Donnerstag März 24, 2005

Next-Generation Robots
I could use a combination of these robots at home. Here is another set. This one is cute, too.

I personally would add a Cooking Robot and a Grocery Shopping Robot. Many of these companies seem to be located in Japan anyway. Wouldn't it be cool to have a Sushi Robot?
( Mrz 24 2005, 07:01:31 PM CET ) Permalink

"Firefox Extensions For Google Users"
"It seems 39% of my website's readers are browsing with Mozilla Firefox, with a dwindling 49% on Internet Explorer. In light of this, I thought it would be useful to list all the Firefox extensions I could find that perform some sort of function relating to Google."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 05:20:47 PM CET ) Permalink

XForms Support now also in Macromedia's ColdFusion
Apparently Macromedia's ColdFusion now also supports the XForms standard (in addition to OpenOffice.org, StarOffice and Mozilla):
"If you're not a Flash lover, you can use XForms instead. ColdFusion will take your form and apply an XML Stylesheet Language Transform (XSLT) skin to it. This gives you immense control over the appearance of your forms, and also makes it very easy to make site-wide changes to form display options."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 02:05:41 PM CET ) Permalink

Adobe Reader 7.0 on the Sun Java Desktop System
"WHILE STILL not officially listed in Adobe's download page, you can get Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux from the company's FTP server. A link is included at the end of this article for the impatient. I took advantage of this opportunity to get rid of the ugly Acrobat Reader 5.0.9 for Linux, which is included in several Linux distros including my current distro of choice, JDS."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 11:33:23 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [2]

OpenOffice.org at French Ministries
People who can read and understand some French should take a look at this presentation by Christian Hardy from the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry. It talks about the usage of OpenOffice.org at different ministries including deployment numbers.
( Mrz 24 2005, 10:50:10 AM CET ) Permalink

Just switch! - XSLT-based Filters for Microsoft Office and XHTML in StarOffice 8
In case you didn't know, StarOffice 8 comes with XSLT-based filters for Microsoft's XML file formats and XHTML:



With the "XML Filter Settings" tool (under "Tools - XML Filter Settings ...") it is very easy to even add custom XSLT-based filters. In one of my next blog entries I will try to explain how Apache Ant can be used to do some file conversions outside of StarOffice.
( Mrz 24 2005, 10:25:30 AM CET ) Permalink

"Update 1: Review: Programs That Manage Passwords"
"In Internet Explorer, there's no easy way to manage stored passwords, and worse, they're available to anyone with access to your computer, which could include hackers who install hidden programs. The recently released Mozilla Firefox browser improves on this by providing a rudimentary management feature and allowing you to lock your passwords with a master password."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 07:37:01 AM CET ) Permalink

"Firefox Plugs GIF Security Hole "
"The Mozilla Foundation on Wednesday shipped a new version of its flagship Firefox Web browser to patch a serious security hole that could put users at risk of computer takeover."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 07:34:57 AM CET ) Permalink

" Banks eye bootable Linux CDs"
"Cybersource has included Mozilla Firefox as the sole browser for Internet banking."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 07:33:41 AM CET ) Permalink

Interview with Mozilla Foundation Chief Mitchell Baker
"Roblimo: Okay. fm6 asks... let's talk about money for a minute. Money's always good. "What's the significance of Ben Goodger switching his employment from Mozilla Foundation to Google? Is this just a device to offload some of your payroll costs?"

Mitchell: (laughing) Well, the Mozilla project has always had people employed by different employers. It's actually been part of the stated goal for quite some time, so to us that's actually nothing new. You know, there's a chunk of people employed by Netscape for a long time, and Sun, and IBM, and Red Hat all have employed people. Novell employs people and now Google employs people. So it doesn't actually have a significance to us, I think, that it might to other people as well."

The full interview can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 07:24:21 AM CET ) Permalink

SpikeSource Announces Advisory Board
"SpikeSource, an open source IT services company, today announced the formation of an advisory board that will assist the company in furthering the adoption of open source in the enterprise. Open source community leaders Mitchell Baker, Brian Behlendorf, Dirk Hohndel, Robert "r0ml" Lefkowitz, Marten Mickos, Tim O’Reilly, David Stutz, Larry Rosen and Steve Weber are all members."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 24 2005, 07:24:19 AM CET ) Permalink

"First Look: OpenOffice.org 2.0 Looks Good"
Here is another nice endorsement:
"But once the OpenOffice.org developers release a final edition of version 2.0 (there's no firm schedule), it should prompt lots of people to ask themselves why they pay $300 or more for Microsoft Office with such a good, free alternative available."
( Mrz 24 2005, 12:21:53 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]