1. Copyright should not be placed above citizens’ fundamental rights to privacy, security, presumption of innocence, effective judicial protection and freedom of expression.
2. Suspension of fundamental rights is and must remain an exclusive competence of judges. This blueprint, contrary to the provisions of Article 20.5 of the Spanish Constitution, places in the hands of the executive the power to keep Spanish citizens from accessing certain websites.
3. The proposed laws would create legal uncertainty across Spanish IT companies, damaging one of the few areas of development and future of our economy, hindering the creation of startups, introducing barriers to competition and slowing down its international projection.
4. The proposed laws threaten creativity and hinder cultural development. The Internet and new technologies have democratized the creation and publication of all types of content, which no longer depends on an old small industry but on multiple and different sources.
5. Authors, like all workers, are entitled to live out of their creative ideas, business models and activities linked to their creations. Trying to hold an obsolete industry with legislative changes is neither fair nor realistic. If their business model was based on controlling copies of any creation and this is not possible any more on the Internet, they should look for a new business model.
6. We believe that cultural industries need modern, effective, credible and affordable alternatives to survive. They also need to adapt to new social practices.
7. The Internet should be free and not have any interference from groups that seek to perpetuate obsolete business models and stop the free flow of human knowledge.
8. We ask the Government to guarantee net neutrality in Spain, as it will act as a framework in which a sustainable economy may develop.
9. We propose a real reform of intellectual property rights in order to ensure a society of knowledge, promote the public domain and limit abuses from copyright organizations.
10. In a democracy, laws and their amendments should only be adopted after a timely public debate and consultation with all involved parties. Legislative changes affecting fundamental rights can only be made in a Constitutional law.

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Delicious – Emprendizaje / Entrepreneurship

References are both oriented for International and Spanish users, but while I’m living in Spain I started the account focused on this market and using tags in Spanish. I’m thinking on a dual solution. I hope you’ll find them useful.

Google Apps accounts are limited to a closed ring of Google services including Gmail, Talk, Calendar, Docs and Sites. So you had to create a normal Google account, aside from Google Apps, in order to use other interesting services such as Analytics, Reader, etc.

But there’s a solution for that problem. Just go to https://www.google.com/accounts and click on “Create an account now” to do so using the same email and password associated with your Google Apps account. Well done :) You’ll receive a confirmation message. Just click on the link included and your new account will be ready. Now you can use many other Google services (Blogger, Picasa & Web Albums, Bookmarks, iGoogle, Alerts, Groups, Web History, etc.) with your Google Apps account.

Software needed

• Download XAMPP. A free and open source cross-platform web server package, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database, and interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl programming languages. [More information on Wikipedia]
• Download Joomla! A free open source content management system for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. [More information on Wikipedia]

Full installation process

A great video-tutorial by user slogen123 on Veoh. [Original source]

Step-by-step installation

1. Install XAMPP. Service section: check “Install Apache as service” and “Install MySQL as service”.
2. Extract Joomla! ZIP package and copy files and folders included to: (XAMPP installation directory)/htdocs/(yourproject)/
3. Go to http://localhost/xampp/index.php on your web browser and select “phpMyAdmin” from the left menu.
   • Enter a name for the database that will be used by Joomla! on the “Create new database” field.
   • Go to “Server: localhost” on the upper breadcrumb and press then the “Privileges” tab.
   • Select “Add a new user”. Enter your desired username+password and “localhost” for host field. If you’re going to use that user for administration tasks you can check all global privileges.
4. Go to http://localhost/(yourproject) on your web browser to start Joomla! installator.
   • Select your language for the installation process.
   • Check that all the minimum requierements are working properly.
   • Read the licence if you feel bored ;)
   • On the database configuration page, enter username+password and database name previously defined. Also “localhost” for host name field.
   • I won’t setup an FTP file system layer.
   • On the main configuration page, it’s time to give a name to your website. You must enter an e-mail address and a password that will be used by “admin” user. There’s an options area below for migration procedures. You can also press “Install sample data” button if you don’t want to start your Joomla! project from scratch.
5. Now Joomla! is installed and ready. Don’t forget to remove the installation directory. You’ll find your frontend at http://localhost/(yourproject) and access your administration area at http://localhost/(yourproject)/administrator, with user “admin” and password set on the previous step.

More information:

• Joomla! documentation.
• Joomla! quickstar video-tutorials.

Google has offered a list of configuration steps for common Gmail accounts. If you are a Google Apps user then you can set up Google Sync with the following process. First, get into your administration dashboard.
https://www.google.com/a/yourdomainhere.com/ServiceLogin?service=CPanel

Select “Mobile” link on the service settings menu. Then check “Enable Google Sync” option and save changes.

Now you just need to config your mobile device. I’ll use an iPhone for the example.

Go to “Settings” > “Mail, contacts, calendars”. Tap “Add account” and select “Microsoft Exchange”. Insert your domain name into the corresponding field and enter the user and password for the account you want to get synchronized.

Update. To sync multiple calendars with a Google Apps account, use the following process.

1. On your mobile device, go to m.google.com and click on “Google Mobile”.
2. Click on “Google Apps user?”, sign in and select the “Sync” icon.
3. Login in, select your device and choose which calendars to sync.

Official references:

• Google Mobile – Sync
• Google Apps – Set up Google Sync

More information: IMDB | Wikipedia.

Updated: Peter Schiff’s great predictions.

Many Linux distributions offer a boot loader called GRUB. Using GRUB you can choose among different operating systems installed on your computer when it boots. If you install Windows later it will replace the loader into MBR so you won’t enjoy GRUB anymore. But you can get it back in five easy steps.

1. Boot a Desktop/Live CD (e.g. Ubuntu CD).
2. Open a terminal (e.g. on Ubuntu: Applications > Accessories > Terminal).
3. In terminal, start GRUB as root.
   sudo grub
4. And then:
   grub> root (hd0,0)
   grub> setup (hd0)
   grub> quit
   The “root” line must point to the location of your /boot/ partition. In that line “hd0,0″ means first disk and first partition. You can change it according to your system configuration (e.g. hd1,2 for second disk and third partition).
5. And finally, reboot.
   sudo reboot

Reference: Recovering Ubuntu after installing Windows – Community Ubuntu Documentation.

Interactive Brokers offers every year a calendar for traders operating in international markets. It is available in full and wallet size format and you can download both on PDF.

Reference: IB Calendar (select “Trader’s Calendar” tab)

MSNBC Economy in turmoil timeline
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26797480