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RHCE/RHCT Exam Changes

May 13th, 2009 admin No comments


The info link: http://www.redhat.com/certification/faq/

RHCE/RHCT Exam Changes
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Reinforcing its commitment to provide IT professionals with the best training and performance-based assessments in the industry, Red Hat has improved the format and delivery mechanisms of the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) exams . The changes make for a more efficient use of testing time and do not impact the overall content nor the scope of the exams.

  • What is changing?
  • How have the exams been made shorter?
  • Are the exams easier or more difficult now?
  • Can I still take the old format exams after May 1, 2009?
  • Why are the exams being changed?

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World’s first 3D “Open movie”

May 10th, 2009 admin No comments

This is the news from Vimeo website:

The story of two strange characters exploring a capricious and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour-guide and protector, happily showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to his initially curious but increasingly skeptical protege Emo. As their journey unfolds we discover signs that the machine is not all Proog thinks it is, and his guiding takes on a more desperate aspect.

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SquirrelMail replaces Microsoft Outlook in the office of the Indian Prime Minister

May 7th, 2009 admin No comments

I have found the following interesting news from SquirrelMail.org’s website (http://www.squirrelmail.org/index.php) . It is enough to open eyes and minds of the government of under-developed countries (as ours), and a signal to act accordingly.

Here is the text directly from that site, from their News section.

NEWS: SquirrelMail replaces Microsoft Outlook in the office of the Indian Prime Minister

Mar 25, 2009 by Paul Lesniewski

Several news outlets (Techgoss, infopackets, The Register, The Times of India, etc.) are reporting that after a virus prevented email retrieval for three months in the office of the Prime Minister of India, SquirrelMail was chosen as part of a replacement system that had previously been based on Microsoft products. This surely means that several other Open Source products were included in the switch, and we applaud both the Office Of the Prime Minister and its technology consultants who made the switch to Open Source Software!
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