-
Another area where online applications can help bridge the digital divide is online digital media editors such as pxn8.com , Jumpcut , EyeSpot and others. People can learn digital media skills in a cafe, lab, or otherwise using these tools and go home and use the same tools, license, and install-free from home computers which may have difference capabilities
-
Here's an interesting article on Slashdot that talks about Novartis open sourcing some data that they have for global review. While not exactly open source technology in the realm we all deal with each day; its great to see these ideas permeate other industries. Cheers, John Lorance CompuMentor/TechSoup
-
This is interesting... its a new offering from Avaya that allows small organizations to get business-class VOIP services utilizing lower-cost connections, lowering the overall cost for a phone system + service. Check it! @ Avaya to offer VOIP to Small Businesses Does anyone out there have a good comparison matrix of similar products and services? It
-
This is an interesting find... Boing which is a leading Wifi Network in Europe is now offering WiFi access in many Western European markets as well as the U.S. Here's an excerpt from their site: "Boingo Mobile gives you the best of Wi-Fi to extend the usefulness of your Wi-Fi enabled device beyond your home or office networks -- one service, one
-
Thanks for posting this, Rog. There are certainly some gems in these links. Certainly the emerging Hosted VOIP platforms offer a good "business-class" solution for small organization telecommunications. John Lorance CompuMentor/TechSoup
-
Just learned of what looks to be a good state-of-the art image editing/drawing package for Linux, Krita... Check out details @ http://koffice.org/krita/ There's a eview @ http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/23/1853220 Its been awhile since there's been much discussion about open-source image/drawing packages on this board.. I am wondering
-
I've been giving a lot of thought of the convergence of quality refurbished computers + quality free secure software stack ala Ubuntu + cheap media (ala cheap memory sticks) and wondering if this is a magic combination for delivering trouble free, very low-cost, high performing desktops to those who otherwise would be shut out? Given that it costs
-
Of course just a few days after I wiped my Windows machine at home to put Ubuntu 6.0 on it, 6.1 ships. Check out the new features (from their announcement): * Tomboy, an easy-to-use and efficient note-taking tool * F-Spot, a photo management tool that enables tagging, photo editing and automatic uploading to on-line web management sites such as Flickr
-
Thinking about buying a new PC and upgrading to Vista? Check out PC World's recent review @ http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/003020.html of Microsoft's announced upgrade program. Its worth a couple of minutes to read as it is not very long. John Lorance CompuMentor/TechSoup
-
You could also use Google's Calendar application and share calendars that way... I would agree that something like Zimbra or Scalix as a hosted service might serve a small organization well. John Lorance CompuMentor/TechSoup