Introduction

Open source according to Open Source Intiative is defined as open source refers to any
program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other
developers see fit. (Historically, the makers of proprietary software have generally not made
source code available.) Open source software is usually developed as a public collaboration
and made freely available.

Latest Open Source System (OS)

The meaning of open source operating system can be defined as a operating system which is
not proprietary or in other words free,can be modify willingly and follows other criteria stated
above.On the web, they are many open source operating systems avalable for download.For
an example, take the popularly rising Ubuntu.Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd, which is
owned by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth. Instead of selling Ubuntu itself,
Canonical makes money by selling paid support for Ubuntu. By keeping Ubuntu free and
open Canonical is able to leverage the talents of outside developers willing to contribute
rather than having to do all development within the company itself.Furthermore, Ubuntu
itself, will a release a new version of the OS every six moth making it the most up-to-date
software realase by the company, and for that, it is becoming popular by the minute.Another
great example of an open sorce operating system is the Knoppix.Knoppix originates from the
famous family of Linux.Knoppix had been known for it’s special ability to run on Live
CD(the first OS) which means a user can run the OS without even installing it on the
harddrive.Furthermore, this OS has a very regular update which is in 2 to 3 month per release.

Figure 1.0: Open Sorce OS are getting their place among users

The Latest Open Source Software Application

Open source software is very popular nowadays, as it is an alternative for user with a low
budget.Open source software is defined as a software which can be downloaded
freely,modify, and redistributable.A famous open source software is The Gimp.The Gimp is a
photo editing utility.The gimp has caught attentions of users all over the world as the file does
not take a lot of space contrary to other proprietary software such as Adobe Photoshop.More
over, it is good for those who doesn’t want to get a headache using a picture editing
software.Another example of an open source software is Audacity.Audacity is an audio
editing software.It supports most of audio format avalble today.It was made popular when it
was featured in the Ubuntu.Audacity has proven a favourite open source software when it has
been choosen a winner in the SourceForge.net 2007 Community Choice Award for Best
Project for Multimedia.

Figure 2.0: Open Source programs like Firefox, The Gimp, Audacity and etc

Latest Development in ICT

Day by day, there is always a development in the ICT field.Hardware is the most fastest
evolving subject in ICT.For an example, take the the Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+.This
graphic card supports the Nvidia hybridpower, in other words in is enviromentally friendly.It
is twice as much better than it’s predecessor the GeForce 8400 GS Incomparrison, the 9800
GTX+ can support up to 512mb of VRAM.While the GeForce 8400 GS supports only 256MB
of VRAM.Softwares are also not left out from the fast growing industry.Take Mozilla Firefox
3.0.3 realeased on September 26, 2008 for an example.It has a special feature which is a built
in anti-malware feature.Compare to the previous version, the anti-malware in it was not a total
protection in which the new version offers.
 Figure 3.0: Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX+ offers double perfomance compared to the previous Geforce 8400 GS

Pervasive Computing
These days, pervasive computing is developing widely and rapidly by the hour.Pervasive
computing means the trend towards increasingly ubiquitous (another name for the movement
is ubiquitous computing), connected computing devices in the environment, a trend being
brought about by a convergence of advanced electronic - and particularly, wireless -
technologies and the Internet. this type of technology doesn’t require human interaction and
that all pervasive computing devices can communicate with each other independently.

The definitions only differ from each other by interpreting the term Pervasive Computing in
different ways. Pervasive Computing is generally agreed to be heavily in connection with
ubiquitous computing, as all of the terms seem to trend toward one another. The above image
explains a bit about pervasive computing by showing that a Human can keep track of personal
things and information while ‘out and about’. The reason this is possible is because all the
information tends to be embedded into many devices which interact with each other.
Examples of these pervasive computing are sensors.New sensors can detect change in
enviroment and human acts.Another example of it is is database management.For an example,
in the States, they have adopted this technology in which millions of medical record are
digitalize and can be acces by hospitals around the country without having to search and
waiting for in the information to get pass several states.
CONCLUSION
The conclusion that can be made is that ICT has been progressing alot in the past 20 years nad
still developing rapidly.The effects of this ‘phenomenon’ is a blessing to humankind as it
makes jobs easier for us to dealt with.
Refearance:
Succeeding with open source by Bernard Golden
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/postpn263.pdf
http://www.nvidia.com/HelpMeChoose/fx/HelpMeChoose.asp