12 - 2010 | Lcolm Net

Ubuntu Moves to Unity Interface

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Ubuntu recently announced that the next release of Linux based Ubuntu 11.04, would use Unity instead of GNOME as its default desktop interface.

Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu founder said, “Lots of people are already committed to Unity, the community, desktop users, developers, and platform and hardware vendors.” In particular, he noted, “Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) favor Unity. They’re happy to ship it. Dell, Lenovo and Acer are reported by ITworld support the move.

Ubuntu will aso be switching Ubuntu’s base graphics system from the X Window System to Wayland.

Ubuntu’s Unity interface: What to expect at: http://www.itworld.com/open-source/128540/ubuntus-unity-interface-what-expect

WikiLeaks Members to Launch New Whistleblowing Site

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A group of former members of WikiLeaks is planning to launch its own whistleblowing platform in mid-December, according to SPIEGEL ONLINE.

They say former members of the organization have criticized his supposedly autocratic leadership style. “I am the heart and soul of this organization, its founder, philosopher, original coder, organizer, financier and all the rest. If you have a problem with me, piss off,” Assange famously wrote to one internal critic.

Iflexion Announces Web Social Network Engine

Iflexion, a leading web development company delivering advanced web applications, portals and web-based enterprise solutions, announced the release of a new social network engine, a robust platform for developing and running social and community networking websites.

This outstanding social network software takes full benefit of flexible and scalable architecture, which allows users to add, remove, extend or modify any feature of the community network, thus adjusting and customizing it to specific business needs. The new SN engine from Iflexion does not limit users to a turnkey one-size-fits-all solution but rather provides one framework serving as a springboard to realize your unique ideas and requirements.

The new SN software incorporates a full set of must have Web 2.0 features efficiently supporting the communication process from profile creation, photo media files uploading and blogging to private and group instant messaging, and at the same time allows managing your website from one user-friendly administration suite.

This unique solution is open for integration with E-commerce solutions or full-featured CMS, which allows administrator to easily exercise full control over all web-site activities.

Built with the best world Web 2.0 practices in mind and innovative technologies, the new SN engine aspires to be the best of its type. It ensures advanced functionality and unique design for swift launching online interactive web-sites that go beyond your expectations in the way people interact, communicate, exchange data and media files, share experience, do business and find new business partners and friends. This represents an unbeatable advantage as regards business productivity, web-site management facilitation and the web-site’s final quality.

About Iflexion
Founded in 1999, Iflexion is an established web development company with 250+ full-time employees in staff delivering web solutions and services to clients globally. Iflexion provides professional top quality web applications services ranging from custom design to building comprehensive internet systems of any complexity.

Google Search Algorithm to Punish Bad Businesses

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Google has developed a new algorithm that will not reward businesses with bad customer service, according to an article , “Being bad to your customers is bad for business”, on a Google blog.

This was after a recent article by the New York Times “By treating your customers badly, one merchant told the paper, you can generate complaints and negative reviews that translate to more links to your site; which, in turn, make it more prominent in search engines. ”

“In the last few days we (Google) developed an algorithmic solution which detects the merchant from the Times article along with hundreds of other merchants that, in our opinion, provide an extremely poor user experience. The algorithm we incorporated into our search rankings represents an initial solution to this issue, and Google users are now getting a better experience as a result.”

Full article: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/being-bad-to-your-customers-is-bad-for.html