Stop Sharing Spreadsheets, Start Collecting Info
A great old article from Google Docs, which may increasingly be relevant again these days.
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/02/stop-sharing-spreadsheets-start.html
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Trend With Open Source Software 2009
Some interesting insight about Open Source trend 2009:
Most open source vendors have tweaked their business models to include
some kind of additional value only available as part of a subscription.
Typically we now see an "open core" freely available with "exclusive" or proprietary features only available when you pay. If you are trying to build a commercial business on top of an open source project, this is likely the right answer.
Read here for more detail: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10128801-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
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Palm 2.0
People say that Palm's latest device will be announced sometime in Q1 or latest Q2 2009. Designed with the look of the Treo Pro (or even better), it was told that the "new Palm" that was secretly being developed the past 3 years will boost a new Linux based Palm Operating system called "Nova".
I sincerely hope that this Palm 2.0 device would be as great as Palm V or Palm Treo in the past. If such is the case, then we might be able to see Palm back.
It is really strange, and pity to see Palm having all these difficulties, when the smart-phone (and PDA) market that it initiated is currently at its best peak.
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The True Power Of Android's "Open Innovation" Approach
A quote from Engadget:This is where Android starts to get awesome. The platform is
being hacked and developed at a blistering pace that closed operating
systems can only dream of, and to top it all off, Google's now gifted
the world with a bunch of changes it had been developing in secrecy in
a private branch called "cupcake." Why "cupcake," you ask? We're not
sure, but given the list of fixes and additions we're seeing here, we
can only assume it has something to do with how tasty it's going to be
once it gets rolled into a shipping firmware. For starters, it rolls in
circa-November WebKit code and significantly boosts browsing
performance, fixes a novel's worth of issues with the email app, and --
wait for it -- adds support for stereo Bluetooth. Of course, we're at
the mercy of T-Mobile and HTC for getting this onto retail G1s, so it really makes a strong case for picking up a Dev Phone 1, doesn't it?
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Yes We Can
Group photo taken on OpenOffice Conference 2008, Beijing.
"Document format and platform-of-innovation shall always belong to the people, for the use of the people, for the benefit of the people.
Through that we can preserve the continuous seed of innovation, and contribute our effort towards the betterness and advancement of our greater society as a whole."
-arv
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Firefox 3.1's Coolest & Most Useful Feature That Makes Browsing + Organizing + Discovering The Web Faster, Simpler, Better ...
I tried out Firefox 3.1 Beta today, and these are some key features that I found truly useful, powerful, fascinating and important.
Firefox 3.1 really sets browsing + organizing + discovering the web to the new level!
SUPERB ABILITY TO TEAR-DOWN AND ORGANIZE TABS
- The ability to tear the tab off is super cool. Now I can browse and open as many tab as I want. Yet when I want to tear particular tab into its own window, I could do so. And if I want to organize these tabs together into one window again, I could do so very quickly, conveniently and intuitively as well.
- With this feature, I think I could organize my discovered web content better. And once I am happy with the layout and arrangement of it, I could save the entire tab structure into my bookmark.
This is truly useful and powerful feature that make browsing, organizing and discovering/rediscovering the web simpler, faster, better!
Truly awesome!
COOL FACILITY TO REMEMBER & REDISCOVER SITES
- The ability to remember and rediscover sites that we have visited by simply typing keywords in the location bar is awesome. In 3.1 it even become more awesome, as now we have the "+" characters to narrow down the search based on tags even more!
BLAZING SPEED IMPROVEMENT
- Although the speed improvement is not yet as blazingly fast as Chrome, there is significant improvement on the rendering speed of the browser. Now javascript intensive applications runs faster.
ANYTIME VIDEO
- The ability to view videos without having to download the plug-ins is pretty awesome! As more and more content on the web is available in video format, this feature makes it handy and easy to view those content, without having to be hasseled by the plug-in installation and setup process whatsoever.
- The web (video) content now just becoming viewable anytime anywhere
PRIVATE BROWSING CAPABILITY
- When you enter your credit card numbers and stuff on the web, you don't want trace of that transactions to be accidentally left behind, in such circumstances, private browsing capability would become important, powerful and handy.
SUPERB EXTENSIBILITY
- There are many useful and powerful firefox extensions that I found truly useful and powerful. This has been firefox's core strength since day 1, and the various genuine innovation that people provide is truly superb!
- With 3.1, the great tradition continues!
These are the key things that I really love about Firefox 3.1 so far. If you would like to experience and know more, you can download the Firefox 3.1 beta browser here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html, or discover and take a look for yourself here: http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.1b2/whatsnew/.>
Have a great joyful experience in browsing + organizing + discovering the web!
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Why ODF (Open Document Format) Is Important ??
The Romulans attack the Federation for they can’t read the Peace Treaty sent to them in Word 2307 format… they only have Word 2303. A hilarious cartoon by Geek and Poke. Joke? Perhaps … or not.
How many files, documents and paper that you composed during your university days (or a couple of years ago), which now -- suprisingly -- become unreadable?
How many files, documents and paper that you compose today (which you already keep, backup, copy, store very very carefully these days) yet -- unexpectedly -- would/might/may become unreadable soon (or later into the future) ??
This is exactly the reason why open document format (ODF) is important. ODF ensure content can be read, no matter when, where and what type of tool you use to create it. It ensure content can be read no matter what type of tool you use to read it -- today, and into the future.
In that retrospect, that's where OpenOffice becomes relevant and important. It ensures ownership of the content (and its format) belongs back to the user, and not being 'proprietarily trapped' inside the silos of particular companies, nor company.
OpenOffice fully embrace ODF concept since day 1. Microsoft Office until today is not. People need to make the right strategic choices in regards with such. It's people that shall be the owner of their digital content, at all time. Never companies, nor company, after all!
It's content -- not tools -- that is really important, and truly matters.
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Social Cause Continue To Exist Because Society Wants It To Persist
In the past, most social causes lives-in because of the vision and idealism of its founder. These people put their effort, faith, believe, initiatives and even their own money to make the idea exist and persist.
As these causes matures, they seem to have tendency to keep on living (and expanding) because -- this time -- the global society funds it. Global society decides these open initiatives contributes something useful and powerful to society as a whole, hence they together act and continue fund it.
This is the latest fascinating trend in the development of social causes (and open causes) around the Globe! Something that is fascinating enough to see how it would evolve into its final format.
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Soon We Can Edit Office Document On iPhone!
DataViz, makers of Documents To Go, a Microsoft Office editor app for mobile devices, has confirmed that they are developing an application for the iPhone. The application would allow for editing of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on your iPhone, or, presumably, your iPod Touch. According to a company representative, the application will likely be available in early 2009.
This would be awesome! This would make iPhone or iPod touch the 'smallest workable portable computer', ever invented.
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BMW "Open Car" -- Linux On The Road!
BMW is developing an open-source platform for vehicle electronics. By taking the open-source approach, rather than using proprietary software, BMW aims to allow providers of infotainment services to develop plug-and-play applications.
The open-source Linux system was created by BMW, Wind River Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. for the in-vehicle infotainment market.
BMW's said that his company would have an open-source platform in a vehicle of 200,000 or more units in the next five to seven years. Electrical and electronics engineers from BMW, Chrysler, Ford Motor, General Motors and Honda R&D participated on the panel.
Linux on the road, probably is about to happen.
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