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Software Freedom Day serves online democracy

Media Release: Software Freedom Day Team Christchurch, New Zealand

19 September, 2014

The Christchurch Unix community has its annual technical show this weekend, as part of international Software Freedom Day celebrations. Personal Computer operating systems derived from Unix offer an alternative, to Microsoft desktop security issues and costs, and are maintained by a large international community. Main variants of Unix are GNU/Linux and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) operating systems. BSD is the core of Apple Computer's OS-X. Licensed free software installation discs, install help and tuition are made available to the public on Software Freedom Day.

The event is held at South Learning Centre in the South Christchurch Library. Talks, demonstrations and videos make the day focused on educational sharing. It is a family-friendly day of fun for all, with computers and related technology as the platform, community driven. Safe use of telecommunication devices is the strong emphasis here, helping people become independently secure in their online lives.

Other types of free and open-source software (FOSS) can run on Microsoft Windows, providing user choice in programs. The Firefox web browser and Libre Office suite are popular examples. Firefox has a quarter of the desktop browser market alone, to which other browsers such as Apple's add to make big competition for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But the industry playing field is not level in what gets promoted, hence the need for Software Freedom Day, user support, and publicity around FOSS alternatives.

Addington.net is holding an open day as prelude to SFD celebrations, at 314 Selwyn Street on Friday 19 September: a drop-in session demonstrating FOSS programs. The Christchurch Software Freedom Day team was the first to get going in New Zealand, at the event's global inauguration in 2004, and is the last one still standing in 2014 the eleventh year.

We want to focus discussion this weekend on solving the problem of secure online voting, team leader Rik Tindall says. With Christchurch a technical innovation capital for New Zealand, we can make an important world contribution here - this way especially.

Tindall believes that just as people have secure online banking accounts they can rely on now, very soon everyone will have voting accounts the same way. He is calling together a mini-conference to set some parameters at SFD this weekend, for New Zealand to leverage its honest broker reputation to initiate a global democracy service much needed today - using transparent process and technology.

Software Freedom Day takes place Saturday 20 September, from 10am to 4pm at the South Learning Centre, South Christchurch Library, 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere.

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Samsung on Thursday announced price reductions and updates for its Knox security and management software for IT shops and a free My Knox service that is directly available to professionals using ActiveSync.

My Knox can be installed on a users Galaxy S5 or Galaxy Note 4 smartphone without an IT administrators involvement to set up a My Knox User Portal to remotely find, wipe and lock a device, according to a Samsung blog.

With My Knox, professionals can synchronize emails, calendar events and contacts between desktop computers and mobile devices, Samsung said. It creates a virtual Android partition within the mobile device that has its own home screen, launcher, apps and widget.

If you are looking for a free security solution that ensures your privacy while providing the simplicity of having a secure workspace for email and apps that is managed by you, look no further than My Knox, Samsungs blog says.

Samsung also posted a separate blog that details its new Knox Premium and Knox Express services for IT admins to deploy cross-platform mobile security companywide.

Knox Premium for large enterprises will cost $1 per user, while Knox Express for small and medium businesses will be free. Cloud support for Knox tools had been priced as high as $3.60 per user, but Jae Shin, vice president of the Knox Business Group, recently said the price would soon go down.

Knox Premium will be attractive to businesses because of its low cost and it will address concerns that Knox is expensive and not affordable, said Shreyas Sadalgi, senior vice president of business development at Samsung Knox partner Centrify. He spoke in a recent interview.

Samsung described Knox Premium as a complete mobility management solution that includes Knox Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), which is cloud based for easy deployment. It works across other device platforms besides Android, but Samsung didnt say which ones. It also comes with online technical and phone ticket support.

Knox Express will also have Knox EMM, and will have an online portal for IT admins with support for Samsung and other Android and iOS devices, Samsung said.

Centrify provides the cloud-based identity and access management features of Knox EMM.

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Instapaper 6.0 (free) - Instapaper is a tool for saving web pages for later offline reading. Optimized for readability on iOS devices, the software saves most webpages as text only and includes options for changing fonts, text sizes, line spacing, and margins. In v6.0, users can now save content to Instapaper from any app that uses the system share sheet. Articles that have been saved today will also now appear directly in the Notification Center, and any article can be read directly to you via text-to-speech. [Download - 24.6MB]

1Password 5.0 (free) - 1Password is a password management app that allows users to store and organize multiple passwords. A built-in password generator can also be used to create unique passwords for every site. Version 5.0 introduces Touch ID support, direct Safari integration, and App Extensions. With the new Touch ID support, users can now log into the app using only their fingerprint, while the App Extension allows other supported apps to be unlocked by 1Password. [Download - 16.5MB]

Dropbox 3.4.1 (free) - Dropbox provides users with access to all of the files that have been stored in their cloud-storage account. Furthermore, users can select favorite files that can be viewed even when no internet connection is available. The latest release prevents the software from creating duplicate photo and video backups, and also resolves several crashes that could occur on launch. [Download - 46.3MB]

Litely 1.1.1 (free) - Litely can be used to add film-inspired tones to digital photos. The software also includes a number of other tools for cropping images, as well as adjusting exposure, sharpness, vibrance and vignette. Version 1.1.1 is a minor release that focuses on fixing various reported issues. [Download - 23.5MB]

YouTube 2.10.2 (free) - YouTube is the official iOS client for accessing Googles video sharing website. Through the app users can search for videos, access their watch later list, and subscribe to all of their favorite channels. The v2.10 update is a minor release that includes a few bug fixes and stabilization improvements. [Download - 19.3MB]

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APPLE'S new-generation mobile software is now available for download, but many users have hit a snag trying to install iOS 8 due to the size of the update.

iOS 8 requires at least 5.7GB of free space to be installed on most iPhone and iPad models, according to the Global News. Previous iOS updates only needed about 1GB of free space.

The free software will be pre-installed on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus - which go on sale in Australia on Friday - but that doesn't help users with an older version of iPhone.

Many of those users took to Twitter to vent their frustration with updating to the iOS 8 mobile operating system.

"just deleted about 1,000 pics so i can have enough storage for iOS8," Twitter user @jords97 wrote.

Full list of iOS 8 compatible devices:

iPhones

iPhone 4s iPhone 5 iPhone 5s iPhone 5c iPhone 6 iPhone 6 Plus

iPads iPad 2 3rd and 4th-generation iPad iPad Air iPad Mini iPad Mini with Retina display

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