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Today, March 27, marks the Document Freedom Day, a day when vindicate the use of open formats , open standards that facilitate not only access to information, also interoperability whatever software platform used.

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Do not be confused

the name of this anniversary, as the Document Freedom Day goes beyond promoting the use of open office formats; covers any file likely to be shared , the typical office to multimedia documents (images, audio, video, etc.).

that is better understood, then I leave you with a testimony highlights:

People have gotten used to the idea that files can only be opened with the same program that created them, as if that were the natural state of things. And it was, long ago, in the dark ages … Today, a program that uses open standards to exchange data with any other program you want to use must be considered as defective as it crashes on startup.

Federico Heinz, President, Fundación Vía Libre

open standards and freedom with ducumentos not only essential, its importance is more visible as time passes. Official documents and government websites to scientific or medical records files, the citizens of the digital age-or try to deal with dumentos-digital every day. It is crucial not only to ensure that you can easily do so without hindrance, but to prevent a dark future, providing the means to archive all that information.

Marado Marcos, Vice-President of ANSOL

Open formats ensure that your valuable data will not become digital toxic waste with the next update to new software. Will the software you are using now in ten years? If not, be sure to use open standards to store your data.

Karsten Gerloff, President, Free Software Foundation Europe

you know, today we make a little noise in social networks with this topic. Today we celebrate the accessibility of information and sensitize less informed about the use of open formats . In GNU / Linux, how could it be otherwise, we are the first-interested and disinterested-in to join it. Learn more.

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reveal OMG! Ubuntu!, For today is enabled free download of CrossOver for Linux , CodeWeavers application that allows you to run Windows applications easily and conveniently on your Linux desktop.

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CrossOver is based on Wine, and upon this legendary application developers have added a number of patches and a graphical interface that makes it very easy installation and use of Windows applications on Linux . For example, you can run applications such as Office 2010 or Photoshop, and games like Portal 2, World of Warcraft or Team Fortress 2 … but soon we will have some of them available via Steam natively ;)

interested can go to this link to benefit you a promotion: after filling in your name and email address will appear downloads for Linux (DEB 32 and 64 bits , RPM valid 32-bit-64-bit-and also a tar.gz “universal”), but you can also download the tool for OS X if you are interested (but will have to be with another email address. addition, your will email a code to enjoy 12 months support and updates. Wonderful!

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title of today, iOS 6 will be available on Apple devices If you have an iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, iPod Touch, iPad 2 or New iPad, today will update to iOS 6. The new Apple’s mobile operating system will debut officially in coming hours and will include features to highlight. The first thing to note is the inclusion of Maps, the mapping app developed by the company on the block to replace Google Maps .

Another interesting point is the update of Siri, which is now able to take more action and respond to a greater number of commands. The digital assistant still needs polishing, but the evolution is positive. In regard to social networks do not forget the integration Facebook , which now allows you to manage links, photos, events, etc.., Without entering into the official app .

In iOS 6 also debuts the option of sharing photos via streaming and can send images to any mobile device or Mac (Mountain Lion) with iCloud. Also visible from the web, to facilitate access to those who do not use Apple products. Another thing to mention is the inclusion of guided access , a new feature designed to improve accessibility for people with disabilities experience.

Passbook is another feature that debuted in mobile operating system from Apple. This tool allows control coupons, tickets and cards digitally. We should clarify that it is unclear exactly how this will work Fuerta U.S., but surely more once the new software is available.

Apple engineers also tweaked some existing features in iOS. For example, FaceTime now works through cellular networks , which means you no longer have to be tied to a WiFi connection. Meanwhile, the Mail application received a facelift. Its design was improved to get more out during reading / writing new emails.

Finally we must talk about Safari . The web browser was optimized with features like full screen in landscape mode, storing complete web sites for offline access and synchronization of multiple devices via tabs in iCloud. What do you think iOS 6? Did you install on your Apple gadgets?

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Windows 8 is getting closer. Microsoft just announced the availability of Windows 8 Release Preview to today, the first step leading to presentation of the new operating system Windows 8. Windows 8 Release Preview can download in 14 languages, providing fast and fluid experience and adds a new user interface that responds to both touch keyboard and mouse. In addition, beginning today the company has released Windows Upgrade Offer to update the Windows 7 PC to the new OS.

last February Microsoft released Consumer Preview Windows 8, l a first version showed that Redmond’s new operating system. This version broke a new record for the company because in the first 24 hours that was available was attended by more than a million downloads, a record that makes Windows 8 in the Microsoft operating system most tested of all time, by over earlier versions. Windows 8 Release Preview includes new applications and improvements of most of the options that could be accessed from the previous trial.

Access to the Microsoft Web to download Windows 8 Release Preview

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In April we told you that Windows 8 Preview Release was announced for the first week of June, but Microsoft stepped forward and WIN times make it available from today (May 31) . The change of dates was announced accidentally by a new blog of the U.S. firm.

The Next Web was able to access a welcome post in the “Windows Hardware and Developers Blog” that appeared on the web one day ahead of schedule. The publication mentioned several details about the publication of the new development version of the operating system, including the date .

The post was deleted a couple of hours later, but The Verge able to confirm the release ahead of the May 31 due to sources linked to Microsoft. By the time the download links are not enabled but are activated as soon add to this article.

We should also mention that yesterday leaked Chinese version of the Preview Release Windows 8. The operating system ISO image was also posted by accident and quickly shared via Bittorrent. Those who could install the software indicated several changes to the home screen and WIN new apps, cursors and wallpapers .

should also mention the addition of a new variant in the Aero effects and the inclusion of Flash Player in version of Internet Explorer Metro 10. The downside is blocking all third-party applications that restored the Start menu on the desktop classic .

At the moment there is no information, but update when more data.

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We talked on occasion how hard it is to value the hard work and ingenuity invested in any open source development, but now a study has appeared allows us to get an idea of ​​what might actually Open Source development cost of the entity in a distribution like Debian.

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is what has made the Open Source developer and consultant James Bromberger, a contributor to the Debian project and has used the program SLOCCount to try to assess what would be the cost future Debian 7 ‘Wheezy’ if you have to be programmed from scratch and get to what will come when it launches in a few months.

analysis was clear: Debian 7, that will contain over 17,000 different software components, development would cost of 14,400 million euros (19,000 million) considering that the average salary of a developer is $ 72,533 (unrealistic salaries in Spain, for example) using data from salary.com and payscale.com. Only the kernel, as already pointed out for months, cost of around one million euros.

Debian

7 contain some 419 million lines of code written in 31 different languages ​​, and even a mere curiosity, this data makes clear the vast amount of developer resources that have helped produce a distribution like Debian, but the conclusion is similar to many other Linux distros, and any Open Source development.

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We talked on occasion how hard it is to value the hard work and ingenuity invested in any open source development, but now a study has appeared allows us to get an idea of ​​what might actually Open Source development cost of the entity in a distribution like Debian.

 500x357 cost debian Debian code 7 Wheezy today would be worth 14,400 million euros

is what has made the Open Source developer and consultant James Bromberger, a contributor to the Debian project and has used the program SLOCCount to try to assess what would be the cost future Debian 7 ‘Wheezy’ if you have to be programmed from scratch and get to what will come when it launches in a few months.

analysis was clear: Debian 7, that will contain over 17,000 different software components, development would cost of 14,400 million euros (19,000 million) considering that the average salary of a developer is $ 72,533 (unrealistic salaries in Spain, for example) using data from salary.com and payscale.com. Only the kernel, as already pointed out for months, cost of around one million euros.

Debian

7 contain some 419 million lines of code written in 31 different languages ​​, and even a mere curiosity, this data makes clear the vast amount of developer resources that have helped produce a distribution like Debian, but the conclusion is similar to many other Linux distros, and any Open Source development.

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Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VII Art 15 years old today is one of the most famous games in history and probably One of the most successful launches before the end of last century. Final Fantasy VII anniversary is today. Conmúmente abbreviated or FFVII FF7 ​​ , this game developed by Squaresoft the legendary company (before it merged with Enix to form Square-Enix ), and WIN is published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Nippon market went in the winter of 1997, namely 15 years ago today, on 31 January 1997 . The platform was where would the newly launched PlayStation , Sony’s bid to break the hegemony of Sega and Nintendo in the gaming world. Final Fantasy VII, the first Final Fantasy for the platform, would also be one of the main attractions that have PlayStation in those first uncertain steps in the console.

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3D Fighting FFVII

Part of the success of Final Fantasy VII lay not only in the new platform where it was launched, but also marked the first Final Fantasy gave his leap to Europe , the fourth to do so in the U.S. market. Final Fantasy was also a revolutionary game, we must not forget, it became the first Final Fantasy to present animation sequences , and 3D graphics , where the three-dimensional total constant during all the fighting occurred in the game, as well as the world map, and partial in the other scenario, where overlapping characters modeled in 3D with funds that were still in 2D.

Development and launch of Final Fantasy VII

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Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the series

The development of Final Fantasy VII began in 1995 , and initially the company planned to launch Squaresoft game on the Nintendo SNES, and at that time were not yet on the market and Nintendo 64 nor the Sony PlayStation. When Nintendo introduced its brand new Nintendo console 64 , the company’s decision Nippon keep betting on the cartridge as support for its new gaming platform does not liked anything Squaresoft, and they felt that FFVII was a game of such magnitude that did not fit in a single cartridge. These disability, added that the system prevented Sony cartridge change cartridge without powering down the system, which made it impossible to qualify for releasing the game with more than one cartridge unit.

The launch of Sony PlayStation its revolutionary came as childish to finger Square. Sony betting on CD media that gave the game a greater capacity and, above all, greater speed of execution and the possibility of launching a game with more than one CD without This reversal in any trouble for the gaming experience. Finally, Final Fantasy VII was released with not one or two CDs, but three CDs , and without there being problems in the exchange.


critical and commercial success

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The main character, Cloud, a legend in the world of video games

From the beginning of its release in Japan, a date that is 15 years old today, enjoyed Final Fantasy VII a huge success both commercially and in terms of critical news and specialists. To this no doubt helped several factors together with revolutionary 3D experience that the game meant for the date, already quoted above, be added to Final Fantasy VII had an exceptional history and got a level of gameplay by fans rarely seen before in the gaming world.

The setting of Final Fantasy VII takes place in a dystopian world, focusing on the story of a mercenary,

Cloud Strife , who joined an organization called eco-terrorist “Avalanche” with the aim of stopping the Shinra Corporation , which is draining the life the planet to use as energy source. As the story progresses, the situation will worsen and the protagonist Cloud and his allies must face the enemy and main antagonist of the game, Sephiroth .

Along with this spectacular setting, also we must add that this game had perhaps the best soundtrack of a video game until the time,

As of September 2004, the game had sold 9.5 million copies worldwide. In Japan and the United States broke sales records and brought the JRPG to European phenomenon, which until that time had been outside the players’ attention.

The Legacy of Final Fantasy VII

popular video games , popular and valued in the series and probably the most successful saga flush worldwide, being one of the leading representatives of the RPG console outside of Japan. The popularity of this game has made Square-Enix has produced several sequels and prequels in the series encompassed “Compilation of Final Fantasy VII” .

Final Fantasy VII laid the foundation for the Final Fantasy series since then, one of the most famous franchises in gaming history, and served to give a boost great for a console like PlayStation that was beginning to take their first steps into the world of video games. Sepiroth Characters like Cloud and imaginary part of the popular and are certainly among the most popular at the height Mario or Snake.

Final Fantasy VII today is 15 years, and remains one of the games most appreciated by fans and are still playing today by nostalgic and those beginning to explore the world of Final Fantasy.

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Yesterday we told you that Nintendo released in Japan a new video service for 3DS, the which would in the coming months to the West. Another new indicated that Netflix also appear on this side of the world between August and September , but the forecasts of the speakers came forward considerably.

The Japanese corporation announced that Netflix Nintendo 3DS is available from today to all users subscribed to an unlimited plan. This way you can see movies and TV series on the top screen of your handheld console . Note that currently only content will be available in 2D.

According to the press release from Nintendo, is working to offer video in three dimensions but for now users will have to wait a while. As you can imagine, all the material that appears will be visible in 3D without special glasses using .

Another aspect to consider is the parental control Netflix accounts will be available in the application that will console the big N. This way parents can regulate what kind of quietly content accessed by users younger.

The truth is that the arrival of Netflix to 3DS is very good news. While the service will be temporarily limited to U.S. users, the streaming service replevin to Spain and Latin America will open a new door for the entertainment of gamers owners of the Nintendo handheld.

It is likely that when Microsoft announced the launch of Xbox 360 Kinect can not imagine the new road was opened to the worldwide developer community . This peripheral, originally designed for video games, was quickly hacked and began to be used for purposes far from the original .

While in the beginning to the Redmond did not like anything breaching the security of your peripheral quickly changed his mind when software developers began to ask to make available an official SDK for Windows . And the launch could take place today .

Rumors about the presentation of the SDK for Windows Kinect are circulating for some time, but this time it would become true . The first mention about the possible development kit for developers was the president of Microsoft Spain, who recently stated that the toolkit would be available this week .

subsequently appeared in site Channel 9 (a U.S. TV channel) announcing that the signal transmitted today a special Microsoft event “related to Kinect” . If everything is handled depending on the assumptions given by the press in the coming hours would see the light development kit for PC Kinect official .

At the moment there are known more such data, but will keep you posted with any developments arising over this news. Stay tuned because this ad will open a new avenue for developing games and applications for Windows .

If you want to see the broadcast of the event have to join this link . At the time of publication of this notice missing about five hours for the start of streaming .

Update (1340): finally made available the Kinect SDK for Windows. This is the same development kit for Xbox 360 that was carried directly to generate content from PC. Further details (system requirements, instructions, etc.). And can download the toolkit at this link.

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