The submission of comments was June 3 2013 but this deadline was extended to Tuesday 09 July 2013.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) submitted its comments on the draft policy for (and proposed amendments to) the Telecommunications Act, using the comment submission form posted on TATT’s website:
According to the latest Adobe Security Bulletin dated July 9 2013, Adobe has released updated versions of its Adobe Flash Player on various platforms, specifically for:
Adobe Flash Player 11.7.700.224 and earlier versions for Windows,
Adobe Flash Player 11.7.700.225 and earlier versions for Macintosh,
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.291 and earlier versions for Linux,
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.63 and earlier versions for Android 4.x,
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.59 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x.
to “address vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system”.
You can read the Adobe Security Bulletin at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-17.html but the vulnerabilities in versions of Adobe Flash before July 9 2013 could allow for execution of unwanted code (typically malware), without your consent just by visiting a website with malicious Flash applications or video (SWF). Therefore, you should update your Adobe Flash Player to the latest version to close this loophole.
Windows users should note that the Flash Player in v9 and earlier versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer v9 and the one in web browsers like Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Safari are separate installs. You should install and update both versions of Adobe Flash.
Internet Explorer v10 (for users for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8) has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update to the latest Internet Explorer 10 browser version.
To celebrate the 5 year anniversary, Apple is giving away 5 games and 5 apps for a limited time and also noting various milestones in the App Store’s 5 year history.
The 5 free apps (text from the Apple Store) :
Barefoot World Atlas – Learn about the world, its nations, and its wonders through this dazzling interactive globe
Day One (Journal / Diary) – Record moments every day using photos, places and words with this intuitive journal
How to Cook Everything – Learn to cook more than 2,000 gourmet recipes using this robust kitchen companion
Over – Help your photos stand out by adding custom captions, logos and stylish doodles
Traktor DJ for iPhone – Mix like a pro with a DJ app that puts industry-leading features right at your fingertips
and the 5 free games –
BADLAND – An Apple Design Award Winner, Badland is an incredible action game with stunning graphics
Infinity Blade II – With smart gameplay and gorgeous graphics, this action packed epic absolutely shines
“On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The public presentation was a session of the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1,000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse. But the mouse was only one of many innovations demonstrated that day, including hypertext, object addressing and dynamic file linking, as well as shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface. “
“(Reuters) – Douglas C. Engelbart, a technologist who conceived of the computer mouse and laid out a vision of an Internet decades before others brought those ideas to the mass market, died on Tuesday night. He was 88…..”
What does ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) do?. Here’s a useful short video
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is an accredited ICANN At-Large Structure (ALS) and a founding member of the Latin American and Regional At-Large Organisation (LACRALO), comprised of 42 At-Large Structures in 16 out of 33 countries in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. At-Large is the name for the community of individual Internet users who participate in the policy development work of ICANN.
The vice-chair of TTCS, Dev Anand Teelucksingh is currently serving on the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). The ALAC is responsible for considering and providing advice on ICANN’s activities as they relate to the interests of individual Internet users (the “At-Large” community).
Interested in learning and getting involved in policy issues related to domain names included new generic Top Level Domains and IP addressing?
Contact me at admin@ttcsweb.org
Microsoft has announced that its TechNet Subscriptions service which debuted in 1998 will be retired and would discontinue sales on August 31, 2013. For an annual fee, subscribers to TechNet Subscriptions could download and install Microsoft’s latest software offerings ostensibly for evaluation use.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is pleased to announce the availability of the TTCS OSSWIN DVD v0.8.9 as a free download on July 1 2013.
The TTCS OSSWIN DVD is a collection of nearly 100 Free and Open Source Software for home and business (i.e. any) users using the Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista/XP operating systems.
You can use your web browser to read detailed information about each program in this compilation : what the program does, its key features, useful related websites, view a screenshot, find links to the program’s website and to download/install the program from the TTCS OSSWIN DVD. The web-based interface allows you to quickly browse the variety of software organised into various categories.
updated: LibreOffice, Notepad++, Sumatra PDF, Tomboy, Stellarium, Enigma, Battle for Wesnoth, Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, GIMP, Blender, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, FileZilla, Halite, HTTrack Website Copier, Miranda IM, XAMPP, VideoLAN, PDFCreator, ClamWin Free AntiVirus, UltraVNC, KeePass, Run With Parameters
Use a program like VisualHash or WinHasher to hash your downloaded file to see if it matches the hashes here. If your downloaded file hash is different, then your downloaded file is different from the file the TTCS has published.
List of software included on the TTCS OSSWIN DVD
Desktop Applications
LibreOffice 4.0.4 free office productivity suite (word processor, spreadsheet, presentations) compatible with all major office suites
AbiWord 2.8.6 Free Word processing program similiar to commercial products
Wikidpad 2.1_01 Wiki-like notebook for storing anything you can think of to write down
TreeLine 1.4.1 store your data in a tree structure to keep things organised
Educational
OOo4Kids 1.3 OpenOffice for kids is an office productivity suite (word processor, spreadsheet, presentations) designed for kids 7-12 years old based on OpenOffice.org
GraphCalc 4.0.1 an enhanced calculator application that can solve equations
Speedcrunch 0.10.1 fast, high precision and powerful desktop calculator.
Tux Paint 0.9.21c Tux Paint is a free drawing program designed for children
Tux Typing 2 1.8.1 “Tux Typing” is an educational typing tutor for children
TuxMath 2.0.3 “Tux, of Math Command” is an educational typing tutor for children
Marble 1.5.0 Virtual Desktop globe and geographical atlas ; offers viewing of OpenStreetMaps
Celestia 1.6.1 space simulation to explore the universe in any direction
Halite 0.3.4 download files via BitTorrent, a client file-sharing protocol created to overcome the obstacles of transferring large files over the Internet
Kompozer 0.8 b3 a WYSIWYG HTML editor to create/edit webpages without necessary knowledge of HTML
The submission of comments was June 3 2013 but this deadline was extended to Tuesday 09 July 2013.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) has posted its draft comments on the draft policy for (and proposed amendments to) the Telecommunications Act, using the comment submission form posted on TATT’s website:
