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Must-have OpenOffice extensions
It seems that no list is complete without being labeled as 'Must Have' these days, but we'll let you decide as to how indispensable these OpenOffice extensions listed by Linux.com really are. In the spotlight are extensions that add tabbed windows, a ...
New OpenOffice bug affects Mac, Linux, as well as Windows
ZDNet UK is reporting that a just-discovered bug in OpenOffice can victimize versions of the software running on Mac and Linux in addition to Windows. The bug allows an attacker to use malformed TIFF images to run malicious code on the user's ...
OpenOffice 2.2 patches up vulnerabilities
While we're still waiting for an official note on the OpenOffice homepage, it looks like version 2.2 is up on their FTP site. So what's new? Well first off, there's a couple of vulnerability fixes. Users who open untrusted WordPerfect or StarCalc ...
Google actively supporting OpenOffice?
When Google and Sun announced their partnership last month, it looked
like a fairly small-scale deal, designed more to boost Sun's profile
than to actually do anything specific to benefit either company. But
now it looks like Google may be doing a ...
Speed up OpenOffice by killing JRE
I've never found OpenOffice to be particularly sluggish; it may take a
few seconds to launch, but once running, it seems about as swift as any
other major office suite. However, the Inq recently harshed
on the suite, citing other users who've ...
No OpenOffice 2.0 today
Today OpenOffice celebrates it's 5th birthday. Congrats! Sadly, the 2.0 release isn't quite ready. Developer Stefan Taxhet explains on his blog, "it would have been nice to release OpenOffice.org 2.0 at the 13th of October. But in the last ...
How to speed up OpenOffice
From the "if we really thought about it we would have been able to figure this out on our own" department comes a handy tip for speeding up OpenOffice.org -- by increasing its memory use. The open source Microsoft Office alternative is great if ...
OpenOffice 2.0 showing up on mirrors
Digg.com has links to a number of mirror sites with the final,
official release of OpenOffice 2.0. The
main project site still lists 2.0 as a Release Candidate but mirror sites are
apparently being populated in preparation for an official ...
OpenOffice 2.0 now available for Mac
It's only a few days late, and it's not quite the final version (it's
RC3), but a relatively stable version of OpenOffice.org 2.0 is now
available for Mac users. While this is still an X11-based version, it
does away with the cumbersome installer ...
OpenXML Translator launched
Version 1.0 of the OpenXML document translator launched this past Friday. This initiative translates native document formats into OpenOffice and Microsoft Office. The translator will work between Microsoft's OpenXML, and OpenOffice's OpenDocument ...
AppleWorks for Windows - Freaky Friday Find
I remember
Claris. What a great little tool, ClarisWorks. Then Apple snarfed the company back up, and it became AppleWorks. And let's face it, aside from an ugly port to OS X, AppleWorks
has remained the "free with your iBook" crappy Office ...
Microsoft testing Office 2008 on Macs
Mac users seem to always get it last, and this upcoming version of Office 2008 is no exception. The team at Microsoft has been testing the next version of Office for Mac which is scheduled to be out in the middle of this year, and luckily adds some ...
Microsoft collaborates with Lindows... err Linspire
Linspire is a Linux distribution designed for Windows users looking to switch to an open source operating system. It comes pre-loaded with software to make the user experience as close to Windows as possible. In fact, Linspire used to bear the name ...
Download OpenOffice.org 2.3 a few days early
OpenOffice.org 2.3 will officially be released on Monday. But if you're the impatient sort, you can download it this weekend. The software has been distributed to download mirrors including OSUOSL a few days early in order to make launch day run a ...
OpenOffice.org 2.4 released
OpenOffice.org 2.4 final is now available for download. Just not from the official OpenOffice.org web page, which is still offering a choice between version 2.3. 1 and release candidate 6 for OpenOffice.org 2.4. But you can find a download link for ...
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
