Paving the way for .NET in Tonga
A disjoint group of Tongan nationals got together over a dysfunctional mailing list in 1995 to discuss navel gazing topics that lead to increased confusion and further dis-information. After a few wild and tangental discussions some trodded back to reality while others continued to pursue the electric dream through branched out web sites, discussion forums.
NoMoa is one of those branched projects, resurrected as a beginnings for codifying precious knowledge on paper. The electronica forum is a wonderful space and we have learned a lot, but in the third world paper is difficult enough to come by let alone electronic dreams. To pass on knowledge, skills and information, NoMoa.com is a group of Nationals who will attempt to codify this stuff in a more accessible print medium.
Bear with us while we work, if you wish to talk with the publishers contact samt
I’ve been tracking OpenOffice (using it exclusively on-and-off) and they are really progressing quickly through their RC (Release Candidates)
The wonderful thing about their recent announcement?
The first office suite to use the new OASIS OpenDocument format, the future-proof international standard for office software
So now all those Paranoid types can get the ‘standards’ compliant Office Productivity tool for which IBM and Sun have been pushing to save your soul from Microsoft.
Read: There’s been a lot of hoopla huffing and puffing over a ‘standard’ that only now exists?
Not even in Tonga.
From: OpenOffice 3.0 RC4
OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multiplatform and multilingual office suite comparable with MS Office.
It is compatible with all other major office suites and is free to download, use, and distribute. It was previously known as StarOffice before it became an open-source project. OpenOffice comes with OpenWriter - a word processor, OpenCalc - a spreadsheet and OpenImpress - a presentational package.
* The first office suite to use the new OASIS OpenDocument format, the future-proof international standard for office software
* Easy to install, with a whole new look and feel, matched to the type of computer in use
* More intuitive, more easy to use than ever, with a host of new usability features
* Complete with Base: an easy-to-use database manager with a fully integrated database
* Compatible with other software packages - now understands even obscure and rarely used features in major competitors.
You may download OpenOffice.org completely free of any licence fees, use it for any purpose - private, educational, government and public administration, commercial - and pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students, employees, etc.News source: OpenOffice.org
Download: OpenOffice 3.0 RC3
View: Release notes
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OpenOffice 3.0 RC4
Marcel Klum
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:53:33 GMT
Game Over Man, Game Over ….
It looks like annoying flash has become a serious security threat.
But where does it leave the security bod out there trying to let people in their organisation use the Internet ?
Looks like a great opportunity for a security appliance border device between users and their web experience.
Net game turns PC into undercover surveillance zombie
Daniel Fleshbourne
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:17:02 GMT
Underscoring the severity of a new class of vulnerability known as clickjacking, a blogger has created a proof-of-concept game that uses a PC's video cam and microphone to secretly spy on the player. The demo, which is available here, appears to be a simple game that tests how quickly a user can click on a series of moving targets. Behind the scenes, it combines a generic clickjacking attack with weaknesses in Adobe's Flash technology to record the player using the PC's video camera and microphone.
The proof of concept is a powerful demonstration of the spooky implications behind clickjacking. The vulnerability allows malicious webmasters to control the links visitors click on. Once lured to a booby-trapped page, a user may think he's clicking on a link that leads to Google - when in fact it takes him to a money transfer page, a banner ad that's part of a click-fraud scheme, or any other destination the attacker chooses.View: The full story @ The Reg
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We all knew nz’s?
THE Federal Opposition's new immigration spokeswoman has raised strong concerns about the Government's new seasonal worker program.
Sharman Stone, from regional Victoria, where many of the new visa-holders would work, said the program was confusing and lacked detail.
Regulations to allow 2500 Pacific Islanders into Australia as guest workers were introduced into Parliament on Tuesday.
Unease over seasonal jobs - National News - National - General - Central Western Daily
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