cagnol - Slashdot User

A good online calendar? 0

Submitted by cagnol on Tuesday March 08 2011, @12:39AM

cagnol writes "I have noticed that Google Calendar is becoming more and more unreliable (with poor support on top of that) which makes it unsuitable for use in business. What would be a good way to share a calendar in such a way that a secretary can take appointments and so that the calendar can be accessed by multiple clients, including an iPhone? What do slashdotters do when it comes to online calendars?"

Comment: What about a decent calendar application... (Score 1) 606

by cagnol on Monday March 16 2009, @03:33PM (#27216165) Attached to: What Features Should Be Included With iPhone 3.0?

A calendar application that has revolutionary features such as the possibility to see the full week at once, or the possibilty to search for an event by entering its name.

These features were available on my Palm m100 about ten years ago!

Paris appeals court confirms no iPhone exclusivity 0

Submitted by cagnol on Thursday February 05 2009, @01:53AM

cagnol writes "The AFP reports that France's largest carrier Orange has lost the exclusive arrangement it made with Apple to sell the iPhone in France. The Paris Appeal Court sided with the French Competition Council's December ruling and considered that contracts limiting sales of iPhones to a single mobile-phone company are a "restraint on competition" that warrant immediate measures."

Wikia Search Engine to be Launched on January 7th 1

Submitted by cagnol on Tuesday January 01 2008, @08:08AM

cagnol writes "The Washington Post reports that Jimmy Wales, the founder of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, has announced the launch of a new open-source search engine: Wikia Search on January 7th, 2008. The project will allow the community to help rank search results, in a model close to Wikipedia. However the company is a for-profit organization. This new search is supposed to challenge Google and Yahoo."

French court sentences Acer for bundling Windows 0

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cagnol

on Wednesday September 26 2007, @04:09PM

cagnol writes "Several sources, including Channel Register, ran articles about a French engineering student winning a lawsuit against Acer over bundling Windows to the computers they make. Under French law bundling sales are illegal. In a 15-page judgement (available in French), the court of Puteaux (suburb of Paris) sentenced Acer Computer France to reimburse the licenses (amounting to 52% of the price of the computer) as well as damages and court fees. While the French judiciary system is not based on common law, this precedent is an interesting twist in the fight against a forced sale operating system. More details here (in French)."

Time for a true open-source certificate authority?

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cagnol

on Sunday April 29 2007, @05:22AM

cagnol writes "So far there are three free ways to get a free certificate to sign your e-mail and receive encrypted communications: Thawte, Comodo and CAcert.

Thawte's root certificate is in mainstream browsers. Thawte's interface is good and the web of trust allows for increased security by verifying people's identity. However Thawte is not open-source; worse: it is own by VerySign.

Comodo's root certificate is in mainstream browsers too but there is no web of trust and their forms are not always working.

CAcert is the closest to an open-source certificate authority but is not open-source and it seems that parts of the system are shaky. CAcert provides a web of trust. Unfortunately, CAcert's root certificate is not in mainstream browsers.

Don't you think it is time for a true open-source certificate authority? Should this community be related to the Mozilla Foundation and comply, since day one, with the requirements to get a root certificate in Firefox?"