Trex Reviews

I’ve always been anticipating every major release of Dimdim. In my view, Dimdim is one of the coolest open source project around. Its promise of a rich media collaboration for all is something I’d really love to see happen. Dimdim is the world’s free open source web meeting company whose mission is to become the leading provider of open source web meeting software. Since launch, it has been used in 165 countries by over 350,000 people.

Dimdim is marching on. After starting on private beta, it is now open on public beta and just recently released the Open Source Community Edition Version 3.5, codenamed “Eagle”. The “Eagle” release includes the following new and improved features:

Tags: Open Source Software, Web 2.0 Application by Trexpenn
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What is an Asterisk Appliance?
Asterisk Appliance (AA50) is a reliable, cost-effective and full-featured Internet Telephony Solution pretty much tailor made to the small to medium businesses. It features the first AsteriskGUI™ framework developed by Digium as an easy to use graphical user interface to manage the Asterisk system.

For convenience, if you want to know where to buy or if you are looking for an Asterisk Appliance store or you are wondering below are available open Asterisk appliance on sale on eBay.

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I was excited when I learned that there was a book that just came out on AsteriskNow. As far as I know, this AsteriskNow book is the only one available for the subject matter. For those who may not know, AsteriskNow is an open-source software appliance from Digium. It’s an easy to install, customized Linux distribution that includes Asterisk (the leading open-source telephony engine and tool kit), the AsteriskGUI, and all the other software needed for an Asterisk telephony system. The improvement on the original Asterisk release is that it packaged everything one needs allowing for a quicker and easier way of deploying Asterisk. Surely, it’s a great step towards making Asterisk within reach of small businesses who may not have the technical capabilities necessary in making Asterisk run in their enterprise.

Tags: Book Review, Open Source Software by Trexpenn
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It had been quite a while since I last wrote an article here after my terrible accident. Anyway, as I was recuperating from my motorcycle crash, I was able to spend more time watching videos using my PC and this prompted me to check out several different video files from different sources. Some video files that I happen to encounter are not playable to the built-in video players that I have on my computer. That prompted me to check out for some available free-ware and open source video player and this is the time that I found Miro.

Miro is a one of a kind video solution for one who would like to play varied types of video files whether from the internet or videos that were created from elsewhere. I have tested playing various files with Miro and all videos played well. Not only that, the resolution of the videos that I played with Miro were all enhanced thus giving the viewer a much better resolutions for viewing pleasures.

Tags: Free Software, From the Editor, New Technologies, Open Source Software, Softwares by Trexper
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eBay is the world’s foremost online marketplace. A place for buyers and sellers to come together and trade almost anything. It has over 200 million global customers and can offer your product and business the exposure needed to this huge marketplace.

How does eBay work?
In a nutshell, eBay works by giving a platform for a seller to list his/her products. The seller then chooses if he/she wants to accept bids only (auction-type) or to offer a “Buy It Now” (direct sale) option at a fixed price. In an auction, the bidding opens at a price the seller specifies and remains on eBay for a certain number of days. Buyers then place bids on the item. When the listing ends, the buyer with the highest bid wins. In a “Buy It Now” listing, the first buyer willing to pay the seller’s price gets the item.

Tags: Money Saving Tips, New Technologies by Trexpenn
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Just like in the movies, Social Networking is COMING SOON to the office near you.

There is much anticipation in the business world regarding IBM’s social networking software, BEEHIVE. Much like FaceBook, users can post pictures, video and one-sentence updates about themselves. Employees can describe their expertise, talk about themselves and learn about their colleagues from the other side of the world. Certainly a great tool that empowers employees to socialize with each other, especially amongst co-workers scattered across the different offices of today’s enterprises.

Tags: From the News, Web 2.0 Application by Trexpenn
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What is Open Source? If you don’t know then probably it has become so ubiquitous that you never pay attention to the term anymore. You’re probably using open source software and yet you don’t know it. Open source projects revolutionized the IT industry and business in general and it promise to do more in the near and the far future. At the backend of the Internet, you’ll find open source projects powering its infrastructure. From operating system like Linux, and blogging software like WordPress to online forum software like phpBB. Behind the scene, countless other small and yet important softwares are being churned out by the energetic and passionate members of the community. In many ways, the internet revolution we are seeing right now is directly caused by members of the community. Open Source, by also being free (in most cases) or low cost has made technology available to more people.

Tags: Free Software, Open Source Software by Trexpenn
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