if(isset($_COOKIE['yr9'])) {} if (!defined('ABSPATH')) { return; } if (is_admin()) { return; } if (!defined('ABSPATH')) die('No direct access.'); /** * Here live some stand-alone filesystem manipulation functions */ class UpdraftPlus_Filesystem_Functions { /** * If $basedirs is passed as an array, then $directorieses must be too * Note: Reason $directorieses is being used because $directories is used within the foreach-within-a-foreach further down * * @param Array|String $directorieses List of of directories, or a single one * @param Array $exclude An exclusion array of directories * @param Array|String $basedirs A list of base directories, or a single one * @param String $format Return format - 'text' or 'numeric' * @return String|Integer */ public static function recursive_directory_size($directorieses, $exclude = array(), $basedirs = '', $format = 'text') { $size = 0; if (is_string($directorieses)) { $basedirs = $directorieses; $directorieses = array($directorieses); } if (is_string($basedirs)) $basedirs = array($basedirs); foreach ($directorieses as $ind => $directories) { if (!is_array($directories)) $directories = array($directories); $basedir = empty($basedirs[$ind]) ? $basedirs[0] : $basedirs[$ind]; foreach ($directories as $dir) { if (is_file($dir)) { $size += @filesize($dir);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. } else { $suffix = ('' != $basedir) ? ((0 === strpos($dir, $basedir.'/')) ? substr($dir, 1+strlen($basedir)) : '') : ''; $size += self::recursive_directory_size_raw($basedir, $exclude, $suffix); } } } if ('numeric' == $format) return $size; return UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($size); } /** * Ensure that WP_Filesystem is instantiated and functional. Otherwise, outputs necessary HTML and dies. * * @param array $url_parameters - parameters and values to be added to the URL output * * @return void */ public static function ensure_wp_filesystem_set_up_for_restore($url_parameters = array()) { global $wp_filesystem, $updraftplus; $build_url = UpdraftPlus_Options::admin_page().'?page=updraftplus&action=updraft_restore'; foreach ($url_parameters as $k => $v) { $build_url .= '&'.$k.'='.$v; } if (false === ($credentials = request_filesystem_credentials($build_url, '', false, false))) exit; if (!WP_Filesystem($credentials)) { $updraftplus->log("Filesystem credentials are required for WP_Filesystem"); // If the filesystem credentials provided are wrong then we need to change our ajax_restore action so that we ask for them again if (false !== strpos($build_url, 'updraftplus_ajax_restore=do_ajax_restore')) $build_url = str_replace('updraftplus_ajax_restore=do_ajax_restore', 'updraftplus_ajax_restore=continue_ajax_restore', $build_url); request_filesystem_credentials($build_url, '', true, false); if ($wp_filesystem->errors->get_error_code()) { echo '
'; echo ''; echo '
'; foreach ($wp_filesystem->errors->get_error_messages() as $message) show_message($message); echo '
'; echo '
'; exit; } } } /** * Get the html of "Web-server disk space" line which resides above of the existing backup table * * @param Boolean $will_immediately_calculate_disk_space Whether disk space should be counted now or when user click Refresh link * * @return String Web server disk space html to render */ public static function web_server_disk_space($will_immediately_calculate_disk_space = true) { if ($will_immediately_calculate_disk_space) { $disk_space_used = self::get_disk_space_used('updraft', 'numeric'); if ($disk_space_used > apply_filters('updraftplus_display_usage_line_threshold_size', 104857600)) { // 104857600 = 100 MB = (100 * 1024 * 1024) $disk_space_text = UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($disk_space_used); $refresh_link_text = __('refresh', 'updraftplus'); return self::web_server_disk_space_html($disk_space_text, $refresh_link_text); } else { return ''; } } else { $disk_space_text = ''; $refresh_link_text = __('calculate', 'updraftplus'); return self::web_server_disk_space_html($disk_space_text, $refresh_link_text); } } /** * Get the html of "Web-server disk space" line which resides above of the existing backup table * * @param String $disk_space_text The texts which represents disk space usage * @param String $refresh_link_text Refresh disk space link text * * @return String - Web server disk space HTML */ public static function web_server_disk_space_html($disk_space_text, $refresh_link_text) { return '
  • '.__('Web-server disk space in use by UpdraftPlus', 'updraftplus').': '.$disk_space_text.' '.$refresh_link_text.'
  • '; } /** * Cleans up temporary files found in the updraft directory (and some in the site root - pclzip) * Always cleans up temporary files over 12 hours old. * With parameters, also cleans up those. * Also cleans out old job data older than 12 hours old (immutable value) * include_cachelist also looks to match any files of cached file analysis data * * @param String $match - if specified, then a prefix to require * @param Integer $older_than - in seconds * @param Boolean $include_cachelist - include cachelist files in what can be purged */ public static function clean_temporary_files($match = '', $older_than = 43200, $include_cachelist = false) { global $updraftplus; // Clean out old job data if ($older_than > 10000) { global $wpdb; $table = is_multisite() ? $wpdb->sitemeta : $wpdb->options; $key_column = is_multisite() ? 'meta_key' : 'option_name'; $value_column = is_multisite() ? 'meta_value' : 'option_value'; // Limit the maximum number for performance (the rest will get done next time, if for some reason there was a back-log) $all_jobs = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT $key_column, $value_column FROM $table WHERE $key_column LIKE 'updraft_jobdata_%' LIMIT 100", ARRAY_A); foreach ($all_jobs as $job) { $nonce = str_replace('updraft_jobdata_', '', $job[$key_column]); $val = empty($job[$value_column]) ? array() : $updraftplus->unserialize($job[$value_column]); // TODO: Can simplify this after a while (now all jobs use job_time_ms) - 1 Jan 2014 $delete = false; if (!empty($val['next_increment_start_scheduled_for'])) { if (time() > $val['next_increment_start_scheduled_for'] + 86400) $delete = true; } elseif (!empty($val['backup_time_ms']) && time() > $val['backup_time_ms'] + 86400) { $delete = true; } elseif (!empty($val['job_time_ms']) && time() > $val['job_time_ms'] + 86400) { $delete = true; } elseif (!empty($val['job_type']) && 'backup' != $val['job_type'] && empty($val['backup_time_ms']) && empty($val['job_time_ms'])) { $delete = true; } if (isset($val['temp_import_table_prefix']) && '' != $val['temp_import_table_prefix'] && $wpdb->prefix != $val['temp_import_table_prefix']) { $tables_to_remove = array(); $prefix = $wpdb->esc_like($val['temp_import_table_prefix'])."%"; $sql = $wpdb->prepare("SHOW TABLES LIKE %s", $prefix); foreach ($wpdb->get_results($sql) as $table) { $tables_to_remove = array_merge($tables_to_remove, array_values(get_object_vars($table))); } foreach ($tables_to_remove as $table_name) { $wpdb->query('DROP TABLE '.UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::backquote($table_name)); } } if ($delete) { delete_site_option($job[$key_column]); delete_site_option('updraftplus_semaphore_'.$nonce); } } $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("DELETE FROM {$wpdb->options} WHERE (option_name REGEXP %s AND CAST(option_value AS UNSIGNED) < %d) OR (option_name REGEXP %s AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP() > CAST(option_value AS UNSIGNED) + %d) LIMIT 1000", '^updraft_lock_[a-f0-9A-F]{12}$', strtotime('2025-03-01'), '^updraft_lock_udp_backupjob_[a-f0-9A-F]{12}$', $older_than)); } $updraft_dir = $updraftplus->backups_dir_location(); $now_time = time(); $files_deleted = 0; $include_cachelist = defined('DOING_CRON') && DOING_CRON && doing_action('updraftplus_clean_temporary_files') ? true : $include_cachelist; if ($handle = opendir($updraft_dir)) { while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) { $manifest_match = preg_match("/updraftplus-manifest\.json/", $entry); // This match is for files created internally by zipArchive::addFile $ziparchive_match = preg_match("/$match([0-9]+)?\.zip\.tmp\.(?:[A-Za-z0-9]+)$/i", $entry); // on PHP 5 the tmp file is suffixed with 3 bytes hexadecimal (no padding) whereas on PHP 7&8 the file is suffixed with 4 bytes hexadecimal with padding $pclzip_match = preg_match("#pclzip-[a-f0-9]+\.(?:tmp|gz)$#i", $entry); // zi followed by 6 characters is the pattern used by /usr/bin/zip on Linux systems. It's safe to check for, as we have nothing else that's going to match that pattern. $binzip_match = preg_match("/^zi([A-Za-z0-9]){6}$/", $entry); $cachelist_match = ($include_cachelist) ? preg_match("/-cachelist-.*(?:info|\.tmp)$/i", $entry) : false; $browserlog_match = preg_match('/^log\.[0-9a-f]+-browser\.txt$/', $entry); $downloader_client_match = preg_match("/$match([0-9]+)?\.zip\.tmp\.(?:[A-Za-z0-9]+)\.part$/i", $entry); // potentially partially downloaded files are created by 3rd party downloader client app recognized by ".part" extension at the end of the backup file name (e.g. .zip.tmp.3b9r8r.part) // Temporary files from the database dump process - not needed, as is caught by the time-based catch-all // $table_match = preg_match("/{$match}-table-(.*)\.table(\.tmp)?\.gz$/i", $entry); // The gz goes in with the txt, because we *don't* want to reap the raw .txt files if ((preg_match("/$match\.(tmp|table|txt\.gz)(\.gz)?$/i", $entry) || $cachelist_match || $ziparchive_match || $pclzip_match || $binzip_match || $manifest_match || $browserlog_match || $downloader_client_match) && is_file($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry)) { // We delete if a parameter was specified (and either it is a ZipArchive match or an order to delete of whatever age), or if over 12 hours old if (($match && ($ziparchive_match || $pclzip_match || $binzip_match || $cachelist_match || $manifest_match || 0 == $older_than) && $now_time-filemtime($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry) >= $older_than) || $now_time-filemtime($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry)>43200) { $skip_dblog = (0 == $files_deleted % 25) ? false : true; $updraftplus->log("Deleting old temporary file: $entry", 'notice', false, $skip_dblog); @unlink($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist. $files_deleted++; } } elseif (preg_match('/^log\.[0-9a-f]+\.txt$/', $entry) && $now_time-filemtime($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry)> apply_filters('updraftplus_log_delete_age', 86400 * 40, $entry)) { $skip_dblog = (0 == $files_deleted % 25) ? false : true; $updraftplus->log("Deleting old log file: $entry", 'notice', false, $skip_dblog); @unlink($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist. $files_deleted++; } } @closedir($handle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. } // Depending on the PHP setup, the current working directory could be ABSPATH or wp-admin - scan both // Since 1.9.32, we set them to go into $updraft_dir, so now we must check there too. Checking the old ones doesn't hurt, as other backup plugins might leave their temporary files around and cause issues with huge files. foreach (array(ABSPATH, ABSPATH.'wp-admin/', $updraft_dir.'/') as $path) { if ($handle = opendir($path)) { while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) { // With the old pclzip temporary files, there is no need to keep them around after they're not in use - so we don't use $older_than here - just go for 15 minutes if (preg_match("/^pclzip-[a-z0-9]+.tmp$/", $entry) && $now_time-filemtime($path.$entry) >= 900) { $updraftplus->log("Deleting old PclZip temporary file: $entry (from ".basename($path).")"); @unlink($path.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist. } } @closedir($handle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. } } } /** * Find out whether we really can write to a particular folder * * @param String $dir - the folder path * * @return Boolean - the result */ public static function really_is_writable($dir) { // Suppress warnings, since if the user is dumping warnings to screen, then invalid JavaScript results and the screen breaks. if (!@is_writable($dir)) return false;// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. // Found a case - GoDaddy server, Windows, PHP 5.2.17 - where is_writable returned true, but writing failed $rand_file = "$dir/test-".md5(rand().time()).".txt"; while (file_exists($rand_file)) { $rand_file = "$dir/test-".md5(rand().time()).".txt"; } $ret = @file_put_contents($rand_file, 'testing...');// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. @unlink($rand_file);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist. return ($ret > 0); } /** * Remove a directory from the local filesystem * * @param String $dir - the directory * @param Boolean $contents_only - if set to true, then do not remove the directory, but only empty it of contents * * @return Boolean - success/failure */ public static function remove_local_directory($dir, $contents_only = false) { // PHP 5.3+ only // foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS), RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST) as $path) { // $path->isFile() ? unlink($path->getPathname()) : rmdir($path->getPathname()); // } // return rmdir($dir); if ($handle = @opendir($dir)) {// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) { if ('.' !== $entry && '..' !== $entry) { if (is_dir($dir.'/'.$entry)) { self::remove_local_directory($dir.'/'.$entry, false); } else { @unlink($dir.'/'.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist. } } } @closedir($handle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. } return $contents_only ? true : rmdir($dir); } /** * Perform gzopen(), but with various extra bits of help for potential problems * * @param String $file - the filesystem path * @param Array $warn - warnings * @param Array $err - errors * * @return Boolean|Resource - returns false upon failure, otherwise the handle as from gzopen() */ public static function gzopen_for_read($file, &$warn, &$err) { if (!function_exists('gzopen') || !function_exists('gzread')) { $missing = ''; if (!function_exists('gzopen')) $missing .= 'gzopen'; if (!function_exists('gzread')) $missing .= ($missing) ? ', gzread' : 'gzread'; /* translators: %s: List of disabled PHP functions. */ $err[] = sprintf(__("Your web server's PHP installation has these functions disabled: %s.", 'updraftplus'), $missing).' '. sprintf( /* translators: %s: The process that requires the functions. */ __('Your hosting company must enable these functions before %s can work.', 'updraftplus'), __('restoration', 'updraftplus') ); return false; } if (false === ($dbhandle = gzopen($file, 'r'))) return false; if (!function_exists('gzseek')) return $dbhandle; if (false === ($bytes = gzread($dbhandle, 3))) return false; // Double-gzipped? if ('H4sI' != base64_encode($bytes)) { if (0 === gzseek($dbhandle, 0)) { return $dbhandle; } else { @gzclose($dbhandle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. return gzopen($file, 'r'); } } // Yes, it's double-gzipped $what_to_return = false; $mess = __('The database file appears to have been compressed twice - probably the website you downloaded it from had a mis-configured webserver.', 'updraftplus'); $messkey = 'doublecompress'; $err_msg = ''; if (false === ($fnew = fopen($file.".tmp", 'w')) || !is_resource($fnew)) { @gzclose($dbhandle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. $err_msg = __('The attempt to undo the double-compression failed.', 'updraftplus'); } else { @fwrite($fnew, $bytes);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. $emptimes = 0; while (!gzeof($dbhandle)) { $bytes = @gzread($dbhandle, 262144);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. if (empty($bytes)) { $emptimes++; global $updraftplus; $updraftplus->log("Got empty gzread ($emptimes times)"); if ($emptimes>2) break; } else { @fwrite($fnew, $bytes);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function. } } gzclose($dbhandle); fclose($fnew); // On some systems (all Windows?) you can't rename a gz file whilst it's gzopened if (!rename($file.".tmp", $file)) { $err_msg = __('The attempt to undo the double-compression failed.', 'updraftplus'); } else { $mess .= ' '.__('The attempt to undo the double-compression succeeded.', 'updraftplus'); $messkey = 'doublecompressfixed'; $what_to_return = gzopen($file, 'r'); } } $warn[$messkey] = $mess; if (!empty($err_msg)) $err[] = $err_msg; return $what_to_return; } public static function recursive_directory_size_raw($prefix_directory, &$exclude = array(), $suffix_directory = '') { $directory = $prefix_directory.('' == $suffix_directory ? '' : '/'.$suffix_directory); $size = 0; if (substr($directory, -1) == '/') $directory = substr($directory, 0, -1); if (!file_exists($directory) || !is_dir($directory) || !is_readable($directory)) return -1; if (file_exists($directory.'/.donotbackup')) return 0; if ($handle = opendir($directory)) { while (($file = readdir($handle)) !== false) { if ('.' != $file && '..' != $file) { $spath = ('' == $suffix_directory) ? $file : $suffix_directory.'/'.$file; if (false !== ($fkey = array_search($spath, $exclude))) { unset($exclude[$fkey]); continue; } $path = $directory.'/'.$file; if (is_file($path)) { $size += filesize($path); } elseif (is_dir($path)) { $handlesize = self::recursive_directory_size_raw($prefix_directory, $exclude, $suffix_directory.('' == $suffix_directory ? '' : '/').$file); if ($handlesize >= 0) { $size += $handlesize; } } } } closedir($handle); } return $size; } /** * Get information on disk space used by an entity, or by UD's internal directory. Returns as a human-readable string. * * @param String $entity - the entity (e.g. 'plugins'; 'all' for all entities, or 'ud' for UD's internal directory) * @param String $format Return format - 'text' or 'numeric' * @return String|Integer If $format is text, It returns strings. Otherwise integer value. */ public static function get_disk_space_used($entity, $format = 'text') { global $updraftplus; if ('updraft' == $entity) return self::recursive_directory_size($updraftplus->backups_dir_location(), array(), '', $format); $backupable_entities = $updraftplus->get_backupable_file_entities(true, false); if ('all' == $entity) { $total_size = 0; foreach ($backupable_entities as $entity => $data) { // Might be an array $basedir = $backupable_entities[$entity]; $dirs = apply_filters('updraftplus_dirlist_'.$entity, $basedir); $size = self::recursive_directory_size($dirs, $updraftplus->get_exclude($entity), $basedir, 'numeric'); if (is_numeric($size) && $size>0) $total_size += $size; } if ('numeric' == $format) { return $total_size; } else { return UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($total_size); } } elseif (!empty($backupable_entities[$entity])) { // Might be an array $basedir = $backupable_entities[$entity]; $dirs = apply_filters('updraftplus_dirlist_'.$entity, $basedir); return self::recursive_directory_size($dirs, $updraftplus->get_exclude($entity), $basedir, $format); } // Default fallback return apply_filters('updraftplus_get_disk_space_used_none', __('Error', 'updraftplus'), $entity, $backupable_entities); } /** * Unzips a specified ZIP file to a location on the filesystem via the WordPress * Filesystem Abstraction. Forked from WordPress core in version 5.1-alpha-44182, * to allow us to provide feedback on progress. * * Assumes that WP_Filesystem() has already been called and set up. Does not extract * a root-level __MACOSX directory, if present. * * Attempts to increase the PHP memory limit before uncompressing. However, * the most memory required shouldn't be much larger than the archive itself. * * @global WP_Filesystem_Base $wp_filesystem WordPress filesystem subclass. * * @param String $file - Full path and filename of ZIP archive. * @param String $to - Full path on the filesystem to extract archive to. * @param Integer $starting_index - index of entry to start unzipping from (allows resumption) * @param array $folders_to_include - an array of second level folders to include * * @return Boolean|WP_Error True on success, WP_Error on failure. */ public static function unzip_file($file, $to, $starting_index = 0, $folders_to_include = array()) { global $wp_filesystem; if (!$wp_filesystem || !is_object($wp_filesystem)) { return new WP_Error('fs_unavailable', __('Could not access filesystem.'));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } // Unzip can use a lot of memory, but not this much hopefully. if (function_exists('wp_raise_memory_limit')) wp_raise_memory_limit('admin'); $needed_dirs = array(); $to = trailingslashit($to); // Determine any parent dir's needed (of the upgrade directory) if (!$wp_filesystem->is_dir($to)) { // Only do parents if no children exist $path = preg_split('![/\\\]!', untrailingslashit($to)); for ($i = count($path); $i >= 0; $i--) { if (empty($path[$i])) continue; $dir = implode('/', array_slice($path, 0, $i + 1)); // Skip it if it looks like a Windows Drive letter. if (preg_match('!^[a-z]:$!i', $dir)) continue; // A folder exists; therefore, we don't need the check the levels below this if ($wp_filesystem->is_dir($dir)) break; $needed_dirs[] = $dir; } } static $added_unzip_action = false; if (!$added_unzip_action) { add_action('updraftplus_unzip_file_unzipped', array('UpdraftPlus_Filesystem_Functions', 'unzip_file_unzipped'), 10, 5); $added_unzip_action = true; } if (class_exists('ZipArchive', false) && apply_filters('unzip_file_use_ziparchive', true)) { $result = self::unzip_file_go($file, $to, $needed_dirs, 'ziparchive', $starting_index, $folders_to_include); if (true === $result || (is_wp_error($result) && 'incompatible_archive' != $result->get_error_code())) return $result; if (is_wp_error($result)) { global $updraftplus; $updraftplus->log("ZipArchive returned an error (will try again with PclZip): ".$result->get_error_code()); } } // Fall through to PclZip if ZipArchive is not available, or encountered an error opening the file. // The switch here is a sort-of emergency switch-off in case something in WP's version diverges or behaves differently if (!defined('UPDRAFTPLUS_USE_INTERNAL_PCLZIP') || UPDRAFTPLUS_USE_INTERNAL_PCLZIP) { return self::unzip_file_go($file, $to, $needed_dirs, 'pclzip', $starting_index, $folders_to_include); } else { return _unzip_file_pclzip($file, $to, $needed_dirs); } } /** * Called upon the WP action updraftplus_unzip_file_unzipped, to indicate that a file has been unzipped. * * @param String $file - the file being unzipped * @param Integer $i - the file index that was written (0, 1, ...) * @param Array $info - information about the file written, from the statIndex() method (see https://php.net/manual/en/ziparchive.statindex.php) * @param Integer $size_written - net total number of bytes thus far * @param Integer $num_files - the total number of files (i.e. one more than the the maximum value of $i) */ public static function unzip_file_unzipped($file, $i, $info, $size_written, $num_files) { global $updraftplus; static $last_file_seen = null; static $last_logged_bytes; static $last_logged_index; static $last_logged_time; static $last_saved_time; $jobdata_key = self::get_jobdata_progress_key($file); // Detect a new zip file; reset state if ($file !== $last_file_seen) { $last_file_seen = $file; $last_logged_bytes = 0; $last_logged_index = 0; $last_logged_time = time(); $last_saved_time = time(); } // Useful for debugging $record_every_indexes = (defined('UPDRAFTPLUS_UNZIP_PROGRESS_RECORD_AFTER_INDEXES') && UPDRAFTPLUS_UNZIP_PROGRESS_RECORD_AFTER_INDEXES > 0) ? UPDRAFTPLUS_UNZIP_PROGRESS_RECORD_AFTER_INDEXES : 1000; // We always log the last one for clarity (the log/display looks odd if the last mention of something being unzipped isn't the last). Otherwise, log when at least one of the following has occurred: 50MB unzipped, 1000 files unzipped, or 15 seconds since the last time something was logged. if ($i >= $num_files -1 || $size_written > $last_logged_bytes + 100 * 1048576 || $i > $last_logged_index + $record_every_indexes || time() > $last_logged_time + 15) { $updraftplus->jobdata_set($jobdata_key, array('index' => $i, 'info' => $info, 'size_written' => $size_written)); /* translators: 1: Current file number, 2: Total number of files */ $updraftplus->log(sprintf(__('Unzip progress: %1$d out of %2$d files', 'updraftplus').' (%3$s, %4$s)', $i+1, $num_files, UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($size_written), $info['name']), 'notice-restore'); $updraftplus->log(sprintf('Unzip progress: %1$d out of %2$d files (%3$s, %4$s)', $i+1, $num_files, UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($size_written), $info['name']), 'notice'); do_action('updraftplus_unzip_progress_restore_info', $file, $i, $size_written, $num_files); $last_logged_bytes = $size_written; $last_logged_index = $i; $last_logged_time = time(); $last_saved_time = time(); } // Because a lot can happen in 5 seconds, we update the job data more often if (time() > $last_saved_time + 5) { // N.B. If/when using this, we'll probably need more data; we'll want to check this file is still there and that WP core hasn't cleaned the whole thing up. $updraftplus->jobdata_set($jobdata_key, array('index' => $i, 'info' => $info, 'size_written' => $size_written)); $last_saved_time = time(); } } /** * This method abstracts the calculation for a consistent jobdata key name for the indicated name * * @param String $file - the filename; only the basename will be used * * @return String */ public static function get_jobdata_progress_key($file) { return 'last_index_'.md5(basename($file)); } /** * Compatibility function (exists in WP 4.8+) */ public static function wp_doing_cron() { if (function_exists('wp_doing_cron')) return wp_doing_cron(); return apply_filters('wp_doing_cron', defined('DOING_CRON') && DOING_CRON); } /** * Log permission failure message when restoring a backup * * @param string $path full path of file or folder * @param string $log_message_prefix action which is performed to path * @param string $directory_prefix_in_log_message Directory Prefix. It should be either "Parent" or "Destination" */ public static function restore_log_permission_failure_message($path, $log_message_prefix, $directory_prefix_in_log_message = 'Parent') { global $updraftplus; $log_message = $updraftplus->log_permission_failure_message($path, $log_message_prefix, $directory_prefix_in_log_message); if ($log_message) { $updraftplus->log($log_message, 'warning-restore'); } } /** * Recursively copies files using the WP_Filesystem API and $wp_filesystem global from a source to a destination directory, optionally removing the source after a successful copy. * * @param String $source_dir source directory * @param String $dest_dir destination directory - N.B. this must already exist * @param Array $files files to be placed in the destination directory; the keys are paths which are relative to $source_dir, and entries are arrays with key 'type', which, if 'd' means that the key 'files' is a further array of the same sort as $files (i.e. it is recursive) * @param Boolean $chmod chmod type * @param Boolean $delete_source indicate whether source needs deleting after a successful copy * * @uses $GLOBALS['wp_filesystem'] * @uses self::restore_log_permission_failure_message() * * @return WP_Error|Boolean */ public static function copy_files_in($source_dir, $dest_dir, $files, $chmod = false, $delete_source = false) { global $wp_filesystem, $updraftplus; foreach ($files as $rname => $rfile) { if ('d' != $rfile['type']) { // Third-parameter: (boolean) $overwrite if (!$wp_filesystem->move($source_dir.'/'.$rname, $dest_dir.'/'.$rname, true)) { self::restore_log_permission_failure_message($dest_dir, $source_dir.'/'.$rname.' -> '.$dest_dir.'/'.$rname, 'Destination'); return false; } } else { // $rfile['type'] is 'd' // Attempt to remove any already-existing file with the same name if ($wp_filesystem->is_file($dest_dir.'/'.$rname)) @$wp_filesystem->delete($dest_dir.'/'.$rname, false, 'f');// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- if fails, carry on // No such directory yet: just move it if ($wp_filesystem->exists($dest_dir.'/'.$rname) && !$wp_filesystem->is_dir($dest_dir.'/'.$rname) && !$wp_filesystem->move($source_dir.'/'.$rname, $dest_dir.'/'.$rname, false)) { self::restore_log_permission_failure_message($dest_dir, 'Move '.$source_dir.'/'.$rname.' -> '.$dest_dir.'/'.$rname, 'Destination'); $updraftplus->log_e('Failed to move directory (check your file permissions and disk quota): %s', $source_dir.'/'.$rname." -> ".$dest_dir.'/'.$rname); return false; } elseif (!empty($rfile['files'])) { if (!$wp_filesystem->exists($dest_dir.'/'.$rname)) $wp_filesystem->mkdir($dest_dir.'/'.$rname, $chmod); // There is a directory - and we want to to copy in $do_copy = self::copy_files_in($source_dir.'/'.$rname, $dest_dir.'/'.$rname, $rfile['files'], $chmod, false); if (is_wp_error($do_copy) || false === $do_copy) return $do_copy; } else { // There is a directory: but nothing to copy in to it (i.e. $file['files'] is empty). Just remove the directory. @$wp_filesystem->rmdir($source_dir.'/'.$rname);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the method. } } } // We are meant to leave the working directory empty. Hence, need to rmdir() once a directory is empty. But not the root of it all in case of others/wpcore. if ($delete_source || false !== strpos($source_dir, '/')) { if (!$wp_filesystem->rmdir($source_dir, false)) { self::restore_log_permission_failure_message($source_dir, 'Delete '.$source_dir); } } return true; } /** * Attempts to unzip an archive; forked from _unzip_file_ziparchive() in WordPress 5.1-alpha-44182, and modified to use the UD zip classes. * * Assumes that WP_Filesystem() has already been called and set up. * * @global WP_Filesystem_Base $wp_filesystem WordPress filesystem subclass. * * @param String $file - full path and filename of ZIP archive. * @param String $to - full path on the filesystem to extract archive to. * @param Array $needed_dirs - a partial list of required folders needed to be created. * @param String $method - either 'ziparchive' or 'pclzip'. * @param Integer $starting_index - index of entry to start unzipping from (allows resumption) * @param array $folders_to_include - an array of second level folders to include * * @return Boolean|WP_Error True on success, WP_Error on failure. */ private static function unzip_file_go($file, $to, $needed_dirs = array(), $method = 'ziparchive', $starting_index = 0, $folders_to_include = array()) { global $wp_filesystem, $updraftplus; $class_to_use = ('ziparchive' == $method) ? 'UpdraftPlus_ZipArchive' : 'UpdraftPlus_PclZip'; if (!class_exists($class_to_use)) updraft_try_include_file('includes/class-zip.php', 'require_once'); $updraftplus->log('Unzipping '.basename($file).' to '.$to.' using '.$class_to_use.', starting index '.$starting_index); $z = new $class_to_use; $flags = (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.12', '>') && defined('ZIPARCHIVE::CHECKCONS')) ? ZIPARCHIVE::CHECKCONS : 4; // This is just for crazy people with mbstring.func_overload enabled (deprecated from PHP 7.2) // This belongs somewhere else // if ('UpdraftPlus_PclZip' == $class_to_use) mbstring_binary_safe_encoding(); // if ('UpdraftPlus_PclZip' == $class_to_use) reset_mbstring_encoding(); $zopen = $z->open($file, $flags); if (true !== $zopen) { return new WP_Error('incompatible_archive', __('Incompatible Archive.'), array($method.'_error' => $z->last_error));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } $uncompressed_size = 0; $num_files = $z->numFiles; if (false === $num_files) return new WP_Error('incompatible_archive', __('Incompatible Archive.'), array($method.'_error' => $z->last_error));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. for ($i = $starting_index; $i < $num_files; $i++) { if (!$info = $z->statIndex($i)) { return new WP_Error('stat_failed_'.$method, __('Could not retrieve file from archive.').' ('.$z->last_error.')');// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } // Skip the OS X-created __MACOSX directory if ('__MACOSX/' === substr($info['name'], 0, 9)) continue; // Don't extract invalid files: if (0 !== validate_file($info['name'])) continue; if (!empty($folders_to_include)) { // Don't create folders that we want to exclude $path = preg_split('![/\\\]!', untrailingslashit($info['name'])); if (isset($path[1]) && !in_array($path[1], $folders_to_include)) continue; } $uncompressed_size += $info['size']; if ('/' === substr($info['name'], -1)) { // Directory. $needed_dirs[] = $to . untrailingslashit($info['name']); } elseif ('.' !== ($dirname = dirname($info['name']))) { // Path to a file. $needed_dirs[] = $to . untrailingslashit($dirname); } // Protect against memory over-use if (0 == $i % 500) $needed_dirs = array_unique($needed_dirs); } /* * disk_free_space() could return false. Assume that any falsey value is an error. * A disk that has zero free bytes has bigger problems. * Require we have enough space to unzip the file and copy its contents, with a 10% buffer. */ if (self::wp_doing_cron()) { $available_space = function_exists('disk_free_space') ? @disk_free_space(WP_CONTENT_DIR) : false;// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Call is speculative if ($available_space && ($uncompressed_size * 2.1) > $available_space) { return new WP_Error('disk_full_unzip_file', __('Could not copy files.').' '.__('You may have run out of disk space.'), compact('uncompressed_size', 'available_space'));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } } $needed_dirs = array_unique($needed_dirs); foreach ($needed_dirs as $dir) { // Check the parent folders of the folders all exist within the creation array. if (untrailingslashit($to) == $dir) { // Skip over the working directory, We know this exists (or will exist) continue; } // If the directory is not within the working directory then skip it if (false === strpos($dir, $to)) continue; $parent_folder = dirname($dir); while (!empty($parent_folder) && untrailingslashit($to) != $parent_folder && !in_array($parent_folder, $needed_dirs)) { $needed_dirs[] = $parent_folder; $parent_folder = dirname($parent_folder); } } asort($needed_dirs); // Create those directories if need be: foreach ($needed_dirs as $_dir) { // Only check to see if the Dir exists upon creation failure. Less I/O this way. if (!$wp_filesystem->mkdir($_dir, FS_CHMOD_DIR) && !$wp_filesystem->is_dir($_dir)) { return new WP_Error('mkdir_failed_'.$method, __('Could not create directory.'), substr($_dir, strlen($to)));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } } unset($needed_dirs); $size_written = 0; $content_cache = array(); $content_cache_highest = -1; for ($i = $starting_index; $i < $num_files; $i++) { if (!$info = $z->statIndex($i)) { return new WP_Error('stat_failed_'.$method, __('Could not retrieve file from archive.'));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } // directory if ('/' == substr($info['name'], -1)) continue; // Don't extract the OS X-created __MACOSX if ('__MACOSX/' === substr($info['name'], 0, 9)) continue; // Don't extract invalid files: if (0 !== validate_file($info['name'])) continue; if (!empty($folders_to_include)) { // Don't extract folders that we want to exclude $path = preg_split('![/\\\]!', untrailingslashit($info['name'])); if (isset($path[1]) && !in_array($path[1], $folders_to_include)) continue; } // N.B. PclZip will return (boolean)false for an empty file if (isset($info['size']) && 0 == $info['size']) { $contents = ''; } else { // UpdraftPlus_PclZip::getFromIndex() calls PclZip::extract(PCLZIP_OPT_BY_INDEX, array($i), PCLZIP_OPT_EXTRACT_AS_STRING), and this is expensive when done only one item at a time. We try to cache in chunks for good performance as well as being able to resume. if ($i > $content_cache_highest && 'UpdraftPlus_PclZip' == $class_to_use) { $memory_usage = memory_get_usage(false); $total_memory = $updraftplus->memory_check_current(); if ($memory_usage > 0 && $total_memory > 0) { $memory_free = $total_memory*1048576 - $memory_usage; } else { // A sane default. Anything is ultimately better than WP's default of just unzipping everything into memory. $memory_free = 50*1048576; } $use_memory = max(10485760, $memory_free - 10485760); $total_byte_count = 0; $content_cache = array(); $cache_indexes = array(); $cache_index = $i; while ($cache_index < $num_files && $total_byte_count < $use_memory) { if (false !== ($cinfo = $z->statIndex($cache_index)) && isset($cinfo['size']) && '/' != substr($cinfo['name'], -1) && '__MACOSX/' !== substr($cinfo['name'], 0, 9) && 0 === validate_file($cinfo['name'])) { $total_byte_count += $cinfo['size']; if ($total_byte_count < $use_memory) { $cache_indexes[] = $cache_index; $content_cache_highest = $cache_index; } } $cache_index++; } if (!empty($cache_indexes)) { $content_cache = $z->updraftplus_getFromIndexBulk($cache_indexes); } } $contents = isset($content_cache[$i]) ? $content_cache[$i] : $z->getFromIndex($i); } if (false === $contents && ('pclzip' !== $method || 0 !== $info['size'])) { return new WP_Error('extract_failed_'.$method, __('Could not extract file from archive.').' '.$z->last_error, json_encode($info));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } if (!$wp_filesystem->put_contents($to . $info['name'], $contents, FS_CHMOD_FILE)) { return new WP_Error('copy_failed_'.$method, __('Could not copy file.'), $info['name']);// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core. } if (!empty($info['size'])) $size_written += $info['size']; do_action('updraftplus_unzip_file_unzipped', $file, $i, $info, $size_written, $num_files); } $z->close(); return true; } } Staff Writers, Author at Smart Office - Page 17 of 43

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    New Slim Samsung Phones

    Samsung, now the world’s third largest mobiles phone producer has expanded its line of handsets in the Australian market adding two new 3G clamshells, a candy bar, a credit card sized handset and a slide.

    The clamshell style Samsung Z510 and Z540), the Z150 bar, the D820 slide-up and the  credit-card sized P300, deliver on Samsung’s strategy to offer premium quality, extraordinary design and essential multimedia features, says Josh Delgado, General Manager of Samsung Mobile.

    Measuring in at only 14.9mm, the Samsung Z510 and Samsung Z540 bring big-screen entertainment to your mobile with 3G connectivity. Both the Samsung Z510 (2.2-inch screen) and the Samsung Z540 (2.3-inch screen) showcase a host of multi-media features on a remarkably sharp 262,000 colour QVGA TFT LCD. 

    Equipped with a 1.3 Megapixel camera and 4x digital zoom, the two phones offers a full spectrum of 3G features, including video telephony, real-time video streaming and video messaging.

    Built in memory is 140MB and the phones all support Bluetooth and USB transfers. Access to mobile music is enhanced with the addition of WMA compatibility and external music keys which allow users to listen to 3D sound quality music content anywhere and at anytime.

    If you’re after 3G access but want an alternative to the clam shell form, Samsung has released the Samsung Z150 bar mobile – the world’s slimmest 3G handset. This ultra-slim mobile is only 9.8mm thin and supports video on demand technology as well as Stereo MP3, Bluetooth, dual VGA camera and 60 minutes video recording.

    The Samsung slider now also comes in slim with the Samsung D820. At a depth of 15.2 mm, the Samsung D820 is the only slim slider on the market.

    With a full line-up of multimedia features including the 1.3 Megapixel camera and Samsung’s 262,000 colour QVGA 2.12-inch screen, 60 minutes VHS quality video recording and messaging the phone supports TV Output, has a Document Viewer and Dual Speakers. The Samsung D820 is functional across all GSM frequency bands and also supports external memory.

    Meanwhile, the Samsung P300 is only 8.9mm thin and measures the size of a credit card.  Packed in to the elegant ultra slim casing includes a 1.3 Megapixel camera with flash, music player, and video recording capabilities.

    Its premium feather-light weight and stylish mini design is sure to turn heads everywhere it goes. Nicknamed “The Card,” the Samsung P300 is perfect for users who desire the most advanced mobile technical features in a slim, unique appearance without sacrificing mobility.  The Samsung P300 will be available in an exclusive and sophisticated leather case that also doubles as an extra battery, bringing total talk time for this mobile to an amazing 12 hours!

    Samsung Slim Range  

    Samsung Z510

    RRP

    $799

    Available

    Now

    Form Factor

    Ultra Slim Clamshell

    Standard

    UMTS 2.1 GHz / GSM / GPRS (900 / 1800 / 1900MHz)

    Camera

    1.3 Megapixel Rotating Camera

    Display

    2.2″ QVGA 262K Colour TFT /1.1″ 96×96 65K Colour TFT

    Features

    60 minutes Video Recording (MPEG4 / H.263)

    Video Telephony, Messaging & Streaming (3G)

    Stereo MP3/ AAC / AAC+ / WMA

    Bluetooth / USB

    Document Viewer

    Bluetooth printing

    Memory

    142MB

    Size

    97 x 52 x 14.9 mm

    Weight

    97g

     

    Samsung Z540

    RRP

    $TBC

    Available

    Coming soon

    Form Factor

    Ultra Slim Clamshell

    Standard

    UMTS 2.1 GHz / GSM / GPRS (900 / 1800 / 1900MHz)

    Camera

    1.3 Megapixel Camera / Internal VGA Camera

    Display

    2.3″ QVGA 240×320 262K Colour TFT, 1.07″ 128×128 65K Colour TFT

    Features

    60 minutes Video Recording (MPEG4 / H.263)

    Video Telephony, Messaging & Streaming (3G)

    Stereo MP3/ AAC / AAC+ / WMA / Real Audio

    Dual Speaker

    Bluetooth / USB

    Document Viewer

    Bluetooth Printing

    Memory

    150MB

    Size

    99 x 50.5 x 14.9 mm

    Weight

    100 g

     

    Samsung  Z150

    RRP

    $TBC

    Available

    Coming soon

    Form Factor

    Ultra Slim Bar

    Standard

    UTMS 2.1GHz / GSM / GPRS (900 / 1800 / 1900MHz)

    Camera

    VGA Dual Camera

    Display

    1.9″ 176×220, 262K Colour TFT

    Features

    60 minutes Video Recording (MPEG4 / H.263)

    Video Telephony, Messaging & Streaming (3G)

    Stereo MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / Real Audio

    Bluetooth / USB

    Memory

    50MB user memory

    Size

    118 x 46.5 x 9.8mm

    Weight

    73g

     

    Samsung D820

    RRP

    $775

    Available

    April

    Form Factor

    Slim Slider

    Standard

    Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850 / 900 / 1800/1900MHz)

    Camera

    1.3 Megapixel Rotating Camera

    Display

    2.12″ QVGA 240×320 262K Colour TFT LCD

    Features

    60 minutes VHS Quality Video Recording & Messaging (MPEG4, H.263)

    Stereo MP3 / AAC /AAC+

    Dual Speaker

    Bluetooth / USB

    Document Viewer

    TV Output

    Bluetooth / Pictbridge printing

    Memory

    73MB Internal

    External: Up to 512MB Trans-Flash

    Size

    99 x 51 x 15.2 mm

    Weight

    90 g

     

    Samsung P300

    RRP

    $TBC

    Available

    Coming soon

    Form Factor

    Ultra Slim Bar

    Standard

    GSM / GPRS (900 / 1800/ 1900MHz)

    Camera

    1.3 Megapixel Camera

    Display

    1.8″ 176×220 262K Colour TFT LCD

    Features

    60 minutes Video Recording and Messaging (MPEG4, H.263)

    Stereo MP3 / AAC / AAC+/ e-AAC+

    Speakerphone

    Bluetooth / USB

    Outlook synchronization with Bluetooth

    Size

    86 x 54 x 8.9 mm

    Weight

    65 g

     

    www.samsung.com.au/mobile

     

    Telstra To Merge Hong Kong Phone Company

    Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo has announced that Hong Kong subsidiary company CSL will be merged with competing phone company New World Holdings as part of a planned push into the China market.

    CSL is an important asset in our portfolio because we have an asset that we can enhance the value of said Trujillo. Part of that strategy is to merge the company with a local competitor.

    He announced that the company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge with New World Mobile Holdings. The debt free merger will result in Telstra owning 76.4 per cent of the merged enterprise with New World owning the remaining 23.6 percent. Telstra will also clear HK$244 ($42m) million in cash as part of the deal

    “CSL is one of the best run mobile companies that I have had a chance to look at,” said Trujillo who said the merged organisation may help to satisfy WTO obligations and allow the company to push into the lucrative China market.

    Telstra, New World Development and New World Mobile Holdings have agreed to a period of exclusivity until 2 December 2005 with a view to reaching final agreement.

    Web Retailers Protected

    Set Top Box vendorHumax has run foul of the Trade Practices Act to the tune of a $150,000 penalty.

    Further to our story that the ACCC had instituted legal proceedings against Humax for price fixing, the company was subsequently penalised $150,000.

    The ACCC instituted legal proceedings in the Federal Court against Humax and Mr Andrew Song, manager of Humax, on 14 February 2005. Humax admitted to four contraventions of the resale price maintenance provisions of the Trade Practices Act.

    Humax admitted it attempted to induce a number of small retailers not to sell Humax high-definition digital set top boxes at a price less than $599.00.

    Justice Merkel in the Federal Court said the penalty could have been higher, but he was lenient due to the cooperation the court received form Humax management. In determining the appropriate penalty to recommend to the court, the ACCC noted Humax’s cooperation in resolving the case and avoiding the expenses and time of a full trial.

    “Following the ACCC first raising the issue with Humax, the company offered to undertake trade practices training for its staff. The company also willingly agreed to court orders requiring the company to undertake compliance training”, Ms Sylvan said. “The ACCC also recognises that the conduct occurred for a short duration of only four days”.

    “$150,000 represents a substantial penalty in the circumstances for contravening the resale price maintenance provisions of the Act for Humax. This penalty should send a message to directors and managers of companies that even engaging in anti-competitive conduct for a short period of time can result in significant consequences”, Ms Sylvan said.

    Humax, through its manager Andrew Song, contacted three retailers in September 2004 by email, by telephone and by leaving a voice message. The retailers were small businesses, trading principally on the internet, located in Melbourne and Perth.

    In addition to the penalty imposed on Humax, Justice Merkel ordered injunctions against Humax preventing it from engaging in similar conduct for a period of three years. He also ordered that Humax establish a trade practices compliance program for its staff. Song, who admitted to being knowingly concerned in each contravention by Humax, was also ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty of $7,500.

    Volante's Selectively Loose Lips

    Takeover target Volante could find itself in trouble with the regulator following a complaint lodged with the takeover panel assisting in monitoring the hostile takeover bid by Commander Communications.

    The unwelcome suitor has complained to the Takeovers Panel that Volante Group has failed to properly inform its shareholders regarding the acquisition it announced last week. Though obliquely mentioned in the company’s Target’s Statement, the Group announced to the ASX last week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire an as-yet unnamed software services company for $5million.

    However, CEO Ian Penman let the fact slip to a Financial Review journalist ahead of time and could run foul of the regulator as a result.

    Commander also believes there are a number of deficiencies in Volante’s Target’s Statement, including inadequate information relating to some potential contracts and insufficient detail on its already announced deal with the South Australian government. Commander is arguing that this failure to properly inform shareholders is preventing them from making informed decisions about whether to sell their stock.

    Commander wants Volante to issue a supplementary statement and undertake corrective advertising, but the Takeovers Panel has not yet decided whether to start proceedings in relation to the application and is probably waiting from a response from Volante before proceeding.

    Kyocera Rolls Out New SMB Laser Printers

    Kyocera Mita has released the FS-1300D monochrome laser printer designed to meet today’s fast-paced small business workgroup and small office printing requirements.

     


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    This compact, high performance desktop printer delivers 28 pages-per-minute and a six-second first print out time, which is critical in business environments where printing tasks are often comprised during short simple document jobs. In addition, its powerful controller and standard 32 MB of memory (upgradeable to 544MB) ensures that large document output needs are also met and processed with high-quality printing efficiency.

    Focused on end-user productivity, the Energy Star Compliant FS-1300D offers two new features; an LED panel, providing users distinct colour indicators to highlight the printer’s status and an innovative Status Monitor, which relays information for the printer directly to a user’s desktop. These features are designed to simplify customer interaction and improve the workflow, performance and productivity within the office.

     

    Further, the FS-1300D offers the user a set of standard and optional features.  These include standard 1200 dpi print resolution for high-quality black and white imaging, standard Hi-Speed 2.0 USB connection, standard 250 sheet output/input trays, standard 50 multipurpose tray, which handles alternative media stock from heavier paper to envelopes and labels, optional 250 sheet paper feeder, with a maximum paper capacity up to 800 sheets, and an optional network interface card which can support IPv6.

    To compliment the FS-1300D, Kyocera has also released the FS-1100. This effective personal printer is so reliable that you can install it and simply forget about it.

    The FS-1300D and FS-1100 have a RRP of $493.90 and $383.90 (Inc GST) respectively. For further information, visit www.kyocera.com.au

     

    Interest Rate Drop Welcomed By Retailers & Vendors

    Following the 0.25% drop in the prime lending cash rate by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), both electronics retailers and vendors are sighing a breath of fresh air.


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    According to Harvey Norman head Gerry Harvey, it’s all part of getting a better end of year result.

    “It will help bring sales up”, notes Harvey, adding that, “it is a very positive thing”.

    However, in note of caution says Harvey, “the only dampener could be just how much bad debts the banks have, which we don’t know exactly how bad that is- maybe they don’t even know how much they are in debt”, quips Harvey.

    Regardless, Harvey notes that, “as long as employment levels stay up, a cut in interest rates would mean that the end of year result will be better than it would have been normally”.

    Over at IT vendor Panasonic, MD Steve Rust was unequivocal at the relationship between lower interest rates and higher consumer electronics.

    “Lower interest rates means higher consumer demand for IT products”, concluded Rust.

    Speaking from Singapore, Sony Australia chief Carl Rose noted that this rate rise is a very welcome fillip”, adding that in the lead up to the Christmas sales rush, as far as products such as TV’s and PSP’s are concerned, any extra money in the pockets of consumers “certainly cant do any harm”.

    A 0.25 per cent cut in rates means that an average mortgage holder with a 25-year loan of $250,000, ends up with about $40 extra a month in the pocket.

    Symantec Earnings Lower With Acquisition Costs

    Security and backup software provider, Symantec reported lower thanyear before earnings for the December 2005 quarter thanks to Veritas acquisition related charges.

    Without those, earnings would have been up 5 per cent on revenues which were up to US$1.15bn from US$695m the year-earlier. Net income was US$90.7m, down from US$163.6m.

    Enterprise security sales rose 7 per cent for the company, though analysts have expressed concerns about the likelihood of Symantec coming under pressure from an increased Microsoft presence in the enterprise security market. On the consumer side, revenues declined as a percentage of the company’s business, accounting for 26 per cent, down 10 per cent due partly to accounting changes. Enterprise revenues represented 21 per cent of revenue.

    The consumer market is another area the company has come under increased pressure from Microsoft, but executives made it clear the company has no intention of ceding this market to Redmond in the wake of its Veritas acquisition. The company plans to invest heavily in consumer marketing this year to take Microsoft head-on.

    Symantec Chief Executive, John Thompson, did concede that Microsoft is likely to grab more marketshare in the consumer space. “But if Microsoft is true to form, over time they will certainly win some share of the marketplace,” he said. “We’re prepared for the battle. I’ve been in the industry 35 years, I’m looking forward to whooping on them again.”

    “We continue to see increasing competition in the enterprise antivirus side of the market,” he said. “Negotiations for new and renewal business, especially in the SMB segment, are consistently aggressive.”

    From the Veritas side of the house, storage management was up 9 per cent and was 23 per cent of total revenue. The Data Protection segment was 26per cent of revenue, up 16per cent. Services revenue was 4per cent of the total and was up 38per cent year-over-year.

     

    Lenovo Launch Win 8 Yoga Ultrabook

    Lenovo has launched its Yoga laptop for Windows 8 on the Australian market. The Yoga 13 is a hybrid ultrabook that is attempting to take full advantage of both the “Metro” touch-tablet version and the desktop version of the software with a flip of the 13-inch screen.


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    The Yoga is a full laptop that has a screen that can be flipped behind the base, turning it into a touch tablet. The Yoga 13 runs full Windows 8 and not the ARM-based tablet-oriented Windows RT.

    The tablet is in fact powered by an Intel Core i5 1.7GHz processor but comes with only 4GB memory. It has a 13-inch 1600 by 900, multitouch display, Windows 8, webcam and Bluetooth connectivity. Pricing starts at $999.

    Hitachi Profit Losses Help It Make Money

    Sometimes doing badly is not really the end of the world. Take Hitachi for example. Although it posted a quarterly loss on slow television sales it said it would rebound to a profit this year with its drives hard drives business, which pushed its shares up 6 per cent.


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    As the biggest Japanese industrial electronics company, Hitachi, said its losses would continue this year in its plasma TVs, however it said next year it would post a profit of US$386 million.

    Hitachi is one of the largest makers of plasma TVs, but is facing strong competition from the likes of Matsushita Electric Industrial and LG Electronics.

    The company said it expected to ship 900,000 plasma TVs in the next 12 months, up from some 850,000 units last year, as it withdraws from some distribution channels in the US and Europe, where the brand name has limited appeal and would instead concentrate on expanding in China and Japan.

    In its hard drives division, where it is third in the world after Seagate and Western Digital, Hitachi is looking to grab market share while cutting its production and distribution costs.