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StarOffice 8 release date slips
News Sun exec says date was changed to allow the company to launch new versions of other desktop products on the same date.
Tags: Linux, Linux desktop OS
IT giants accused of exploiting open source
News Top EU official accuses major companies that sell open-source software of treating open-source developers as subcontractors.
Tags: Open source
Putting together an upgrade plan
Techguide Getting new and better technology is great, but making the transition-- especially when the company is also growing, downsizing or restructuring--canbe painful. Here's how an organized upgrade strategy can ease that pain.
Get a multi-item clipboard with Glipper
Techguide The productivity application allows users to store and re-use clipboard contents, and retains clipboard history across sessions.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Fedora Project, KDE, Hotkey, GNOME, Item, Tool, Apple Mac OS X, applet
Windows 7 XP Mode enters RC
News XP Mode, the Windows 7 add-on that will allow users with the proper hardware to run virtual version of Windows XP within Windows 7, has entered Release Candidate status.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, USB, Microsoft Windows 7, antivirus, release candidate, Microsoft Windows XP, productivity application, Microsoft Windows
OpenOffice patches file-processing flaws
News An update to the productivity suite, found on the Asus Eee and other Netbooks, has been issued to fix two problems that could let outsiders in.
Tags: Office suites, Notebooks and tablets, Security, Open source, Linux, OpenOffice, Acer Inc., OpenOffice.org, Arbitrary Code Execution, Flaw
IE plug-in enables secure-document viewing
News Microsoft releases a browser add-on for secure Office file viewing.
Vienna to softly embrace Linux
News Open source wins another local-government convert, with soft migrations to Linux imminent within the Austrian capital.
Tags: Open source
ThinkFree to take Web documents offline
News A planned premium version, priced between US$5 and US$10 per user per month, will allow customers to work with documents offline.
Tags: Web sites, Office suites
OpenOffice nears download milestone
News The open-source productivity application OpenOffice.org has been downloaded almost 50 million times since the project was started.
Tags: Office suites, Open source
Microsoft 'must support OpenDocument'
News Microsoft will have no choice but to offer support for OpenDocument, industry analysts and open-source advocates say.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Open source
Google lays foundations for Office rival
News The search giant has acquired a hosted word processing site in what could be the start of a move to take on Microsoft's Office and Office Live suites.
Tags: Office suites, Open source
Bugs plague Microsoft, Netscape, Sun
News Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Netscape Communications started off the week battling two different security exploits, one of which exposes a computer's contents and the other of which makes computers vulnerable to a complete takeover.
StarOffice 8 goes beta
Insight Sun's new beta version of its office productivity application StarOffice 8 provides improved compatibility with Microsoft Office files and a new database front-end tool.
Tags: Office suites, Open source
Microsoft: Office '10 years ahead' of OpenOffice
News OpenOffice.org developer refutes Microsoft executive's claims, pointing out that OpenOffice offers freedom--something that Microsoft Office will never have.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Microsoft Office, Open source
