Currently there is a great and controversial discussion over a new BIOS implementation. Known as UEFI Secure Boot, it provides for the deployment of a ‘Signed Boot’, i.e., an operating system that can be installed on your machine if previously signed.

 To comment a bit about this, one of the international attractions of Latinoware 2012 will be Google software engineer, Ron Minnich. Besides presenting Coreboot – a technology for implementing free BIOS created by him – he will discuss other topics in his lecture. Check out the full interview:

 What is the situation now? We heard
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As in the other editions of the Latin American Conference on Free Software (Latinoware), once again the work undertaken by the International Hydroinformatics Center (IHC) will be a stand out at the event, considered one of the largest of its kind on the continent.

 On the stand mounted in the exhibition space, participants can register to receive via e-mail information in connection with systems and projects developed by the Center, such as Web Radio Water, a collaborative space that allows the exchange of information and experiences related to our most precious commodity: water.

Last year, at
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Due to the low level of demand, 4Linux announces that the LPI certification exam, which was to be held during Latinoware, has been cancelled. People who had already enrolled, please contact company on website www.4linux.com.br.

The app was developed by systems analysts Fernando Mantoan and Anderson Davi.

This is for you if you are one of those people who get lost with printed event schedules. Systems analysts Fernando Mantoan and Anderson Davi – of the Institute of Applied Technology and Innovation (ITAI **), located in Itaipu Technological Park (PTI) – recently launched a Latinoware app for the Android platform.

The app is available at Play Store (http://goo.gl/8Eh79) and allows participants to access on their mobile phones or tablets, the complete schedule of the three-day event. “I contacted
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Eliane Domingos, Carol Souza, Cris Geyer, Viviane Sousa and Desireé Santos are five confessed “nerds” who decided to get together to represent women in the area of Information Technology. Similar to Women in Technology (Mulheres na Tecnologia – MNT), their idea also stemmed from the realization of the lack of female presence in free software encounters.

“Our endeavor was for a space targeted at women, where we might explore the dilemmas and difficulties found, in addition to searching for and proposing remedies for the purpose of improving the feminine scenario in the area of IT”,
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The importance and forms of interaction of programming language PHP with the different social networks – in particular Facebook – will be shown in one of the lectures given by Jota Junior – a young enthusiast of PHP and free software in general and founder of the Lyla project, software that uses the networks to publish data of missing people – at Latinoware 2012. Check out the complete interview:

– How does PHP interact with social media and how are they important?

There many different forms of interaction. Services como o Facebook Developers make available SDKs
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Latinoware participants will be able to enjoy this year’s event with support from TelaSocial dashboards. What is the experience? it uses large TV appliaces but it is far from the idea of a TV and broadcasting. To start with, the actual TV appliance is placed in the vertical position and a layout arrangement brings a number of Web features that can inform real-time updates and what’s happening in the social scene. This is the second year that the technology is used as a solution for communication at Latinoware.

This year’s experience was tailored around
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For the first time in Brazilian free software events, there will be a special space for free databases. With the support from the PostgreSQL-BR database during Latinoware 2012, the LatinoDB space will be dedicated to raising relevant discussions on the topic.

According to Eduardo Santos, a member of the PostgreSQL -BR community, “Latinoware innovates again in making room for discussion of this topic. The timing could not be more opportune given the growth of non-relational databases (NoSQL) and their implications for traditional products. By inviting experts from both areas, a space for interesting discussions opens up. “

Among the
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Once again, the Latinoware program will open space for novelties in the use of free software in classrooms throughout Brazil. This year, a team of 25 people will lead a lecture series on the Trail and also in the integration with free robotics.

Check out our interview with Frederico Guimarães, a founding member of the Free Software in Education group. He tells us about the group’s program at the event and also details on LibrEdu, a space created to pool ideas from the community about the sector. “In Latinoware, we will have an official meeting of
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Marcelo André Soares’s lecture at 2012 Latinoware will be a good opportunity for those who are starting their careers and/or want to start their own business in this industry. In his presentation, he will show how to start, where the opportunities are and what the market expects this niche of work.

According to him, the opportunities are all around us all the time, all one needs is to study and be willing to make them real. Check out the full interview:

What qualities should this entrepreneur have?

They cover a wide range. I will try to
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