Backup/Restore Windows installation – the free way. Part-1

We all have around us relatives, friends and colleagues who use Windows but are not technical people and are often victims of viruses, trojans and other malware and spyware got from Internet, the network or from inserting infected media into their computers. For all those around me afraid of these but not able to protect…

Creating panorama photos under linux

This year I got a new hobby which is photography. As an amateur photographer I wanted to start creating also some panoramas. As the camera does not do that by itself I took a series of pictures of the subject (in my example the city of Florence, Italy). What I did when taking the photos…

Renewed website using b2evolution

Last months defined my activity as attorney at law closer to the IT Laws, Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence related counseling and legal representation in Romania, both for businesses and private persons. Together with this activity I took the step of renewing my professional website “Cristian Driga” Law Office. The main page is in english and…

Come to Italy for the OpenOffice.org Annnual Conference

Registration officially opened for the OpenOffice.org annual international conference 2009 (OOoCon), to be held in the beautiful and historic city of Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. Following pre-conference meetings on Nov.3rd, the main OOoCon events run from Nov 4th-6th. The Conference will include presentations not only from OpenOffice.org individual contributors, but also from the main commercial players…

OpenOffice.org Annual Conference Call for Papers (OOoCon 2009)

The OpenOffice.org Annual Conference (OOoCon 2009) will be held in Orvieto, Italy from November 3, 2009 – November 6, 2009. The OpenOffice.org Community invites potential speakers to submit proposals for papers for OOoCon 2009. Whether you are a seasoned presenter, or have never stood up in public before, if you have something interesting to share…

Manager’s choice: spend some time or spend money

All the software packages designed to do a certain task or job have differences in usage and looks. Buttons may be differently placed on the screen, workflow in some cases may differ from software to software, user interface will surely differ. But if they are mature applications they will certainly do the job they are…

The Romanian government is about to spend millions of euro on proprietary software

In May 2009 the Romanian Government has announced its renewal of a framework software licence with Microsoft. The licence deal is worth 100 million euro for government agencies licenses for use between 2010 and 2012 as well as 58 million euro as the final payment for the 2004 – 2009 framework licence agreement. They are…

1 yr passed: news, facts, stuff

More than one year has passed since my last post on this blog. Many things have happened meantime. I am still in the job as attorney and still a fan of Free Open Source Software and especially OpenOffice.org. World is revolving with or without me, many things have changed and many are the same. This…

eLiberatica Conference – Bucharest, Romania 2008

eLiberatica second edition, 30th – 31st May 2008 (Friday-Saturday), World Trade Center, Romania Following the huge public success the first edition of eLiberatica gained in 2007, the second edition will continue in the same tradition: to gather community and business leaders around the world to talk about the hottest Open and Free Technologies topics. eLiberatica…

2008 OpenOffice.org Annual Conference – voting opens

The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) is the annual meeting of the international OpenOffice.org Community. It is the premier event for anyone interested in or working with OpenOffice.org. OOoCon is where representatives of all the community projects meet to celebrate and learn from the achievements of the past twelve months, and discuss how to meet the challenges…

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