On our first tier of Web conferencing solution and software we will be looking at Dimdim. Dimdim is a web-based platform for real-time, rich-media collaboration and meetings. Dimdim is originally made available as an enterprise edition and as a Virtual Machine appliance. Good news is an open source edition which is available under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which allows users to install and host Dimdim in their own networks. Bad news is latest open source edition which is hosted at sourcefourge.com lacks installation instructions, which is a blow to many users. They do offer a free hosted version called Dimdim free, which is available to be used freely with up to 20 people. …
Few Decades ago there was a time when our ancestors used to consider teleconference i.e. the telephone conference is simply fascinating. Well we came a long way since than to an age where teleconference got a broader meaning. Teleconference is now may contain one or all of these- Voice, Video & augmented reality etc. Especially because of the bandwidth efficiency and low costs that VoIP technology can provide in recent years most teleconferencing started to change into web conferencing. Now through Web conferencing we conduct live meetings, training, or presentations; hack someone told me there …
Trac is undoubtedly one of the most issue/bug tracking and project management software to date. Trac installation is far more complex and tiresome than what TracInstall page says it is. First of all it got a huge list of very complex dependencies that can take up your whole day to take care. It’s more painful when it comes to shared hosting installation; I do understand the fact most shared hosting doesn’t even give SSH access. Recently when I was installing Trac for a client came across with tons of issues and had to device a long list of to-dos to take care of the situation. So without further due let’s get on with how we can install Trac …
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Sun Microsystems announced an alliance to simplify sales, service, and support for customers who run – or can be coaxed to run – Sun’s Solaris 10 operating system on HP’s X86. HP already has the same level of agreement for Microsoft Windows, Novell SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, and VMware with their respected vendors. On the other hand Sun had signed similar Solaris distribution deals with IBM and Dell Inc., way back in 2007.
HP and Sun compete each other in the server hardware business, so this move was little unexpected. According to this new partnership HP will distribute and provide support for Solaris 10 on …
At last the Windows Mobile 6.5 official screen cast debut at the ongoing GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. Purported screen shots of the Windows Mobile 6.5 interface leaked out November 2008, which off course was not official. Anyway at Barcelona MS team show off the features of Windows Mobile 6.5 and its user interface. Windows Phone running 6.5 is the latest version of the mobile OS, and the UI has been revamped to make devices more touch-friendly. Windows Mobile is nothing more than a whisper at this moment, so to change that scenario Microsoft is overhauling its mobile operating system and bringing …
Growing admiration and success of Apple’s application store sparked concerns among Apple’s rivals that they are falling short of edge. Inevitably this fuels up their research and craves for something similar or better. In this endeavour Sun Microsystems came up with a mobile platform that enables developers to create iPhone-like apps for a wide variety of handsets. The JavaFX Mobile platform which launched yesterday (Thursday, 13th February 2009) will allow developers to create rich applications across the broadest possible range of mobile devices, from consumer handsets to smart phones. Without any doubt this was something a lot of developer’s were longing for. …
In a spree of location awareness, Google developed a new tool that lets Gmail automatically include your location in an e-mail’s signature. Why did I said “spree of location awareness”, well off course it’s just a week after Google’s launch of Latitude; a service that automatically shares your location with selected friends who might want to know where you are. In fact the various enhancements to mail have been arriving at a lightning speed– Sync for mobiles, Multiple Inboxes, Offline Gmail and Tasks etc. fascinating stuffs recently. This location aware signature feature can be switched on by going to …
Many Open source entities had an eventful, breakthrough year in 2008. Not all the events were positive, in fact most of them weren’t. Once hacker’s, malware producer’s target was windows but in 2008 we have seen their shift of focus towards open source projects. Without any arguments, the biggest protection against security holes is always keeping up-to-date your software/application. But here is the hiccup; most open source lacks frequent update unlike property software/applications. So no matter how wonderful and creative open source projects are you can’t blame the corporate user’s going after property software/application to keep their pants on. Of course there are exceptions like-Firefox, MySQL (supported by Sun Microsystems), PHP, …
What could have been worse for Philippines’ tech industry than Intel Corp., the world’s top chip maker is considering pulling out of the country. Intel’s factory in Cavite which employing more than 3,000 people, is Intel’s second offshore assembly operations centre in Asia and also serves as a test site. According to Intel source, they invested around 1.51 billion dollars in the country while high power costs are a problem in the Philippines. According to many industry experts this is part of an eventual pullout from the Philippines. Though according to Intel spokesman it will take at least six months for Intel to …
Apple officially announced the long awaited iPhone 2.0 software, which is due to be released this June, but a beta release is already available for download from iPhone DevCenter. The beta version will include besides Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support and Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to private corporate networks, the highly awaited iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK). This SDK will give freedom to any developers to create native applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Prior to this SDK release iPhone application development has been limited to only applications that can run under Safari browser. Did I even have to mention …
