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 announcement. Read the comments on the Digg post to ...

by Marc Orchant on Oct 20th 2005 8:48AM

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MobiTV provides something like basic cable for your mobile device. It was released for the Treo 650 (sorry 600 users, not yet) on Friday. Subscriptions run $9.99 per month. How does it work? Short answer - pretty darn well. No, the picture quality is not as good as watching an AVI on the ...

by Marc Orchant on Sep 13th 2005 2:00PM

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Rumors are flying fast and furious that Google is jumping into the instant messaging and VOIP game. Beginning with a carefully couched piece in Sunday's New York Times by John Markoff, the fever pitch of speculation that Google plans to follow the release of Google Desktop 2 with an instant ...

by Marc Orchant on Aug 23rd 2005 5:48PM

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Y'know... with all of the similarities between Windows XP and Mac OS, it amazes me that Microsoft has never figured out that it might be helpful to be able to see the size of a folder in Windows Explorer. Sure, you can right click on the folder and get its properties but that's more clicks than I ...

by Marc Orchant on Aug 22nd 2005 1:18PM

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If you don’t know what it means to tail a log file, please skip right over this post. It will be entirely unintersting. If, OTOH, you need to monitor the goings-on on one or more servers and are tired of wrestling with miles-long log files, you’re going to love this tool. From the ...

by Marc Orchant on Aug 13th 2005 12:25PM

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Here's a great piece of shareware. DeskMount adds a shortcut to your Windows desktop whenever you mount a removable drive and removes the shortcut when you unount it. The Lite version (free) supports CD-type media. The commercial version (approximately $6.00 USD or 5 Euros) adds support for ...

by Marc Orchant on Jul 25th 2005 9:15AM

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C|Net is reporting that WinZip Computing has been purchased by Vector Capital, a turnaround specialist that previously bought Corel Corp., took the company private, and restored it to profitability. WinZip has never charged for upgrades or new versions, a common practice in the software ...

by Marc Orchant on Jul 18th 2005 12:05PM

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This looks like a great addition for Skype users. Pamela is a "personal assistant" for Skype that offers a bevy of features to handle Skype calls and IM's. Three versions are available. The Basic version is free. The Standard edition is 6 Euros (approximately $7.25 USD). The Professional ...

by Marc Orchant on Jul 18th 2005 4:44AM

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SplashData has been developing handheld software for a long time. SplashID is my password manager of choice, offering great usability on the small screen combined with an excellent desktop application. SplashID is available for either Windows or Mac OS X. Handheld platform support is outstanding and ...

by Marc Orchant on Jul 15th 2005 8:03AM

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Pluck, a bookmarks, RSS feed and search manager, is now available in public beta for Firefox. Pluck has been available for some time for Internet Explorer and it's great to see support for Firefox as well. Here are some of the key features in the new Firefox release: ...

by Marc Orchant on Jul 14th 2005 8:12AM

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