The Open Source Billionaires

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Ok so you have heard of Open Source, and for those who haven’t, here is the definition that the “ Open Source Initiative” gives us: Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology. In plain English, Open Source is a license given to certain applications and software which code is open to the public so you can download it tweak it, change it, improve it and upload it again, that is how most amazing programs are build, like MySQL, Trolltech, Mozilla, … [Read more...]

Top 4 free Parental control software

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Top free software to prevent our children from viewing adult sites [ad#GAbanner] Parental control software enables parents to limit what their children see on the internet, select what programs they use and monitor all their online activity. Although there is not a single solution as all the parental control programs either over- block or under - block. While selecting the parental control program it is necessary to keep checking its drawbacks and shortcomings as the children are tech-savvy and they come up with different ways to break the control on their online activity. There are various free software available if you are looking for parental filtering software, among them the top four that I found are: 1) open DNS 2) K9 web protection 3) B Gone - Safe Families 4) File sharing sentinel 1) open DNS is available on www.opendns.com it is the world’s leading provider of internet navigation and security. It makes the system safer and more reliable without the cost and … [Read more...]

All in One Software Pack Installers

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What? Why? Starting with Smart Installer Pack. What it actually does is download and install a handful of software* at your convenience usually installed on new computers, reinstalled operating systems, etc. So, it was made just to eliminate all the searching around for nothing, waiting (which can take up a lot of time) and only then installing. Now, all you have to do is download this Smart Installer Pack and put it to work to get the job done faster. *Software included in the latest version Yahoo Messenger  Yahoo Widgets Skype Google Earth Winamp Firefox FoxIt Reader Gmail Notifier Digsby Pidgin No-IP Duc uTorrent 7zip Rocket Dock  K-Lite Mega Codecs Pack Adobe Flash Player Apple QuickTime SunJava Adobe Reader Sumatra PDF Open Office IrfanView TakeABreak Avast Antivirus Home Edition AVG Antivirus PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition FileZilla FTP Server  FileZilla FTP … [Read more...]

Linux Virtual Desktops in Windows

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Perhaps the greatest single productivity-boosting feature in Linux is the ability to open several virtual desktops at one time. This allows you to create separate work environments for various simultaneous tasks, such as one with a word processor, image editor, and spreadsheet open for creating a report, and another with e-mail and browser windows active for keeping in touch with co-workers. The multiple desktops let you focus on the task at hand without interruption, but switch to your other active workspace with a single click. [ad#GAtext] Now you can do this on Windows, with VirtualWin VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista). It lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces') as  they become an essential part of a productive workflow.It is designed to be simple and elegant to use yet still be highly configurable and extensible. [ad#GAtext] Is easy to … [Read more...]