Of an Alternative to...

'Please as we have no more credit, find a free equivalent to this software as we won't pay licences anymore ?

'Please find this tool running under Linux as we have this IT team using only Linux from now ?

'What can I use instead of MS Office at home ?

We, IT Lovers, are facing these questions daily...I discovered today , (thanks to lifehacker) , an excellent and just starting fantastic website :

AlternativeTo

Despite the system (win,MacOs,Linux... and even online !) you will find there a solution for any replacement. Not only software, but also solution or application (I've done a test to replace Facebook and Twitter !!!)

The top : this is a 2.0 view website : we can all improve it for better results !

I'll now keep it in my bookmarks just in the same tab that filehippo.com ! Will you ?

My only suggestion : please do this website multilanguage ;-)

Of Google Dashboard

I discovered today that Google has a good dasboard :Apps Status Dashboard

This allows anybody to have a clear view on Google Applications health... But some Google tools are missing , very important for me : Blogger !

Ok : there is for a status on Blogger service, but a way less clear !

Please, Mr Google, can you please add Blogger to the above dashboard ?

Risque de virus du au débat sur la loi HADOPI

Actuellement le débat sur la loi HADOPI fait couler beaucoup de bruit, ici en France et sur le web.

En resumé (désolé pour les puristes), un accès internet pourra être coupé pendant un an , en cas de téléchargement illégal...y compris (et surtout ?) pour les particuliers.

Je ne veux pas discuter ici Je ne reviendrai pas ici sur cette loi (*), mais sur une conséquence inatendue.

J'ai connais plusieurs boites aux lettres (yahoo,gmail, ...) qui recoivent un email :

Your internet access is going to get suspended

The Internet Service Provider Consorcium was made to protect the rights of software authors, artists.
We conduct regular wiretapping on our networks, to monitor criminal acts.

We are aware of your illegal activities on the internet wich were originating from

You can check the report of your activities in the past 6 month that we have attached. We strongly advise you to stop your activities regarding the illegal downloading of copyrighted material of your internet access will be suspended.

Sincerely
ICS Monitoring Team

Quand j'ouvre l'email on me confirme qu'une liste de mes téléchargements illégaux est jointe ! Et bien sur c'est un virus !

Alors restons vigilants : n'ouvrons pas ces emails et encore moins les documents attachés !!

(*) Juste une question : si je suis chez un FAI et que j'utilise une boite aux lettres Yahoo ou Gmail, recevrais-je les emails d'avertissement avant coupure ?