August 23rd, 2007
This week online office suite company Zoho announced that they have used Google’s Gears technology and API to give Writer some offline capabilities:
Zoho announced early this morning that they’ve taken the first steps toward making Zoho Writer available as an offline app using the Google Gears tool. Initially the docs saved offline will be read […]
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July 11th, 2007
CrossLoop is a simple and easy remote access and control application that I’ve tried and used before…with great results. I got an e-mail from them this week letting me know that some new features were on the way. Profy.com beat me to the punch with a review…
So what’s new in this release? First of all, […]
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July 9th, 2007
I like using open-source and commercial software. Sometimes when you’re trying to get someone set up on a new machine and you just have to have something like Photoshop, what are you going to do? If they are only going to use it once and a while (or just once) why buy it?
There are great […]
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July 3rd, 2007
Just last week the question of whether Facebook could be used as a collaboration tool on the cheap. Now Zoho has announced that it released a Facebook application to connect to its online office suite:
Also included in the release is a central control panel where users can manage all of their private and shared documents […]
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June 28th, 2007
Looking for an RSS reader for your Blackberry? Something powerful, free, and loaded with your favourite blogs? Well I have the application for you, Viigo:
That’s why we’re so excited about our partnership with Virtual Reach Inc., which has a cool mobile application called Viigo that makes it easy to read blogs while on the go.
Using […]
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June 18th, 2007
I jumped on the Office 2007 bandwagon pretty early. Not right away, but I knew I would like it from the early betas. One problem, though, is that Office 2007 started using XML-based format. Great for Office 2007 users (the file sizes are much smaller), bad if you work with the rest of the world […]
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May 30th, 2007
I got an e-mail from the folks at MindJet today letting me know that MM7 was now available. Disclosure: Because of my participation in the beta and other MM7 events I received a free license to MM7 Pro.
MindManager 7 helps users and workgroups “mind map” — lay out concepts and manage information visually. The technique […]
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May 30th, 2007
If you’re feeling adventurous, GHacks tells us that Firefox 2.0.4 is out. I downloaded it, installed it, and everything seems to be hunky dory. Give it a shot early or just wait until the update is pushed out.
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May 30th, 2007
Sometimes, okay often, I download ISO files I need to burn onto CD or DVD. Generally these are Linux builds that I’m trying out, but you can also backup your computer and save that as an ISO. An ISO, btw, is a disk image file. It’s a compact version that is expanded onto a disk […]
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May 29th, 2007
For all of us who made the jump to Vista or got a machine with Vista pre-installed, you might know that the only third-party firewall that is compatible with Vista has been a Symantec product. I’m not a huge fan of Norton Internet Security. In fact I tend to cringle when I […]
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