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  • TTCS meeting on 20 August 2010 ; developing system to track/monitor disasters in #Trinidad & #Tobago

    TTCS meeting on 20 August 2010 ; developing system to track/monitor disasters in #Trinidad & #Tobago

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a meeting on Friday August 20 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at Engineering Consultants (ENCO) at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Streets).

    At this meeting, we’ll will be discussing the concept of designing a website using maps of Trinidad and Tobago to track and monitor disasters such as flooding and alert persons accordingly.

    The idea came from a email on the TTCS discussion mailing list, You can read the entire email thread at
    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ttcs/message/27813

    Anyone interested in attending are welcome to do so. Email us at admin a@t ttcsweb.org if you are attending.

    See you there!

  • TTCS invited to Focus Group Discussion on #Trinidad & #Tobago ICT Strategy “Fastforward II” on August 7 2010

    TTCS invited to Focus Group Discussion on #Trinidad & #Tobago ICT Strategy “Fastforward II” on August 7 2010

    (Update 3 August 2010 : The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) will be having a pizzalime on Thursday August 5 2010 from 6pm to 9pm at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout to discuss the upcoming Focus Group Discussion with the Ministry of Public Administration on Trinidad & Tobago ICT Strategy “Fastforward II”. Anyone interested are welcome to attend. A contribution of $30 TT towards the food bill is expected.)

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) has been invited by the Ministry Of Public Administration of Trinidad and Tobago (http://www.mpa.gov.tt/) to a focus group discussion on August 7 2010 regarding Fastforward II, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Strategy. 

     

    From the letter of invitation : 

    The Ministry of Public Administration, in collaboration with the National ICT Company Limited (iGovTT) and the Infocomm Development Authority International (IDA-i) of Singapore, has embarked upon a ICT
    master planning exercise towards the drafting of the second iteration of fastforward. Whereas fastforward I (2003-2008) focused primarily on “Connectivity” and sought to bridge the digital divide by increasing
    the accessibility and affordability of ICTs to all citizens irrespective of economic status and location. Fastforward II will concentrate more on ICT “usage and uptake” in order to give direction to Trinidad and Tobago’s digital development for the period 2010 to 2014…..

    ….Discussions will surround key initiatives being proposed under fastforward II including, but not limited to :

    1. Building an e-Ready Generation through ICT Enriched Learning
    2. Creating and Promoting Local Digital Content
    3. Providing Accessible and Affordable ICT Services for Digital Inclusion
    4. Promoting Media Literacy and Online Protection.

     

     

    What are your thoughts on these initiatives? How can these initiatives be achieved? 

    What other initiatives should be included in a National ICT Strategy of Trinidad and Tobago?

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99h available for download!

    TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99h available for download!

    The TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.99h (http://ttcsweb.org/osswin-cd), a collection of nearly 90 Free/Open Source software for Windows is available for download.

    This update contains OpenOffice.org v3.2.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6,
    VideoLAN 1.10 and more!

    Date created : July 9th, 2010
    File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.99h.iso
    File size : 689 MB (723,361,792 bytes)
    MD5 checksum : 650642ddbad65c3d64454d6d91a2e2bf

    Changes from v1.99f :

    removed : XAMPP Lite
    updated : OpenOffice.org, AbiWord, Stellarium, Grisbi, Sumatra PDF,
    ConvertAll, Wikidpad, Tux Typing, Stellarium, Maxima, Childsplay,
    Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, Armagetron Advanced, GIMP, Dia, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Filezilla, Halite, HTTrack Website Copier, Miranda IM, Audacity, VideoLAN, VirtualDub, MusikCube 2.0 developer milestone, PDFCreator, ClamWin Free Antivirus, Virtual Magnifying Glass, Folder Size, Launchy, Spirex

    For more details and information about the CD, including download locations, see https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin-cd/

    —–
    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/
    “networking local computer users!”

  • Rest of 2009 update

    Rest of 2009 update

    A recap of what happened in the last half of 2009, since the blog hasn’t been updated since then :

    just to name a few. Here’s to 2010!

  • TTCS pizzalime on TUESDAY June 16th, 2009

    TTCS pizzalime on TUESDAY June 16th, 2009

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a pizzalime on Tuesday 16th June 2009 from 7 pm to 9pm at Pizza Hut, VALSAYN.

    Come join us as we eat and chat about :

    • the Policy on Cinema Exhibition & Video Entertainment in Trinidad and Tobago. http://bit.ly/7i42G
    • the “Boosting ICT in the Dominican Republic” event on June 4th-5th, which the TTCS attended. http://is.gd/O4BC
    • the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 35th public meeting being held in Sydney, Australia (http://syd.icann.org/) on June 21st-26th, 2009. The Secretariat from the Latin American and the Caribbean Regional At-Large Organisation (LACRALO ; http://lacralo.org/) from the TTCS will be attending.
    • gaming news from E3 2009 : http://bit.ly/Z3s6V
    • news from Apple WWDC 2009 : http://is.gd/WqD5
    • Software Freedom Day 2009

    Contribution of $30 towards the food bill is expected. Anyone interested in computing are welcome to attend.

    See you there!

  • Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 SP2 released

    Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 SP2 released

    Microsoft has releases Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for download.

    Download :

    The 32 bit versions of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 are combined in one standalone installer. Likewise for the 64 bit versions of Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2.

    Read more at Vista Service Pack 2 at Microsoft TechNet . You must have Vista SP1 installed in order to install Vista SP2

    Read more about Windows Server 2008 SP2 at Microsoft TechNet.

    More details about Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 at the Windows blog .

    (Hat Tip : OSnews.com)

  • Adobe releases security updates to Adobe Acrobat Reader & Acrobat for Windows, Mac and Linux

    Adobe releases security updates to Adobe Acrobat Reader & Acrobat for Windows, Mac and Linux

    On May 12th, 2009, Adobe has released security updates to Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat for Windows, Mac, and Linux. From the security bulletin at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-06.html :

    “A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 and earlier versions. This vulnerability (CVE-2009-1492) would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. A second vulnerability has also been reported that appears to affect Adobe Reader for UNIX only (CVE-2009-1493).

    Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 and earlier versions update to Adobe Reader 9.1.1 and Acrobat 9.1.1. Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8 update to Acrobat 8.1.5, and users of Acrobat 7 update to Acrobat 7.1.2. For Adobe Reader users who can’t update to Adobe Reader 9.1.1, Adobe has provided the Adobe Reader 8.1.5 and Adobe Reader 7.1.2 updates.”

    Read the security bulletin for download links : http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-06.html

  • TTCS pizzalime on Wednesday 13th May 2009 from 6pm

    TTCS pizzalime on Wednesday 13th May 2009 from 6pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a pizzalime on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 from 6pm at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout.

    Come join us as we eat and chat about :

    and more. One attendee will receive a book about the popular Linux distro Ubuntu, along with the latest version of Ubuntu v9.04.

    Contribution of $30 towards food bill is expected. See you there!

  • Recent TTCS news/notes/updates as of April 3rd, 2009

    Recent TTCS news/notes/updates as of April 3rd, 2009

    Recent Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society news/notes/updates as posted to http://ttcsweb.org/twitter :

    • TTCS invited to 2nd consultation with Ministry of Public Admin on .tt ccTLD on April 6th similar to 1st consult http://is.gd/qxFe .Thoughts?
    • Amazon has 1 user Mac Box Set (Mac OS X v10.5.6, iLife ’09, iWork ’09) for $135US http://is.gd/qrA9 or 5 user for $180US http://is.gd/qrBT
    • Nani? Ubunchu – manga about 3 students in computer club getting into Ubuntu – Original ver: http://is.gd/msV8 ; English : http://is.gd/qoDa
    • Google server design for data centers : http://is.gd/qbdU ; servers are custom built ; has its own 12V battery instead of central UPS
    • The Purple Elephant Computer Factory for KIDS, a computer recycler in NC, USA includes our OSSWIN CD with each refurb. PC http://is.gd/qeXk
    • Microsoft to discontinue Encarta. Read more at Ars Technica http://is.gd/pJcL. Wow, remembers using Encarta for Windows 3.x
    • The ICANN Mexico City At-Large Summit Declaration : http://is.gd/phIk
    • Windows Vista magazine has all of the regions’ Windows 7 wallpapers at http://is.gd/ocNH (via LifeHacker http://is.gd/piQ8)
    • YouTube has launched an educational channel : http://www.youtube.com/edu . Via http://tinyurl.com/cb5oek
    • how a NASA archivist (and others) persevered to recover images from NASA lunar tapes from the 60’s : http://is.gd/oWBj
    • ICANN March 2009 Magazine is online at http://is.gd/oS84 with mention of the recent At-Large Summit in Mexico City
    • Boston.com “The Big Picture” – Signs of Spring http://is.gd/oyYw has a photo of phagwah festivities in NY.The caption mentions Trinidad.
    • New ITU ICT Development Index compares the level of advancement of ICT in 154 countries : http://is.gd/lC3g has several chapters online
    • Telecom Authority of T&T submits final draft Broadcast code http://is.gd/od1z to Ministry of Public Admin for Parliament approval

    and more. If you have a twitter account, you can follow ttcs on twitter at http://ttcsweb.org/twitter . If you do not have a twitter account, you can subscribe to the RSS feed at http://ttcsweb.org/feed/twitter

  • Draft National Broadcasting Code for Trinidad and Tobago submitted to Ministry of Public Admin for approval by Parliament

    Draft National Broadcasting Code for Trinidad and Tobago submitted to Ministry of Public Admin for approval by Parliament

    The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has submitted the final Draft Broadcast Code (PDF ; 1.2MB) to the Ministry of Public Administration for approval by Parliament.

    The Draft Broadcast Code contains rules for regulating the content of programmes and material transmitted by radio and TV broadcasters (specifically the free-to-air radio, free-to-air TV and the basic (or general audience) package of subscription TV broadcasters.