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Calq: quick calculator access for Mac or Windows

CalqCalq is a free, lightweight, shortcut-key accessible calculator for both Mac OS X 10.4+ and Windows 2000/XP. The idea is to give you quick access to math functions without launching another program just to do simple calculations.

Calq can run in your Mac menubar or Windows tray, but you can just have the program run in the background with no icons. You can select a hotkey to launch the calculator, and when you press that hotkey, the Calq window displays for you to enter your calculations.

The program has a few customizable options besides the hotkey combination like screen location of the calculator window, fade effect, and transparency.

[Via MacUpdate]

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Office, OpenOffice.org, Open Source

Download OpenOffice.org 2.3 a few days early

OpenOffice.org 2.3OpenOffice.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 bit more smoothly.

All you have to do is select OpenOffice.org 2.3, choose your operating system and language, and away you go. There are a ton of bug fixes and feature updates since OpenOffice 2.2 was launched. Here are just a few.
  • New export filter for writing Wiki pages
  • Spell check 1 letter words
  • New chart wizard
  • A whole slew of new local data including Jewish holidays in the US, and updated currency in Venezuela
  • Language guessing for unknown text
You can find more updates in the release notes.

[via Ejoh]

Filed under: Business, Finance, Internet, Text, Utilities, Features, Windows, Macintosh, E-mail, Web services, Google, Microsoft, OpenOffice.org, Freeware, Open Source, web 2.0

Web 2 Cool for school - A rundown of online applications for students

Web 2 Cool for school - A rundown of online applications for students.With some students already in school, and some preparing to enter yet another journey into a new semester, let DLS make your studies that much more organized with a few free desktop and web applications that will make your school life that much more enjoyable.

From free document creation applications, online to-do's and organization applications, users are faced with a decision, go for the costly desktop versions and upgrade every few years, or stay ahead of the curve with free web based applications that are constantly updating with new growing feature sets. The choice has never been easier.

This DLS special feature lists out current tools that are floating around the web as highly competitive alternatives for both students and professionals.

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