The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has named the actress Geena Davis as its 'Special Envoy for Women and Girls in ICT', to promote its new 'Tech Needs Girls' campaign.
{loadposition stuart}Her appointment follows the ITU naming her as a laureate at its World Telecommunication and Information Society Awards on May 16 in Geneva and, it says, is "the first major announcement linked to a
As the iPhone 5 went on sale last Friday, the impressive number of stolen Apple products in New York City should continue to grow. So far this year, the NYPD statistics state that 11,447 devices were reported as stolen to the police department — an increase of 40 percent year over year, representing 3,280 additional thefts.
Mobile malware is rising, and there have been explosions in the world of viruses and Trojans. Virus makers are now targeting mobile platforms- thanks to their growing popularity. If we take the statistics from last 6 months, the chances of Android smart phones to be infected have doubled.
On its DefectiveByDesign.org campaign page, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced that 4 May (today) will be this year's "Day Against DRM". With this day of action, the organisation wants to focus the public's attention on the risks of what it considers to be an anti-social technology. The FSF has created a wiki page which allows users to swap campaign banners and event ideas.
Results indicate that inviting women to contribute actually works!
TumbleGonk is a complete casual game that for various reasons was never published. A new indiegogo.com campaign aims to raise the required funds ($850) to release the game code and art under an open source license.
For more information or to contribute please see the campaign page http://igg.me/p/226582?a=1223497
A non-profit group that aims to increase the participation of women in free and open source software and culture projects has launched a fund-raising campaign to support program development and project planning.
I installed Ubuntu last September and I'm still infection free. With windows I would've had some by now! I'm so glad I had to shout it from the roof top!!!!!!!
Linux rules!!!!!!!!!!
:D :popcorn:
Yesterday we reported on the Australian flash mob outside of a Sydney Apple store where dozens of people dressed in black held up signs and chanted “Wake up!” to the people inside the store. This was believed to be staged by Samsung.
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