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- News to know: Facebook; Psystar Chapter 11; Intel; Twitter API; Nokia's Ovi Store
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investor Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Psystar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., API, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operational Planning, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear
- Since the Oracle acquisition of Sun, there’s been no official word yet on the road map for Star Office. Oracle says it’s vision is to deliver an integrated system from applications to disk, ostensibly a commitment to an OpenOffice.org productivity suite. Yet, that’s not a foregone conclusion. Star Office was just...
- Tags: Desktop, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Sun adds Apple native support to StarOffice 9
- Sun on Monday announced that StarOffice 9 was available with native Mac OS X support. The company's latest StarOffice statement gets a revamp throughout and makes it easier to edit PDF files, blog and publish wikis. It also supports Open Document Format, Microsoft Office--legacy and OOXML files--and...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., StarOffice, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?
- Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of StarOffice and Symphony based on the new OO 3 release and have a...
- Tags: Desktop, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, IBM Corp., Symphony 1.2, Conversion Tool, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Sun StarOffice 9 to launch Nov 19, OpenOffice 3 launch on Oct 13
- Sun StarOffice 9 to launch Nov 19, OpenOffice 3 launch on Oct 13who MS Office thenWe are switching to Open Office with this new version. No more dollars for MS Office when OO is free.RE: Sun StarOffice 9 to launch Nov 19, OpenOffice 3 launch on Oct 13I still...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Sun StarOffice 9, Nov 19, Oct 13, OpenOffice 3, Microsoft Office, Nov, Oct, StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Sun StarOffice 9 to launch Nov 19, OpenOffice 3 launch on Oct 13
- Sun is expected to launch a major upgrade of StarOffice based on the new OpenOffice 3.0 on November 19, sources said. OpenOffice 3.0 is set to be officially launched in Paris on October 13. Sun's StarOffice 9 will be available in late November. More to...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice 3.0, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- So what do teachers really want in a computer?
- So what do teachers really want in a computer?Office...with the Linux and Windows systems it would probably be best to go with OpenOffice, as it can open .docx, odf, alongside .doc, and the Macs should have at least Neo/OpenOffice for odf and possibly iWork if the teacher requests it.following that,...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, computer, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Buy techies with trust and freedom, not dollars
- Rewarding techies This is the 12th excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. The biggest problem you will face in hiring a good CIO is that, in systems, failure succeeds and success fails. In IT:...
- Tags: Job, CIO, Information Technology, Finance, Help Desk, Call Centers, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, It Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- 'Scandal' over Norway's vote for OOXML
- 'Scandal' over Norway's vote for OOXMLOh Please!You know what, there are a million things more important than this format issue.At the end of the day, instead of asking or negotiating with MS to submit XLS and DOC to ISO, someone decided thata) Microsoft is evilb) Binary formats are badc) XML...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OPEN SOURCE, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates
- Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill GatesI wouldn't disagree with anything that was saidBusiness is war and in war, life is harsh.Many of us would like to think that companies are in business for altruistic reasons and indeed many founders might have such thinking... but once a company becomes public,...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Operating systems, TV network, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-16
- Barcode Macros for OpenOffice and StarOffice 6.02 (Windows)
- Add barcodes to OpenOffice and StarOffice with IDAutomation's VB macros and free barcode font tools. Barcodes supported include Postnet, Code 3 of 9, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 93, Code 128, UPC, EAN, UCC-128 and MSI. Tutorial includes Calc, Base and Writer examples.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Font, IDAutomation, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-14
- Google kicks Microsoft where it hurts, again
- Google kicks Microsoft where it hurts, againGet it Right ...Staroffice is available from SUN in which you get support and addition templates, graphics for the $70 USD.OpenOffice is the same core, with no support. other than thru the community, but it is FREE.GOOGLE has been supporting the OpenOffice version.Message has...
- Tags: OpenOffice, StarOffice, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-11
- IT: where success fails, and failure succeeds
- In reviewing discussions responding to last weeks "what users want" theme I was struck by the extent to which most of us get so wrapped up in fighting alligators that we completely forget about draining the swamp. Fortunately theres always somebody willing to remind us - in...
- Tags: Sun, IT Retardants, Enterprise Policy, General
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- Could a startup beat Microsoft and Google to market with a 'cloud OS'?
- A Swedish, venture-backed startup believes it can beat both Microsoft and Google in bringing a "cloud OS" product to market. A "Cloud OS" is what Microsoft officials have described as the back-end infrastructure that will power its growing family of Live services. And -- in spite of repeated public...
- Tags: Linux, Web 2.0, Office, Corporate strategy, Office Live, Windows Live
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Google spreadsheet moves it further away from search
- Google spreadsheet moves it further away from searchit's all about search....This doesn't move google farther away from search, it's all very much related to search. Google is constantly looking for more content to index. Mail, word processing, excel, personals, classifieds are all mainstream content creation tools that satisfy...
- Tags: StarOffice, PRODUCTIVITY, OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, C/NET, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- States struggling to deal with digital documents
- States struggling to deal with digital documentsPortabilityOfficial records should be platform and application independent. Kudos to Massachusetts for being the first and the best of luck to Minnesota. Hope this is just the beginning.Mass HolesThey can't even figure out if they are coming or going never mind set...
- Tags: SECURITY, data format, open standard, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-25
- Lighting a fire under Solaris
- Lighting a fire under Solaris9.5? You're being quite generous....More like 5.. Almost no humour to it at all.This is a non-issueI mean really, who cares? It doesn't matter as most of the world runs Microsoft Solutions. I really don't care what software I use as long as it's produced by...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- Firing back at Phil Waineright
- Firing back at Phil WainerightMixed feelings....I can see both sides of the issue here. As for the adoption rate of OpenOffice, it really doesn't come down to price. It comes down to "mindset of the user" and "features". Most PC users still have no clue about OpenOffice....
- Tags: firing, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
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