Zoho Writer: Yet another web-based word processor

by Marc Perton Oct 3rd 2005

Move over Writely, there's a new editor in town. Zoho Writer, a new web-based word processor is now out in Alpha release, and includes both solo and shared editing capabilities. The developers, which produce the $295 Zoho Virtual Office, promise additional features as the program progresses, including importing and exporting Microsoft Word files. For now, you can create and edit documents and save them on Zoho's servers. Zoho has also released a beta of Zoho Planner, which looks a lot like Backpack (though, given its reliability and regular updates, I'll stick with Backpack for now).

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Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

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