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ISO puts on hold the case following appeals OOXML

We heard via Slashdot that ISO, in response to the four appeals (Venezuela, India, Brazil, South Africa) presented in the last few weeks, has put the OOXML standardization process on hold.

As we read in the press release , in accordance with IEC standards governing the ISO standard, the appeals are being considered. Countries are obliged to appeal within 30 days (until the end of June) to file appeals with the comments they deem appropriate to the board of the ISO Technical Management.

The two Boards then decide whether the appeal should go ahead or not. If you decide in favor of the procedure will need to create an arbitration panel to try to resolve appeals. The process would be extended in this way for several months ...

According to IEC standards for the ISO standard, a document that is within this appeal process may not be published as an international standard. Therefore the decision to approve OOXML can not be taken until you know the outcome of appeals.

On the other hand, TheInquirer.net report that the European Commission has begun an antitrust investigation of voting procedures that made the OOXML was approved by all countries. Neelie Kroes, European Commission spokesman said yesterday in a speech about open standards " if the vote on the adoption of the standard has been influenced more by the side of the agreements, incentives, package deals, reciprocal representation agreements or commercial pressure rather than the technical merits of the technology itself, then Microsoft has fallen into a violation of competition laws "

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sell Dell computers with pre-installed Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

According count Practical Technology Dell preinstall Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on their laptops and desktops from the end of June.

Dell, a leading OEM vendors that support the use of Linux on the desktop is determined to maintain its leadership in offering Linux preinstalled. Therefore, Dell will add the latest version of Ubuntu to their current models "Ubuntu-Powered."

The first is the Inspiron 530 n-Series. This PC comes with an Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2GHz.

In the field of Dell laptops pre-installed Ubuntu 8.04 on the Inspiron 1525N equipped with Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 at 1.6 GHz and the Inspiron 1420N with a slightly more powerful processor. The Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370 at 1.73 GHz for those who need even more power, Dell is also offering the XPS M1330.

The XPS M1330 has an Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83 GHz and includes 2GBs of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive also mounts a 2.0 megapixel camera.

addition to the latest standard Ubuntu Dell incorporates the possibility that Linux users can view the original DVDs completely legal in their systems. Dell introduced this feature for the first time in December 2007.

also appears that Dell pre-install Ubuntu 8.04 in mini-Inspiron. This is their response teams and other UMPC Asus emerging in the market recently. Although almost no details about this team sources indicate that they shuffled Ubuntu will be among the options in terms of operating system.

One of the places where Ubuntu will not appear in the short term is to Dell servers. Although Dell supports Ubuntu on their servers, the company has no plans to offer Ubuntu pre-installed on these computers.

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Europe wants bloggers to identify

"The European Commission proposed to hold a Culture debate in Parliament on the need for a system to identify the authors of the posts . To get going this far, not something mandatory but purely optional to avoid conflict with European legislation on electronic commerce. Thus, the blogs of authors who so wished should have a "tag" information to include the author's identity, political or social interests and social responsibility in this. According to the MEP Marta Badia, this would be a good s olution for information overload on the network, would help prevent "poisoning" and would allow users would know whether or not to trust the source (as this would be identified). "

The " trust " is normally based on the reputation of the blogger, not that you know their real identity (the journalists know their identity and are therefore no more "reliable"). Some see this as with prevention, despite being voluntary, could be designed "to end anonymity on the Net (Sánchez Almeida).

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A 'blogger' on the dock

The usefulness of the proposed measure within the European Commission for Culture and Education of the European Parliament is also challenged by Julio Alonso, executive director WeblogsSL, the largest Hispanic network of blogs: "In most cases, the effect sought by the Commission and the you without registration. 80% of people sign with full name, and also whether to include advertising on your blog you are bound by the registration of advertising to identify. "

Alonso on Wednesday to face trial for violation of the honor after the publication in April 2004 of a post in which he reported in his blog about the launch of a Google Bombing against SGAE, a method by which is possible to place certain Websites in the first results of a Google search using a specific text. In this case, we established a link to the page with the title SGAE "thieves."

The General Society of Authors made contact Julio Alonso to withdraw the post, Alonso sent the managing body "that it was information and gave them the right to reply, but the answer I got is the SGAE was a victim of a conspiracy on the Internet. " Alonso did not yield to the claims of the managing and tomorrow will sit on the dock. SGAE, which has refused to make any statement when considering New York Times which is immersed in a judicial proceeding "required to remove the post, an award of 9,000 euros and assume the costs of the trial.

WeblogSL chief executive sits on a bench when the judgments are scarce, a fact that Alonso plays against: "The judge will have to explain what a blog, what a URL or what are the comments ... the tendency is to apply the law of the press when the mechanism of a medium is different: there are content managers, editors, publishers publish everything that is part of a process. "

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CONFIRMED: iPhone 2.0 with 3G in Spain on July 11

The WWDC 2008 has come to an end. Steve Jobs has finally confirmed what we already knew from the rumor mill Maquera. There will be an iPhone 2.0. Let's see what's new:

The iPhone 2.0 is 3G. Steve Jobs compared the discharges between 3G and EDGE. The technology will give the new iPhone 3G more than twice as fast. Compared to other phones (N95 and Treo 750) iPhone 2.0 is 36% faster. The autonomy of the iPhone 2.0 is 300 hours at rest, 7 hours video and 24 hours with audio. In addition, Apple finally included the navigation technology on your device.

The iPhone 2.0 will be available in 22 countries next July 11 at a maximum price of $ 199 8GB and $ 299 the 16GB. Will be thinner, with a glossy black rear casing (though also available in white) and a camera also improved. We have improved the sound by adding a headphone jack.

'll leave you with a video summary of what has been the WWDC 2008.

Updated 06/10/2008:

We have changed the video summary by a video made by News.com where you can see Steve Jobs introducing the new iPhone at WWDC 2008.

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Women use a code more "user friendly" than men

all know that men do not like to ask for directions ... apparently we do not like to "directions" in computer code.

Emma McGrattan, vice president of enterprise technology Ingres and one of the most senior programmers in Silicon Valley insists that men and women write code very differently. Women are more considerate of the people who used the code later. Usually interspersed among the code strings complete instructions and comments, to explain why he wrote fixed line and path used to it.

The code becomes a kind of "guide" for others who may wish to change or add something, according to McGrattan, who has been in Ingres since 1992.

Men on the other hand not so gently. Often " try to prove their intelligence by writing very cryptic code ," according to the Bussiness Technology Blog. " They try to obfuscate things in the code " and do not leave clear instructions for those who have to use it later. McGrattan boasts that 70-80 percent of the time can tell, seeing a fragment of code, if written by a man or a woman.

In an effort to make Ingres computer code easier to use, she helped institute new coding standards on the company. Require developers to include a detailed set of comments before each block of code to explain what role does this passage and why. Developers must also submit a detailed list of changes that have taken place in the code. The rules apply to both Ingres employees as members of the open source community who contribute to the code of some of their products.

In Ingres about 20 percent of engineers are women, McGrattan says. Most of them are in jobs involving quality assurance or adapting the product to a new location. Hard work to write code leave it to them. Extracted

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Top 10 phrases of Linus Torvalds

The Businessreviewonline has published a list with the best and most ironic words of Linus Torvalds. The truth is that no waste ... We've seen it in Castilian in Alcancelibre

1. The Software is like sex: it's better when free.

2. Microsoft is not evil, just make shit operating systems.

3. My name is Linux, and I am your God.

4. Look, you must not only be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you must be a bastard too.

5. The Linux philosophy is' Laugh in the face of danger. " Sorry. I was wrong. "Do it yourself." Yes, that is.

6.Algunas people have told me they do not think a fat penguin really show the grace of Linux, which only tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them at 100 mph.

7. Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, and still achieve the job done.

8. When you say "I wrote a Windows program that breaks down, people will stare at you dumbfounded and says" Hey, I have of those with the system, and are free. "

9. I have no doubt that all virtualization is useful in some areas. What is however strongly doubt if ever have the kind of impact that the people involved in virtualization want it to have.

10. Now most of you probably will be completely bored in their minds on Christmas day, and is a perfect distraction. Try 2.6.15-rc7. All shops are closed, and there really is not anything better to do between meals.

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Using Messenger at work increases productivity

A new study by researchers from the universities of Ohio and California concluded that workers using the Messenger instant messaging type, have fewer work interruptions than those who do not use, so increases productivity.

The study calls into question trial the belief that the use of Messenger reduces activity and labor productivity because it produces disctracciones interruptions.
However, the study shows that those who use instant messaging as a substitute for other media that interrupt much more, including phone, email or face-to-face conversations made shorter and have fewer work interruptions that if they communicate through other means. According

R. Kelly Garrett, co-author of the study and assistant professor of communications at the University of Ohio, instant messaging has some advantages and disadvantages are, as they have found that people who use messaging as a means of communication are interrupted much less.

The study was conducted between May and septiebre 2006 on 912 people who worked at least 30 hours per week in an office and used a computer for at least five hours a day.

The key to eliminating the ghosts that surround the use of instant messaging is the use that is given to the messenger. Most use it to contact your co-workers to know when they are available and not interrupt when you are busy. Also to ask, answer or information about the work and the tasks they are playing. Thus talk time, and therefore break, is much less than if you had to go find the person and talk to her face to face.

The nature of the Messenger can use the talk time otherwise. We can control after receiving a message, question or similar, to decide when to respond, for example if we are very busy right now answer later, so do not interrupt the work being done at that time.

however, to know when it is appropriate to have a conversation face to face. For more complex or extensive discussions, we will gain time talking face to face. But for questions and quick answers, usually the most common, the messenger will earn us a long time.

The ease of use and similarities to e-mail could foster greater acceptance of instant messaging in the workplace. And while the study provides clear evidence that instant messaging can be used successfully in the workplace, Garrett said that this technology can not be so widely used as e-mail. Source

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The first computer virus

know that the first virus that attacked to an IBM machine Series 360 ( and recognized as such ) was called Creeper, created in 1972 by Robert Thomas Morris. This program aired regularly on the screen the message: "I'm a creeper ... catch me if you can! ( am a vine, if they can agárrenme). To eliminate this problem is created the first antivirus program called Reaper (mower).

However, the term virus it would take until 1984, but they already existed before. His beginnings were in the laboratories of Bell Computers. Four programmers ( Mellory H. Douglas, Robert Morris, Victor Vysottsky y Ken Thompson ) desarrollaron un juego llamado Core Wars , el cual consistía en ocupar toda la memoria RAM del equipo contrario en el menor tiempo posible.

Después de 1984, los virus han tenido una gran expansión, desde los que atacan los sectores de arranque de disquetes hasta los que se adjuntan en un correo electrónico.



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En ese año se difundieron los virus (c) Brain, Bouncing Ball y Marihuana y que fueron las primeras especies representativas de difusión masiva. Estas 3 especies virales tan sólo infectaban el sector de arranque de los diskettes. Posteriormente virus appeared to infect files with the EXE and COM .

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As expected and are swarming the net plenty of videos of people doing stunts in Grand Thief Auto 4, as happened also in previous versions of this game. Today we have seen that has caught our attention.

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The virtual world Second Life comes to mobile

To access the virtual world Second Life need to run a client that requires a "ship" of RAM, latest processor and graphics card "important" to enjoy an acceptable quality. That is why we never would imagine that would run on a mobile phone.

However on Tuesday, Vollee, provider 3G streaming services, gave its approval to a version Second Life beta will work in 40 teams to support 3G and Wi-Fi. This means that soon we may have in Second Life ... iPhone, for example.

'Second Life' avatars can fly for 40 mobile phones, "said Vollee

In Second Life Mobile users can fly around the virtual world, chat and see when your friends are connected the same way they would on their PC version.

Vollee How will this move to get "down" resources "in such a compact?. They say that Second Life Mobile is a lightweight client for high-end phones phones that work without modifications, Vollee hosted on servers so that all data will be adapted by them for the results to be of high quality streaming.

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mobile Unix and the devil ...

What follows is a true story. It happened somewhere in Texas ... We have seen on the cover of Digg .

"Last week I went to a restaurant meal home to pick up a food order that he had commissioned. The waitress behind the counter told me that my order would be ready in minutes. So while waiting watching tillage gear hanging on the walls approached me two ... uhmm, well call them "natives." These guys were from Texas insurance, and wearing two separate hats, boots and a pervasive smell of cheap beer and whiskey. "

"Sorry ma'am." Can we ask you a question? "

Well, people often say that Texans are friendly people, so I agreed.

"Are you a Satanist?

Well, at least I wanted to invite to a party ...

" Ehh, no, no, I can say that I am not .. .

"Ma'am, are you sure about that?

credible

I put my Dallas Cowboy smile and said

"insurance. The closest I've come to be of Satanism was watching Geraldo"

"Hmm, interesting. Look only ask because you have the lord of darkness into his chest ... "

I almost give him two slaps and make a scene, but then I stopped and looked at the shirt he was wearing. Of course, there was a photograph of a little imp that for a long time is associated with a particular operating system. In particular the imp wearing slippers.

continued: " Look lady, do not appreciate people showing images of the devil, especially when displayed in a" friendly "

Calling them idiots sounded terrifyingly wrong.

" Oh, well, see, this is not really the devil, it's just a kind of pet. "

Natives: "And what kind of football team has the devil's pet?

" Oh, not a computer. This is an operating system, hmm, a kind of computer. "

I figured that an ATM is the ultimate in technology these guys have been playing, and I knew that when uttered the word" UNIX " complicate things even more

Natives: "Where does this computer Satanic?"

California. And there is nothing Satanic in him. "

Natives: " Ma'am, I think lying to us and we would like to leave the premises now. "

Fortunately the waitress returned that very moment with my order and asked me to be acceptable to pay my food as soon as possible. While I'm at the register the guys talk to each other.

Native 1 - Do you think the police know about these devil computers?

Native 2 - Yes originate in California then the FBI must be on the track.

Once you pay the food kids escorted me to the door. I tried one last time:

"This is really out of proportion logic. A lot of people use these computers. Universities, researchers, businesses. It's really useful"

Great great big mistake. There should be adivinidado what came next. Native

: "The government uses these devices of the devil?"

"Yes"

Natives: "And the government pays for this with our taxes?"

I decided I had time to jump ship.

"No, no, not at all. These dollars were never in the picture at all. Fiance. No sir, no sir, not a penny. Our congressmen are good Christians and would never let something this happen. No. Never, ADIOSSS

PD: Texas ... What a country!

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Android will be 100% Open Source

Against some reports, everything that makes Android is Android, including all the major platform components and libraries necessary to port Android to new devices will be Open Source, licensed under the commonly used standard, Google said.

What is open?

In Zdnet confirm that after talking with three of Google employees, it is clear that the core Android platform will be 100% open source. Even multimedia codecs, which are usually closed will be opened. The only exception seems to be the use of Apache software license (ASL v2). This is the same Open Source license used by many other projects, like the Apache HTTP server, Tomcat, Harmony, and many other projects of the Open Source community.

The software is already licensed will continue to use the free software license. In particular this includes Google's enhancements to the Linux kernel. Linux uses the GNU GPL v2 so that improvements in the core will continue to use the same license.

Any software that use Eclipse as Eclipse plugin Tools, will be licensed under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) as this is used by Eclipse.

Google chose the Apache license because it gives OEMs and application developers the freedom to use any license they want for their own software. While Google encourages everyone to use open source If possible, not required by the license. Even Google has among its plans to create some closed-form applications, such as your GMAIL. These programs are not part of the core Android system but may be included with Android phones.

We must remember that to date, all software included in our cell was closed and had been patented. Being able to choose to use free applications on our phones in the not too distant future is simply encouraging.