OpenSUSE 11.2 now available for download
openSUSE developers have released the latest version of this freely available Linux distribution.
openSUSE is in version 11.2 now.
It comes with KDE 4.3 as its default Windows Manager. Users retain the option to use it with GNOME and other alternatives like XFCE.
The GNOME edition with this release [...]

IBM tell employees to use Symphony over Microsoft Office
Industry reports say that IBM has instructed all their employees to use Symphony office productivity suite over Microsoft Office.
A lot of their employees were already using Symphony but others would have to switch unless they have specific reasons to stick with MS Office.
IBM Symphony [...]

Microsoft now owns Office.com domain name
Microsoft has plans to make available a web based edition of MS Office for the users of their software suite.
The company has just acquired ownership of the domain name Office.com which experts believe could be the home of the web version of Microsoft Office.
Office.com was previously owned by [...]

OpenOffice.org 3.1 to feature new Chart features
A developer at Sun Ingrid Halama has posted a blog post about the new Chart related features in the upcoming OpenOffice.org 3.1 update.
Three major feature updates are showcased:
Flexible positioning of axes and axis labels
Plotting of missing values
Right to left Charts & Bi-directional writing
Checkout: New Chart features in OpenOffice.org [...]

PlusOffice Mac for Mac OS X announced
OpenZone has announced that they are developing PlusOffice Mac productivity suite for the Apple Mac platform.
They aim to launch this software package sometime next month for the Intel powered apple macs.
The developers said that the suite would be an open source offering and it would share code [...]

OpenSolaris 2008.11 released
The developers behind the OpenSolaris operating system have released the latest version.
OpenSolaris 2008.11 is now available for download.
OpenSolaris 2008.11 comes loaded with Firefox 3, Gnome 2.24 and OpenOffice 3 in addition to a complete web stack.
System requirements are pretty modest at: 512 MB of RAM and 2.6 GB of [...]

Sun StarOffice 9 comes with native support for Mac OS X
Sun Microsystems has announced that they have added native support for Mac OS X in StarOffice 9.
The company has massively improved this latest offering as it now adds support for editing PDF Files.
It can also be used for blogging and publishing Wikis.
Of course, it [...]

Ulteo makes available OpenOffice 3 in a Web browser
Ulteo has announced that they are now letting their users access fully functional OpenOffice 3.0 in a web browser.
It requires no download of any software as the application is accessible from a web browser.
It works with Firefox and Internet Explorer and requires Java.
Checkout: Ulteo powers the online [...]

Ergonis Software today announced the release of Typinator 3.2, the latest version of its highly acclaimed tool for auto-typing text and auto-correcting typos. The new version will particularly intrigue FileMaker developers. With Typinator 3.2 FileMaker developers realize an unprecedented increase of productivity. Function names together with their parameters can now be inserted ultra-fast by typing [...]

OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the first Mac Native version
OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now out and available for download.
One of the most important news for the Apple Mac users is that this version is a Mac native application.
This means that the Apple Mac users would not be required to install X11 which is a Unix windowing environment.
However, this [...]