible with IPv4 was rapidly running out. "We're down to 14% of the unallocated addresses out of the whole pool for version 4," he said. Projections suggest that this unallocated pool will run out by 2011 at the latest.'" Reference Link is h3r3

If you want to see the working environment/office of the Internet big names . You will find snap shots of Google office, Yahoo working environment , Creative Commons, AOL , Apple, Cisco , CNET, Facebook office, and making the Digg office Snap shot of the offices are very nice and worth seeing Link is h3r3

PostgreSQL Global Development Group releases the long-awaited version 8.3, Among the performance features you'll be excited about in 8.3 in: * Heap Only Tuples * BGWriter Autotuning * Asynchronous Commit * Spread Checkpoints * Synchronous Scan * "Var-Varlena" * L2 Cache Protection * Lazy XID 8.3 also has a lot of cool features for PostgreSQL DBAs and developers, including: * CSV Logging * SQL/XML * MS Visual C++ support * ENUMs * Integrated Tsearch * SSPI & GSSAPI * Composite Type Arrays * pg_standby Download link is h3r3

LPI is working on another certificate. the new certificate called FOSK , which is entry level exam to test the FOSS knowledge and competency level of technical and non technical staff who are responsible for the day to day computer needs of Not for Profit organizations. This professional may work as a technical person, a circuit rider, account management or technical sales, executive positions or any other role that is responsible for recommending and/or choosing FOSS solutions for an organization. Link is h3r3

We spoke before about Egypt internet outage, and we had a strange point of view (at that time) that may be this cut is a kind of cyber tourism against Egypt. Tarek Kamel MCIT Minister just announced that Ship Anchor got nothing to do with the Cable cut, and no ships were there 12 hours before and after Reference for this breaking news is h3r3. If you want to know about all the submarine cables that feeds Egypt with Internet please read below (They are three in count) 1) FALCON details are h3r3 2) FALCON FEA details are he3r3 3) I-ME-WE details are h3r3 and for the news of Cables cut episode, Friday we had another cable cut at Qatar, Reference is h3r3 Study on the Effect of Cable cut through Mediterranean out of Standford University is h3r3 Study on Egypt Internet outage from Stanford (same link as above) is h3r3

All, I have just built a simple site to test/monitor my sites if they are up or down it checks the service availability , if for example Apache is working or not if mail service is work or not , so on it does not ping, so it is firewall friendly ! I invite all of you to use it for your sites for FREE the site is www.siteheed.com Link is h3r3

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