[Tech] Konqueror e KOffice su Mac OS X

RangerRick sta effettuando (con successo, pare...) il porting del browser Konqueror e della suite gratuita KOffice (due software che girano sotto KDE in ambiente GNU/Linux) verso Mac OS X.



Ci sono ancora dei problemi, naturalmente, ma sembra che le cose stiano procedendo abbastanza bene.



Link: sito KOffice.org

[Tech] Anno nuovo, vecchi problemi: worm virus colpisce MSN Messenger

Tanto per cambiare, riparte la solita giostra: un nuovo worm virus colpisce gli utenti di MSN Messenger:

Known as Jitux, the worm is self-propagating and contains a link to a Web site that automatically downloads an executable file named "jituxramon.exe" to the PC. Once the file runs, the worm begins sending out copies of itself to all of the names in the user's Messenger contact list. The worm, first discovered Tuesday, is capable of spawning multiple instances of itself on one PC.

Pare che il worm in questione non produca danni diretti sui PC su cui riesce a sbarcare - il problema principale parrebbe quindi essere, almeno stando alle informazioni disponibili finora, il consumo di banda passante.



Fonte: eWeek.

[Tech] Il 75% degli utenti Internet non usa browser

Questo il dato, relativo al novembre 2003, fornito da Nielsen/NetRatings. Secondo la società tre netsurfer su quattro si sono collegati a Internet utilizzando altri dispositivi, come ad esempio instant messengers, media players e software P2P.

Nielsen//NetRatings, reports that three out of every four home and work Internet users, or 76 percent of active Web surfers, access the Internet using a non-browser based Internet application. Media players, instant messengers and file sharing applications are the most popular Internet applications.



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The top five applications are Windows Media Player, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger Service and Real Player. Of these top five applications, Windows Media has the largest active user reach at 34 percent. AOL Instant Messenger was next at 20 percent, followed by Real Player also at 20 percent, MSN Messenger Service at 19 percent and Yahoo! Messenger Service, which reaches 12 percent of the active user base.

Fonte: BigBlueBall news.

[Tech] Wired: 101 Ways to Save the Internet

Alcuni seri, altri meno. Cito dall'elenco quelli che ho trovato più interessanti/condivisibili:

• Unleash vigilante justice on spammers One activist has proposed filters that launch distributed denial-of-service attacks back at spammers. Great. Just make sure we have the right addresses first.
• Demand truth in advertising for software updates C'mon, AOL 9.0 is really AOL 8.0 with the version number increased 1.0
• Declare spammers are terrorists And put Ashcroft, Ridge, and Rumsfeld on their tails
• Dump the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Build a .sex red-light district Icann, the committee that assigns top-level Internet domains, refuses to create an adult zone that can easily be kept from kids' eyes. Porn won't disappear, so deal with it.
• Offer real RIAA amnesty Instead of telling us to delete MP3s or pay a fine, how about you let us pay a fair price to keep them
• Pass a White Hat Protection Act Hackers who find holes in corporate networks should get thanks, not handcuffs
• Scramble archived addresses Online archives of mailing lists are a treasure trove for spammers. Give members the option to have their addresses scrambled in posts
• Create a P2P email program We directly trade MP3 files, instant messages, and now phone calls without the bother of backend servers. So why not email messages?
• Upgrade to IPv6 The next-gen Internet protocol will improve security and add 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,427,473,244,160 IP addresses - enough for everything, ever
• Publish Creative Commons for Dummies The open copyright licensing system is pure genius. But you need to be a genius to use it.

L'elenco completo su Wired.

Hong Kong chiede piu' democrazia alla Cina

Non si può certo dire che a Hong Kong amino perdere tempo: il Capodanno era appena scoccato che già la città ha visto sfilare per le strade alcune decine di migliaia di manifestanti nella prima manifestazione politica del nuovo anno - e, come si dice? chi manifesta a Capodanno...

Thousands of people streamed through the streets of Hong Kong on New Year's Day to demand greater democracy in the biggest march since huge protests in July shocked local leaders and Beijing.



Shouting "We demand more democracy," "Return power to the People" and "One man, one vote," political activists, workers and families filed slowly from a park in the busy Causeway Bay shopping district toward government offices in central Hong Kong.



Before they set off, religious groups prayed that Hong Kong people would be allowed to elect their own leaders.



"We want full democracy -- the right to elect our own chief executive and all members of the Legislative Council," said Richard Tsoi, a spokesman for the organizers who also led the July 1 march, which drew half a million people into the streets.

La Cina nella nuova costituzione di Hong Kong aveva stabilito che entro il 2007 la città avrebbe eletto autonomamente il proprio leader e i propri legislatori, senza fornire però ulteriori dettagli in merito: evidentemente i segnali arrivati finora dall'amministrazione "imperiale" cinese non sono incoraggianti, e hanno spinto i cittadini a rompere gli indugi.



Fonte: Reuters.

RB Winter Edition

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