OpenOffice.org 3 launched
The developers behind the popular open source office productivity suite OpenOffice.org have launched the latest version.
OpenOffice.org is in version 3.0 now and it is available as a free download.
The latest updated edition can now open and read Microsoft Office 2007 file formats.
However, it still is unable to write files in that [...]
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Candidate 2 out
The developers behind the open source Office productivity suite OpenOffice.org have now made available the OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Candidate 2 edition.
They are now however recommending the users to deploy this edition for production purposes.
OpenOffice.org is one of the most popular alternatives to MS Office suite for home users.
Checkout the changelog [...]
Web-based Office Suite Woos Enterprise Users with Blend of SaaS, Desktop Advantages
Office 2.0 Conference 2008
ZoooS LLC today previewed ZoooS Office, a web-based office suite that puts OpenOffice.org 3.0 in a browser, targeting enterprise, SMB, and individual users alike with a blend of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and desktop advantages.
ZoooS revealed its suite at this week’s Office [...]
openSUSE 11.0 released
The developers behind the openSUSE Project have released the latest version of this Linux distribution.
The blog post announcing the release claims that this edition comes with more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE.
They have redesigned the installer to make it more user friendly.
It comes with options to install GNOME 2.22, [...]
Must have utilities on a Windows machine!
We would be listing some applications we believe are a must have for a home computer with Windows operating system!
Pidgin
You can have 5 different messengers running on your machine at one single time or you can just run Pidgin! Of course, this open source application lack some features (like [...]
Microsoft support for ODF points to struggle with OOXML
Microsoft shocked market analysts by recently announcing that they would soon start supporting the open source format ODF in their MS Office productivity suite.
This is a surprising announcement coming from Microsoft as they have been promoting their own OOXML format since quite some time.
The format has been [...]
EU to look into Microsoft’s announcement to support ODF in Office
Microsoft has surprised market experts by announcing that they would soon add inbuilt functionality in MS Office suite to let the user edit and access ODF format files.
The company aims to support this open source format by early next year in their own office productivity [...]
Microsoft to add support for ODF in Microsoft Office!
Software giant Microsoft has announced that they would soon begin supporting document formats generated by rival office productivity suites.
The company said that sometime next year they would release updates to enable the user of MS Office to open and edit ODF file format files.
Erich Anderson, vice president [...]
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta released
The developers behind the OpenOffice.org project have now released the first beta of version 3.0.
This new updated version comes loaded with features like ODF 1.2 support, Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters, charting enhancements, improved note capabilities in Writer, new icons, enhanced pdf export, multi-monitor support for impress, and a start center.
There is [...]
OpenOffice.org 2.4 update released
The developers behind the popular open source office application OpenOffice have released the latest version.
OpenOffice is now in version 2.4 and it is available as a free download for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
The developers said that this update is mostly an incremental upgrade with small feature updates in the applications [...]
