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- org: OpenOffice 3 not delayed, still on track for September
- org: OpenOffice 3 not delayed, still on track for SeptemberWow sounds goodI'm still using 2.2 on my work system, but 2.3 is great.Looking forward to 3.0.Um...mid September is summer?"...blasted reports out of Germany — that the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is going to be delayed from the summer of 2008...
- Tags: OpenOffice 3, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
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- Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework
- Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- October promises to be hot month for Drupal, Mono, OpenOffice, Ubuntu
- October is promising to be a big month for open source releases. As the page on the calendar turned, Acquia launched of its commercially supported version of the popular Drupal open source social publishing system. And over the weekend, Novell-sponsored Mono project announced the...
- Tags: Mono, Ubuntu, Drupal, October, Linux, OpenOffice, .Net, Open Source, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Mac ready the enterprise?
- Mac ready the enterprise?My work MacBook Pro just experienced this very problem...My work MacBook Pro just experienced this very problem. When I'm at home I connect it to my external 22" CRT, keyboard, mouse, etc. It stays there until I get back to work where I use it...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Notebooks, laptop computer, video, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Pragma Translator (exe)
- Pragma 5.x is a multilingual text translator for many Windows applications. You may easily translate Web pages, e-mail, large documents, helps and any texts in many popular applications. The software evidently translates Web pages in Internet Explorer, FireFox, AOL, Netscape, e-mail messages in Outlook, Outlook Express, difficultly formatted documents in...
- Tags: Trident Software, Web Page, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, StarOffice, Groupware, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-01
- Free lunches for schools?
- Finally, I succumbed to the siren song of Linux and OpenOffice and built myself a computer lab from old donated machines using only some blank CDs from WalMart, the latest Breezy Badger release of Kubuntu (www.kubuntu.org), and a bunch of very wary students. by Christopher Dawson
- Tags: Kubuntu, CD, Computer, Linux, Productivity, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- The kids like Vista
- The kids like VistaWhy did you toss that in?You were doing well until you reached:Most kids have largely recognized what only a small number of adults have come to grips with: the OS is irrelevant. It’s all about the web browser, folks. Google Docs, Zoho, and OpenOffice all work quite...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- The kids like Vista
- While the reviews are mixed from teachers as I finish up the rollout of new Vista-running PCs, the reviews from students are almost universally positive. Maybe it's their fascination with shiny objects (most people will agree that Vista is, at least, pretty), but I think it says a lot...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Web Browser, Kid, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debate
- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debateWhich side attacked?I have the impression that requiring Microsoft to go through the standards process was an attempt to make it more difficult to sell Office. The strategy: governments and perhaps other organizations could mandate that formats used for saving documents had...
- Tags: Vertical industries, XML, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., government, Microsoft Office, Open Office XML debate, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Taking a Bott beating
- My colleague Ed Bott, who writes the Windows column for ZDNet, takes issue with the problem solving approach that I used when I went about migrating my friend Christine's old PC over to Vista. From the nature of the talkbacks to that original post, I would...
- Tags: PC, Ed Bott, USB, Christine, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMware
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareAs if...As if Apple, Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and every other MS competitor don't refer to their anti-MS playbook every single day.What exactly is your point with this article, Mary Jo Foley?RE: Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareBeside the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., Linux, anti-Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Microsoft, this is how you can deal with Google
- Microsoft, this is how you can deal with GoogleScotty! I need that Powerset engine onlinen now!I figure that is what Ballmer is saying to MS' Live Search group - Star Trek style. From what I've read, Bill Gates himself is playing close attention to the matter. Once Powerset is at...
- Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-20
- Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.
- Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.In fairness......no-one likes you at all.re: I WAS a PC[i]I WAS a PC... And I am in my daily life. Got tired of the constant care, feeding, and BS associated with it.Now I'm a Mac and make my living fixing the PC mess.[/i]Ohh,...
- Tags: Desktops, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, advertisement, PC, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.5
- Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.5Updated on my MacBookPro with no problems.I have updated my MacBookPro yesterday and I didn't experience any problems. Remember that 10.5.5 update will require two reboots, at least that what I experienced on my MacBookPro.I have used my MacBookPro with my normal applications and I didn't...
- Tags: Desktops, Mac OS 10.5.5, Apple Macintosh, MacbookPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- App Store "duplicate functionality" forced underground
- App Store "duplicate functionality" forced undergroundAnti Competitive monopolistic behaviorThis is typical anti-competitive behavior. Locking operating system to hardware platform and then killing off all competition by controlling what gets installed. What if Microsoft didn't allow firefox or any other to be installed on windows because it duplicated Internet Explorer's functionality....
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Orwellian, App Store, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Might Ubuntu and Firefox part ways because of the dreaded EULA?
- Might Ubuntu and Firefox part ways because of the dreaded EULA?Let Mozilla put the EULA on their start pageIf they want it, they can host it.Increasing awareness is not always a good thingCancer, for instance.I'm in the "it's no big deal" camp.We're talking about trademark usage here, not use of...
- Tags: Web browsers, EULA, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Ubuntu should not copy the Mac
- Ubuntu should not copy the MacUbuntu does not want to be OS XI agree ubuntu should not try to copy the Mac, but my own understanding is that copying the Mac is not Mark Shuttleworth's intention. What he wants to copy is Apple's knack for designing intuitive, productive interfaces. The...
- Tags: Linux, Desktops, Operating systems, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Ubuntu, Palm Inc., Apple Macintosh, Canonical
- Discussion threads 2008-09-14
- Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a facelift
- Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use. Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, KDE, GTK, Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk, Canonical, open source, Gnome
- News items 2008-09-12
- The coolest bits of classroom tech I've ever seen
- I met with a representative from Turning Technologies today. While many of you may have had the opportunity to use interactive response systems (so-called "clickers"), we're finally moving into the 21st century; now that we have reasonable computing facilities at all of our schools, our goal is to fully...
- Tags: Response System, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, Management, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
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