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The reasons why people choose Linux are because it's safer (a must-have if you want to run your home server), has a low use of resources, it's free... But it has always been hard to use.With the arrival of Ubuntu, this is not a problem anymore. Ubuntu is Linux for all.These programs can be run in any Linux system, but this list is called as Ubuntu apps because they can be installed with Synaptic directly or are already prepared to be installed as .deb packages.In the previous post:Top Best 50 Ubuntu Opensource Applications For Design And Developingwas proved that Linux can be used for design and developing very successfully.Following, 50 more Ubuntu apps for design and developing:2D Graphic DesignInkscape, A professional tool for vector graphics design. It's like Freehand for Linux. Not as easy as Xara, but with more tools.GIMP, GIMP is to Linux what Photoshop is to Windows. It can manipulate images, apply filters, and even capture the screen. Have a look also to the GIMPshop mod th

Ubuntu (and its variants Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Fluxbuntu) have made Linux more accessible to the big public, as it has brought both ease of use and eye-candy as well as security and ease of installing programs.The users of Ubuntu have a big range of software to choose and install, but it's hard to choose what software is the best for your needs.This list hopes to help to choose the right software, and here follows what I think is the best Ubuntu software for designers and developers.Most of them are available with Synaptic, but anyway the links to their websites are provided.(Note: I've recently done a new list with more applications. You can find it here:50 More Ubuntu Apps For Design And Developing)2D Graphic DesignXara Xtreme, (package: xaralx) This is simply the easiest vector graphics drawing program. You just need to test it and will be using it in minutes, as it is very intuitive, which is not usual in this kind of applications.Ktoon, A very easy 2D animation tool specially ai

Companies from rapidly developing economies (RDEs) are globalizing so quickly that they pose an urgent threat to industry leaders, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns in the second edition of its report on 100 of the most formidable companies from RDEs. The report -- titled "The 2008 BCG 100 New Global Challengers: How Top Companies from Rapidly Developing Economies are Changing the World" -- is being published today."Industry leaders need to understand these new rivals and act quickly," urges David Michael, the report's coauthor and a Beijing-based BCG senior partner. "For those who move fast, the challengers could become key clients, suppliers, and even strategic partners. For those who don't, the challengers will represent fierce competition and, in time, become potential acquirers." By many measures, the BCG 100 New Global Challengers are already outperforming established industry leaders. In the past five years, the Challengers grew revenues faster than the S&P 500 -- in

If Nissan has anything to say about it, soon everyone will be James Bonds, changing the color of their car with the flip of a switch. That's because Nissan is developing a paramagnetic iron oxide paint polymer. Using an electrical charge, the arrangement of iron oxide crystals can be tweaked, adjusting the car's color. (It just so happens that metal-bodied cars make for excellent conductive surfaces.) But we're really excited over Nissan's surely bogus but juicy claim to have the technology on the market extremely soon, by 2010 if possible. Oh...except there's one catch.Source – uk.gizmodo.com

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CJ McClanahan is an business coach and inspirational speaker and was wondering about how to keep your star performers forever and not have them leave when a new opportunity arises. The reality is that “the majority of your best people will eventually leave.” The average length of time that someone stays with an employer is one to two years. They then move on to bigger and better things, such as starting their own business. He suggests 3 key reasons why you should treat your top performers the same way you treat any other major investment, such as an automobile or your new house. 1. Investing in your employees will dramatically improve the overall performance of your company. As Zig Ziglar states, people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. If your best team members recognize that you are just as interested in them as you are in the bottom line, they will produce more. Would your top performers be less likely to spend 45 minutes every morni

Sheila Kennedy is working on portable light systems for the developing world. She’s an architect who’s become a product designer, looking for ways to build a “self-sustained light engine“. The inspiration for the project came from a talk she hear where someone calculated that meeting the power needs for North America would require solar panels covering half of the state of South Dakota. This seemed wrong to Kennedy, and she started thinking about the smallest units of light that could be created, considering the fireflies that she watched as a child in Woods Hole, MA. “What’s the smallest increment of useful light.” To build useful light solutions for the global south, products should be simple, reliable, durable, lightweight and adaptable. “You can’t just stick these things on buildings. People move.” Wrapped around the light is a soft fabric shell that difuses and reflects the light. The “soft optics” fabric is

Finding freeware for design and programming can be a hard task. Here there are 50 of the best.By using these programs, your projects will have a superior quality. Some of them will save you a big amount of time.Maybe you never thought in using some of them. But they will surprise you so much, that you won't be able to avoid testing them.2D GraphicsThe Gimp, is a complete tool for photo retouching, designing and creating images. It has fantastic effects, filters, layers. It's a very well known freeware.DeepPaint, is an artistic painting program, similar to Corel Painter. You have tools for: oil, acrylic, chalk, watercolors... And also different canvas and fully editable brushes.Inkscape, a vector graphics editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator. It uses the SVG file format. It has shapes, text, cloning, gradients, ...ArtRage, is a beginner's program for artistic painting. Very easy.MegaPOV, Do you know POV? POV is a program that makes realistic images using a simple programming languag

Finding freeware for design and programming can be a hard task. Here there are 50 of the best.By using these programs, your projects will have a superior quality. Some of them will save you a big amount of time.Maybe you never thought in using some of them. But they will surprise you so much, that you won't be able to avoid testing them.2D GraphicsThe Gimp, is a complete tool for photo retouching, designing and creating images. It has fantastic effects, filters, layers. It's a very well known freeware.DeepPaint, is an artistic painting program, similar to Corel Painter. You have tools for: oil, acrylic, chalk, watercolors... And also different canvas and fully editable brushes.Inkscape, a vector graphics editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator. It uses the SVG file format. It has shapes, text, cloning, gradients, ...ArtRage, is a beginner's program for artistic painting. Very easy.MegaPOV, Do you know POV? POV is a program that makes realistic images using a simple programming languag

It seems somewhat paradoxical that we feel obligated to create a new wireless product that will simplify our experience in some part of our business or private life. With a new wireless technology in mind we dutifully begin brainstorming to determine what we will ultimately create. On occasions the direction we take seems to be mired as we quandary over the value added proposition for the consumer. What benefit will it really bring? And, why ultimately should the consumer pick it up from the shelf and place it onto the counter ready for purchase? A sense of practicality needs to be injected into the whole ‘making wireless products’ process as we choose to drive the future of wireless development forward. In that respect, Read more

Few factors affect fuel economy more than individual driving style, and anyone who’s gotten behind the wheel of a modern vehicle equipped with an onboard computer has inevitably played the consumption game. Audi is taking the concept of an insta-mile-per-gallon gauge to the next level by developing a system that analyzes driver behavior and then tips off drivers on ways to reduce consumption. The system was presented at the TechDay 2007 seminar in Germany, where Audi sought to draw focus on drivers, fuel usage and emissions reduction. The automaker contends that just by changing the habits of the driver, fuel economy numbers could be boosted by as much as 30-percent, without having to sacrifice “speed and dynamism.” The system also incorporates the vehicle’s sat-nav to make route suggestions based on traffic and road conditions, something that should be available in next generation “digital road maps.” [Source: InsideLine]   Read | Per

Meetro and AOL are both apparently trying to develop new forum products. Meetro is the instant messaging that finds contacts that are close to you physically and so you can talk to people in your street or apartment building. Well now both Meetro and AOL are apparently working on new products for forums. Meetro is rumoured to be working on a “one click” forum creation package. Userplane, which is owned by AOL, is also developing some new forum technology. What do you think about AOL and Meetro developing new products for forums? Source Written by Sam for Product ReviewsIn Sections: News, Email / IM, Business

CJ McClanahan is an business coach and inspirational speaker and was wondering about how to keep your star performers forever and not have them leave when a new opportunity arises. The reality is that “the majority of your best people will eventually leave.” The average length of time that someone stays with an employer is one to two years. They then move on to bigger and better things, such as starting their own business. He suggests 3 key reasons why you should treat your top performers the same way you treat any other major investment, such as an automobile or your new house. 1. Investing in your employees will dramatically improve the overall performance of your company. As Zig Ziglar states, people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. If your best team members recognize that you are just as interested in them as you are in the bottom line, they will produce more. Would your top performers be less likely to spend 45 minutes every morni

The next time some crazy homeless guy comes up to you saying that the government planted a microchip in his brain, he just might be telling the truth. That's because the US Department of Defense has already started a program to develop a tiny microchip, about the size of a grain of rice, which can monitor soldier's vital signs, giving important information to trauma doctors and other first responders. It can also be used to continuously monitor the condition of people like astronauts, or someone with a chronic condition like diabetes. Human trials are set to begin in as few as five years from now.MallCity Shaun! f***in MallCity!

[ 'developing' - This is a listing of current links or things I am seeing online today - they do NOT open in a new window and this list may increase throughout the day... ] TOPThis is freaking awesome... Three Arab princesses were thrown off a packed British Airways flight after refusing to sit next to male passengers they didn't know. The dispute - in which the three princesses from the ultra-conservative Qatar royal family demanded segregated seating - left the London-bound plane delayed on a baking Italian runway for nearly three hours... POLITICAL MISC.New Simpson's movie made 29.1 million on Friday aloneWill there be suicide attacks at the Iraqi soccer game???BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces said on Saturday they had plans to protect football fans determined to celebrate Iraq's historic run to the Asian Cup football final despite deadly suicide bomb attacks after the last match.MANASSAS, Va. - Kevin Kelly i

James Cameron and 20th Century Fox's upcoming high-tech 3-D SF movie Avatar is being adapted into a video game by Ubisoft, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Capping an extensive yearlong runoff among four game companies that presented creative briefs, Cameron selected the French game publisher to develop a next-generation video game to be released alongside the film in May 2009. For Ubisoft, the deal with Fox and Cameron represents the company's biggest bet yet on a movie property, even eclipsing the terms of its landmark deal with Peter Jackson and Universal for the game based on King Kong. Avatar, Cameron's first fictional feature film in more than a decade, tells the story of Jake (Sam Worthington), an ex-Marine who persists in an alien world as an avatar, a human mind in an alien body. The concept is similar to that in many video games, in which a player creates a virtual manifestation of himself or herself, often referred to as an avatar. While yet to be confirmed, it is

James Cameron and 20th Century Fox's upcoming high-tech 3-D SF movie Avatar is being adapted into a video game by Ubisoft, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Capping an extensive yearlong runoff among four game companies that presented creative briefs, Cameron selected the French game publisher to develop a next-generation video game to be released alongside the film in May 2009.For Ubisoft, the deal with Fox and Cameron represents the company's biggest bet yet on a movie property, even eclipsing the terms of its landmark deal with Peter Jackson and Universal for the game based on King Kong.Avatar, Cameron's first fictional feature film in more than a decade, tells the story of Jake (Sam Worthington), an ex-Marine who persists in an alien world as an avatar, a human mind in an alien body. The concept is similar to that in many video games, in which a player creates a virtual manifestation of himself or herself, often referred to as an avatar.While yet to be confirmed, it is expecte

According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Google is working on a search engine designed to help users find mobile content such as ringtones, games, wallpapers and other paid content.The WSJ said Google's new service would provide mobile phone users with a list of companies that provide a desired item, and Google would make money by charging companies for high placement on the list. The report said Google has been working on the project for months with unspecified content providers, but has run into some technical delays.The Internet company is also considering the inclusion of a social-networking component that would let users of the company's Gmail email service exchange content. Overall, the service would work much like the Google Product Search service, formerly known as Froogle.MORE...

[ 'developing' - This is a listing of current links or things I am seeing online today - they do NOT open in a new window and this list may increase throughout the day... ] TOP A Dangerous summer aheadIt was a candid warning to Americans that we could be vulnerable to another terror attack. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says, “We're entering a period this summer of increased risk. We've seen a lot more public statements from Al Qaeda. There are a lot of reasons to speculate about that, but one reason that occurs to me is that they're feeling more comfortable and raising expectations."Ugh - Stronger Al-Qaeda - Are you fucking joking?Six years after the Bush administration declared war on al-Qaeda, the terrorist network is gaining strength and has established a safe haven in remote tribal areas of western Pakistan for training and planning attacks, according to a new Bush administration intelligence report