Management of viewing of presentations of LibreOffice by means of the Android-smartphone

Impress Remote - Management of viewing of presentations of LibreOffice by means of the Android-smartphone

One of the most interesting innovations, presented in a recent update of office equipment LibreOffice 4.0.1, was a function Impress Remote.

This feature allows you to use a smartphone based on the Android platform as a remote control when watching presentations LibreOffice Impress, running on a PC or laptop. Unfortunately, until recently, this great functionality, users can evaluate only some of the common Linux-distributions. However, a couple days ago, developers of Document Foundation reported sales Impress Remote support for all major operating systems, including Windows and OS X.

Recall that for using the Impress Remote you need to install on your Android-powered smartphone or tablet mobile app of the same name. The program uses the Bluetooth to connect to a computer and provides a convenient interface to control playback of presentations.

In Android-smartphone found a new vulnerability

The smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note II found vulnerability, according to Engadget. It allows potential attackers to see the home screen password-protected system.

To bypass the security smartphone - unlock pattern, PIN, password or face recognition - you need to turn on the screen Galaxy Note, press the soft key "emergency call", and then press the button with the image of a man and a glowing light bulb in the bottom left corner.

When the application is 'Emergency Contacts', press the center key. For a split second to open the home screen, and then the smartphone will come back to the screen lock.

Developer Terence Eden, discovered the vulnerability, has admitted that it does not belong to the category of ultra-hazardous, but pointed out that the 'hole' allows a hacker to find out what applications are installed on the machine.