Tuesday, December 20, 2005

AsianLinux 1.0 Released !

AsianLinux is an Indian Linux distribution which aims at promoting Linux and open source. This is our first release we hope this release would develop the foundation for the Desktop as well as Enterprise Linux which will have more support for Indian languages multimedia as well as developments.

AsianLinux is one of the complete Linux Distributions completely developed in India. It has a lot of additional Entertainment & Development tools as compared with other Linux Distributions. It consist's Mozilla Firefox Browser with macromedia-flash, java runtime, kaffeine & realplayer plugins which make's it fully compatible for Internet Applications. Gimp, Sodipodi, inkscape and blender made graphics designing as easy as it has never been in past. Qcad is included for 2D CAD designing.

AsianLinux 1.0 has enhanced removable support. CD & Floppy drive can now be accessed without having to mount or unmount.

Security became major concern today. AsianLinux has included snort intrusion detection system to keep an eye who is doing what with your system and shorewall firewall to protect against any attack.

In addition AsianLinux 1.0 consist's a lot of other Development, Entertainment & Internet tools. All of these make's AsianLinux 1.0 a complete and fully entertaining Operating System. Working on Computer has never been so easy and entertaining.

Ndiyo





Ndiyo is a not-for-profit, Cambridge-based project which was set up to foster an approach to networked computing that is:
simple
affordable
open
less environmentally-hostile
less dependent on intensive technical support
...than conventional PC-based networking technology.



As outlined in the project introduction, Ndiyo's mission is to promote the concept of ultra-thin-client computing and open source software as a more affordable and sustainable way of providing computer workstations. Part of our work involves developing real systems which fulfil these goals - Ndiyo systems. When all the components of our systems are available commercially, we may sell and support Ndiyo systems directly, but we will also tell people where they can obtain the components and how to set one up. Ultimately we are trying to demonstrate that there is a different way of doing computing to the current "one user, one PC" paradigm. We are not trying to control this technology: the more people around the world who are making a living developing, selling and supporting systems such as these, the happier we will be!

The specific system we have developed consists of two or more "nivo" ultra-thin clients connected to a server PC running Open Source software. Together, these provide an extremely low cost, but highly capable, system.

In the remainder of this document, we explain the basic idea of thin-client networking, then look at our novel contributions in the form of ultra-thin-clients and the server software.

TTI  Travel Trade Italia


Travel Trade Italia
TTI  Travel Trade Italia ?At its 5th edition, TTI is  a specialist workshop for the sale of Italian tourist products on the international and domestic markets. ?With its innovative formula, TTI has proved to be the most effective meeting place for Italian sellers putting their products on display for international buyers at a series of pre-organised appointments. At TTI there are  no operators queuing up to talk with buyers seated at tables,  but personalised stands, a list of pre-set appointments  and buyers who move around the various stands to meet Italy 's most highly qualified supplies.?The TTI program includes discussions on the market's hottest incoming tourism issues at forums, round tables and conferences.?TTI is organized by TTG Italia, a company specialized in vacation industry publications and events.


The world – the holiday dream….. everybody goes to Rimini…… dancing at Cuban rythm ??Thousand ants are running… but what do they want to build… a new Italian ants’ nest? ?? Everyone with a badge, different colors to be recognized if you sell, write, visit or buy, a band larger than the names:
trolleys, bags, paper-bags, a river of words; an army of “travel people” of any age;
loads of paper, brochures and depliants, thousands of slogans, colors, price-lists and a world of offers.
Now everyone can do everything and everyone is the ever best : anyone is like us.
The most seen gadget: black, nevertheless handy, given by the Region Piemonte.
I would have done it in white – like snow – in view of the Winter Olympic Games......
In short everyone is selling a dream: “THE HOLIDAY” and hope that some people will buy this dream and at the right price.
I was looking here also at the Italian Purple Cow, but so far I have not met it ..... probably it was not invited to come here?
Among thousends of words I found out that another European country advertised a competition on a professional level for “new ideas for tourism”. How many ideas are in the “travel people” minds?
To develop new ideas one needs anyhow: silence, creativity, time and good will. It is certainly easier and quicker to copy someone else’s offers and sell them at a lower price instead of studying great , original and sensational novelties.
AS good SUPPLIER I asked all BUYERS who came to us:
“what do you think that your clients are looking for, what they are dreaming of today to choose Italy as a destination?”.
I realized that many don’t know it and yet many sell our beautiful country.
A dull product with an even duller result.

Italy as motivation
Vet DMC

La mucca viola di Italy as motivation dot com



La mucca viola di Italy as motivation dot com


The Rough Guide to Travel Survival

The Rough Guide to Travel Survival is the essential field manual for every adventurous traveller. Features include:
• Comprehensive information on everything you need to do before you set off.
• Essential basic strategies for avoiding pickpockets, spotting scams and staying safe.
• Step-by-step advice for all situations, in all environments, from surviving an avalanche or navigating in the desert to coping with an ambush or a hostage situation.
• Indispensable appendices packed with instructions, from first aid to making fire.
• Illustrated throughout with, easy-to-follow diagrams.

Incoming e tecnologie per ‘fare destinazione’

Proseguono le iscrizioni per prendere parte a Itit 2005, la V conferenza su
innovazione e tecnologie dell’informazione per il turismo, che si terrà a
Venezia il 2 dicembre prossimo.
“Notevole l’interesse degli operatori pubblici e privati, a conferma
dell’attualità del tema, che coinvolge non solo le destinazioni turistiche e
le imprese ivi localizzate, ma anche gli intermediari ed altri attori che si
occupano di distribuire il prodotto turistico”, comunica una nota degli
organizzatori.
La relazione di apertura sarà tenuta da Dimitrios Buhalis, dell’Università
del Surrey che discuterà le sfide tecnologiche e gestionali che le
destinazioni e gli operatori incoming dovranno affrontare nel prossimo
futuro. Esempi di come vengono utilizzate le tecnologie a livello locale
verranno forniti nella prima sessione. Alto Adige Marketing presenterà
“Dolomiti e montagna”, portale turistico integrato nato per la promozione e
la commercializzazione del territorio delle Dolomiti come un’unica area.
Nella seconda sessione, saranno gli operatori della distribuzione a parlare,
in primis Expedia.it, mentre nell’ultima parte del convegno saranno
analizzati gli strumenti: il portale europeo del turismo, le tecnologie Dms
(destination management system) più efficaci presentate da Tiscover. Infine,
verrà illustrato il portale telematico interregionale di promozione
turistica, a cura di Datasie.
Sul numero di Guida Viaggi settimanale del 28 novembre anticipiamo i temi
della conferenza.





http://www.itit2005.itc.it:8080/


ITIT2005, la V Conferenza Italiana su Innovazione e Tecnologie dell’Informazione per il Turismo offre un’opportunità unica per comprendere le sfide che le destinazioni turistiche e gli operatori incoming devono affrontare nel mercato turistico digitale e condividere idee, metodologie ed esperienze con altri operatori ed esperti del settore.

Tre sono i principali temi che verranno affrontati nel corso delle sessioni previste:

Destinazione, prodotto, incoming: quando la destinazione diventa prodotto turistico? E’ l’incoming a fare la destinazione o viceversa? Come viene digitalizzato il prodotto turistico?
Soggetti e processi dell’incoming: chi è oggi l’”operatore incoming” sia nel mercato tradizionale che in quello online? Quali modelli di business e che competenze e supporti tecnologici vengono sviluppati dai vari attori per ottimizzare i processi di produzione e distribuzione?
La destinazione turistica oggi: come le tecnologie possono supportare la creazione di un network locale di operatori che gestiscono in proprio l’offerta e la promuovono sfruttando i vantaggi della multicanalità distributiva?