Flock Social Network Browser

Flock Social Network Browser

Flock is a social web browser that uniquely pulls together the people, photos, videos and websites I care about. Check it out, I think you're really going to like it.

You can download it for free at http://www.flock.com/invited/1222530410

Bos Wars a Futuristic Real Time Strategy Game

Bos Wars is a futuristic real time strategy game (RTS). In a RTS game, the player has to combat his enemies while developing his war economy. Everything runs in real-time, as opposed to turn-based games where the player always has to wait for his turn. The trick is to balance the effort put into building his economy and building an army to defend and attack the enemies.

Bos Wars has a dynamic rate based economy. Energy is produced by power plants and magma gets pumped from hot spots. Buildings and mobile units are also built at a continuous rate. Control of larger parts of the map creates the potential to increase your economy throughput. Holding key points like roads and passages allow for different strategies.

It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet, or against the computer. Bos Wars successfully runs under Linux, MS Windows, BSD, and Mac OS X.

Bos Wars aims to create a completely original and fun open source RTS game.

Download for Windows and Linux

http://www.boswars.org/

MyGOSSCON 2008 Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference

MyGOSSCON 2008 Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference

5 - 6 November 2008, Putrajaya, Malaysia

The Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference (MyGOSSCON) is an event held to support the Phase II - Accelerated Adoption. In line with the Phase II targets, the theme for year 2008 is Accelerated OSS Adoption For Innovative Public Service Delivery.

More information please visit this link

MyGOSSCON 2008 @ Hafnie

http://blog.harisfazillah.info/2008/10/mygosscon-2008-malaysian-government.html

The Value of a PC with Genuine Windows® Software

The Value of a PC with Genuine Windows® Software

I had scan from a pemplate that I took from a computer shop in Plaza Low Yat, Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and want it to be share with all of you.

Just make sure when you buy your notebook or computer, ask for original Microsoft software license, CD installer and keep it with you. List of software free and open source that can be installed in your notebook or computer can be refer here

http://linuxwanita.blogspot.com/ and in Malay

Aplikasi Percuma dan Sumber Terbuka untuk Vista
http://www.harisfazillah.info/sumberterbukauntukmicrosoftvista

More articles in Malay
http://cikgucyber.blogspot.com/

More about Free and Open Source in Malaysia

http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/

Harisfazillah Jamel
http://blog.harisfazillah.info/

22 Julai 2008.

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The Value of a PC with Genuine Windows® Software

Unlike pirated or fake copies of Microsoft® Windows, genuine Windows software is backed by Microsoft, comes with the complete set of features, delivers reliability you expect, and provides ongoing access to updates and enhancements, so your new PC running genuine Windows stays up to date and protected over the life of your PC.

You should buy a PC with genuine Windows in order to:
• Protect Yourself from Spyware: Genuine Windows users have access to the latest updates to Microsoft's anti-spyware application-helping to make sure the PC and the valuable work stored on your PC stay protected from future spyware threats.

• Receive Updates and Enhancements: Genuine Windows users get access to the latest versions, updates, and improvements to products such as Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer for superior entertainment and communication experience.

• Be Eligible for Exclusive Offers: Genuine Windows users have access to special offers and applications, and other new products as they are released by Microsoft.

Ask for. genuine Microsoft® software.

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Ask for Free and Open Source Software

http://linuxmalaysia.harisfazillah.info/

MyMeeting Version 2.0 RC 1 Release

MyMeeting Version 2.0 RC 1 Release

MyMeeting is a web application specifically designed to help you to better manage your meetings decision and get more out of them. Initially developed at the Open Source Competency Center (OSCC) MAMPU Malaysia, it is the Malaysian governments' first fully open source software.

This release is for public review and feedback.

http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/solution-areas/application/mymeeting

Feedback, bugs reports, issues and comments

http://trac.oscc.org.my/mymeeting

Backup site

http://mymeeting.sourceforge.net/

Estimated cost for MyMeeting 2.0

$ 1,815,478

http://www.ohloh.net/projects/mymeeting

MyMeeting Version 2.0 RC 1 Release

MyMeeting Version 2.0 RC 1 Release

MyMeeting is a web application specifically designed to help you to better manage your meetings decision and get more out of them. Initially developed at the Open Source Competency Center (OSCC) MAMPU Malaysia, it is the Malaysian governments' first fully open source software.

This release is for public review and feedback.

http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/solution-areas/application/mymeeting

Feedback, bugs reports, issues and comments

http://trac.oscc.org.my/mymeeting

Backup site

http://mymeeting.sourceforge.net/

Estimated cost for MyMeeting 2.0

$ 1,815,478

http://www.ohloh.net/projects/mymeeting

Amaya W3C's Editor Browser

Amaya W3C's Editor Browser

Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium.

Amaya is a complete web browsing and authoring environment.

* Amaya lets users both browse and author Web pages
* Amaya maintains a consistent internal document model adhering to the DTD
* Amaya is able to work on several documents at a time
* Amaya helps authors create hypertext links
* Amaya includes a collaborative annotation application

More information about Amaya W3C's Editor Browser

http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

VirtualDub Desktop Video Processing and Capture Application

VirtualDub Desktop Video Processing and Capture Application

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility. It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.

http://www.virtualdub.org/

CoolPlayer Audio Player

CoolPlayer Audio Player

CoolPlayer Is a blazing fast audio player. It's features that include Skins, Simple user interface, Playlist editor, Internet streaming, File Renamer, Fast mp3->wav converter, Smallest executable, Continuous play (no pause between tracks), programmed in C.

Features:

* GNU General Public License
* Freeform Skins
* Simple User Interface
* Advanced Playlist editor
* Internet streaming
* ID3 Multitagger
* File Renamer
* Fast mp3->wav converter
* MAD mpeg engine
* OGG Vorbis support
* Winamp input plugins support
* Smallest executable programmed in blazing fast 'C'
* Continuous play
* 8 band convolution equalizer
* Lot's more...

http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/

Open Source Desktop Management Software

Open Source Desktop Management Software

Just combine this two open source software to get a free and open solution for desktop management.

GLPI - Free IT and asset management software

http://glpi-project.org/

GLPI is the Information Resource-Manager with an additional Administration- Interface. You can use it to build up a database with an inventory for your company (computer, software, printers...). It has enhanced functions to make the daily life for the administrators easier, like a job-tracking-system with mail-notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network-topology.

OCSI-NG Powerful inventory and package deployment system for windows and unix like computers

http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/

OCS Inventory NG in a few words

* Do you know all devices connected to your IT network ?

* Do you know which software or hardware component is installed on a computer ?

* Are you able to deploy softwares or configuration scripts on your computers ?

No ? Then, Open Computer and Software Inventory Next Generation, the open source automated inventory and deployement system, is made for you !

Apache, Mysql and PHP in Windows (WAMP)

Apache, Mysql and PHP in Windows (WAMP)

More information about Windows Apache Mysql PHP packages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAMP

List of WAMP Packages

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

WLMP is an acronym, which stands for the first letters of Windows / LightTPD / MySQL / PHP.
http://en.wlmp-project.net/

Portable Apps Your Digital Life Anywhere

Portable Apps Your Digital Life Anywhere

Pick A PC and PC and with Portable Apps you gets

Convenient

Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.

Open

PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). It's open source built around an open format that any hardware vendor or software developer can use.

Free

The Portable Apps Suite™ is free. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn't a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don't even have to give out your email address. It's 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share.

http://portableapps.com/

InfraRecorder a free CD DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows

InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

InfraRecorder is released under GPL version 2.

Features

* Create custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and record them to physical discs as well as disc images.
* Supports recording to dual-layer DVDs.
* Blank (erase) rewritable discs using four different methods.
* Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE).
* Fixate discs (write lead-out information to prevent further data from being added to the disc).
* Scan the SCSI/IDE bus for devices and collect information about their capabilities.
* Create disc copies, on the fly and using a temporary disc image.
* Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions to them.
* Display disc information.
* Save audio and data tracks to files (.wav, .wma, .ogg, .mp3 and .iso).


http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/

Innotek VirtualBox a General-purpose Full Virtualizer

Innotek VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.

Some of the features of VirtualBox are:

* Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don't have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox.

* Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers.

* Guest Additions for Windows and Linux. VirtualBox has special software that can be installed inside Windows and Linux virtual machines to improve performance and make integration much more seamless. Among the features provided by these Guest Additions are mouse pointer integration and arbitrary screen solutions (e.g. by resizing the guest window).

* Shared folders. Like many other virtualization solutions, for easy data exchange between hosts and guests, VirtualBox allows for declaring certain host directories as "shared folders", which can then be accessed from within virtual machines.

http://www.virtualbox.org/

hMailServer 4 A Free E-mail Server For Microsoft Windows

hMailServer 4 A Free E-mail Server For Microsoft Windows

http://www.hmailserver.com/

hMailServer is a free e-mail server for Microsoft Windows. It supports all the common e-mail protocols (IMAP, SMTP and POP3) and comes with an easy-to-use COM library that can be used for integration with other software. It also has support for virtual domains, distribution lists, antivirus, antispam, aliases, distributed domains and much more. E-mail data is stored in a database server, MySQL or MS SQL, depending on your choice.

The hMailServer installation contains a minimal MySQL-installation, so if you don't already have a database server in your network, MySQL is installed automatically when you install hMailServer.

Globulation 2 An innovative Real-Time Strategy

Globulation 2 An innovative Real-Time Strategy

Extract from Globulation 2 website

http://www.globulation2.org/

Globulation 2 is an innovative Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game which reduces micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to units. Take a look at the screenshots or just download and try it right now. Globulation 2 is Free Software, licensed and distributed under the GNU General Public License.

Globulation 2 brings a new type of gameplay to RTS games. The player chooses the number of units to assign to various tasks, and the units do their best to satisfy the requests. This allows players to manage more units and focus on strategy rather than on micro-management. Globulation 2 also features AI, allowing single-player games or any possible combination of human-computer teams. The game also includes a scripting language for versatile gameplay or tutorials and an integrated map editor. You can play Globulation 2 in single player mode, through your local network, or over the Internet with Ysagoon Online Gaming (or YOG for short). -- Globulation 2 team

Eraser An Advanced Security Tool For Windows

Eraser

Extract from Eraser website

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Windows 2003 Server and DOS.
Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.

The patterns used for overwriting are based on Peter Gutmann's paper "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory" and they are selected to effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive.

Other methods include the one defined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual of the US Department of Defence and overwriting with pseudorandom data. You can also define your own overwriting methods.

Why use Eraser?
Most people have some data that they would rather not share with others - passwords, personal information, classified documents from work, financial records, self-written poems, the list can be continued forever.

Perhaps you have saved some of this information on your computer where it is conveniently at your reach, but when the time comes to remove the data from your hard disk, things get a bit more complicated and maintaining your privacy is not as simple as it may have seemed at first.

Your first thought may be that when you 'delete' the file, the data is gone. Not quite, when you delete a file, the operating system does not really remove the file from the disk; it only removes the reference of the file from the file system table. The file remains on the disk until another file is created over it, and even after that, it might be possible to recover data by studying the magnetic fields on the disk platter surface.

Before the file is overwritten, anyone can easily retrieve it with a disk maintenance or an undelete utility.

There are several problems in secure file removal, mostly caused by the use of write cache, construction of the hard disk and the use of data encoding. These problems have been taken into consideration when Eraser was designed, and because of this intuitive design and a simple user interface, you can safely and easily erase private data from your hard drive.

Top reviews from the most popular software sites and magazines confirm that Eraser is one of the best security tools available for Windows.

TALC a Powerful Didactical Tool for Teachers

I've involved with training Linux Desktop and Server to school teachers around Malaysia. This involved trained them how to control student computers from teacher computer. We need to buy that software until I read an articles at http://www.linux.com/

http://italc.sourceforge.net/

iTALC is a use- and powerful didactical tool for teachers. It lets you view and control other computers in your network in several ways. It supports Linux and Windows 2000/XP (Vista support will come) and it even can be used transparently in mixed environments!

Come join me on LinuxDotMy Where Open Source People meets...

Come join me on LinuxDotMy Where Open Source People meets.

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera, jika anda berminat dengan Linux dan sumber terbuka seperti Ubuntu RedHat dan Centos. Sila sertai LinuxDotMy

Click here to join:
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Thanks,
linuxmalaysia

ScriptumLibre.org calls for boycott of Trend Micro

WORKUM, The Netherlands -- Friday, February 8, 2008 -- The ScriptumLibre.org Foundation issued a call today for a worldwide boycott on Trend Micro products. The call comes as a response to the public announcement on January 29th that a lawsuit was filed by Trend Micro in November 2007, which claims that software-security company Barracuda Networks is infringing its U.S.-patent on software that filters out viruses on Internet gateway computers. The claim targets the free and open source (FOSS) software program ClamAV (Clam AntiVirus), and demands that Barracuda either cease distributing it with their web filtering hardware and other products, or pay Trend Micro a licensing fee.

Software vendors that hold software patents tend to wage a "cold war" amongst each other, collecting patents and holding on to them for defensive purposes. Rarely are suits filed against one another aggressively. ScriptumLibre's chairman Wiebe van der Worp claims Trend Micro's aggressive use of litigation to be "well beyond the borders of decency," and points to the company's past history of "extorting organizations such as Symantec and McAfee with similar threats of litigation." However, there are deeper concerns echoed by van der Worp, and others, in the threats this lawsuit holds toward others in the FOSS community. Recognizing this threat, Barracuda CEO, Dean Drako, in a statement to the FOSS community, writes, "Trend Micro’s actions illustrate that ClamAV and other open source projects remain vulnerable to commercial patent holders attempting to unjustly hinder the free and open source community."

As a result, many in the community are banding together, and offering support towards Barracuda, such as Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center, who has stated that the "Collective defense from software patents is a shared responsibility for everyone in the free software ecosystem." ScriptumLibre feels that the patent system is fundamentally broken. But even though the system is broken, this does not mean that companies should be held blameless for abusing that system.The foundation therefore urges the entire IT community, including both the proprietary and FOSS communities, to boycott Trend Micro products.

About ScriptumLibre

ScriptumLibre.org Foundation is the international branch of the Dutch "Stichting Vrijschrift.org". ScriptumLibre creates awareness about the economic and social meaning of free knowledge and culture for our society. The foundation was involved in the successful campaign to keep software patents out of the European Union.

Links and Attachments

http://www.scriptumlibre.org/Press_Release_Boycott_Trend_Micro

http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/legal/

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080125135544713

http://www.linux.com/feature/126851

http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/boycottTrendMicro.html

Malaysia Computer and Internet Users please discuss it here

http://www.ittutor.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=35273

Products By Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC) MAMPU Malaysia

Products By Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC) MAMPU Malaysia

Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC) is a reference centre between public sector user community and a Smart Partnership developer community. It operates as a facilitator to ease OSS implementation in the public sector.

OSCC had developed five general application to be used and downloaded by any Government agency of Malaysia and public for free.

1) MyWorkSpace

http://myworkspace.oscc.org.my/

MyWorkSpace which is an email collaboration suite is the latest product by OSCC. Users can read, send and organize email messages and manage and share calendars, contacts, tasks and notes with the standards compliant components from the Horde Project. It can be accessed via browser and client mail such as ThunderBird and Outlook. MySQL database is used for data storage because of its consistent, fast performance, high reliability and ease of use.

2) MySpamGuard

http://myspamguard.oscc.org.my/

MySpamGuard is a product suite by OSCC which is truly open source email security and anti spam system. MySpamGuard scans all e-mail for viruses, spams and attacks against security vulnerabilities, and plays a major part in the security of a network . MySpamGuard Version 2.0 is developed using Bayesian technology which is more effective in identifying spam emails.

MyWorkSpace with the integration of MySpamGuard enhances the email server solution for agencies. The installation of this product can be done easily by downloading through internet accessing the server located at OSCC.

3) MySurfGuard

http://mysurfguard.oscc.org.my/

MySurfGuard is an integrated web content filtering suite that curbs unproductive web browsing activity. It is effective in multiple filtering method and able to control web phishing and security vulnerabilities

4) MyNetwatch

http://mynetwatch.oscc.org.my/

MyNetWatch is a suite of OSS products which monitors host, service and network. Network administrator will be notified via email and sms if there is any service or host problems occur. The monitoring report or log will be kept for future references.

5) Fork By Community SongketMail

http://www.songketmail.org/

Clamwin Free AntiVirus For Windows

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:

* High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
* Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

http://www.clamwin.com/

Winpooch Windows Watchdog Anti Spyware and Anti Trojan
http://linuxwanita.blogspot.com/2007/09/winpooch-windows-watchdog-anti-spyware.html