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Google adds StarOffice to GooglePack (not OpenOffice)

Google PackWant to save $70? Sun's StarOffice application suite would normally set you back that much, but Google has just added StarOffice to Google Pack. For free.

The move is slightly perplexing, as OpenOffice.org is absolutely free, and it's built on StarOffice source code. The main difference between the two office suites is that StarOffice includes some proprietary graphics, fonts, and templates.

It's unlikely that Google's eating $70 for every person that downloads the application. In fact, we doubt Google would have made this move if it had cost the company a single penny, so this could be an expansion of the software distribution agreement that Google and Sun share.

It's worth noting that installing the Google Pack version of StarOffice means you get a Google Search toolbar in all of your StarOffice applications, whether it makes sense or not. Writing up that quarterly report, but you need to check to see what the last movie William H. Macy was in, go ahead and search Google. Or your desktop. Oh yeah, or the document you're working on.

The move does seem to indicate that Google will not be moving its Documents & Spreadsheets applications from the web to the desktop anytime soon. But perhaps we'll see integration between the applications in the future? Perhaps you'll be able to create a spreadsheet using StarOffice and save it both to your desktop and to Google Docs & Spreadsheets online.

[via Google Operating System]

Filed under: Google

Google's new referral bonuses for Google Pack and Picasa

GoogleFor awhile now Google has been giving out referral bonuses to web sites inciting people to join AdSense or download Firefox with the Google Toolbar. Last week the AdSense team announced on its blog that they're expanding the referral program to include Google Pack and Picasa, Google's multi-purpose freeware bundle and photo management software, respectively. Web sites referring first-time users to Picasa will get $1 for every install, and for Google Pack the bounty is up to $2. For more information on the referral scheme, visit the AdSense Help Center.

[Via Ars Technica]

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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