Sun Microsystems supports and distributes OpenOffice.org. The name OpenOffice is registered to another entity. Originally created as StarOffice, StarDivision sold its product to Sun Microsystems in 1999. Sun Microsystems made the product available as open source in 2001. As open source, individuals can freely report issues or offer suggestions for future updates. OpenOffice.org is available in dozens of languages. It has been very highly rated by Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON, Oct 14, 2008 (ASCRIBE NEWS via COMTEX) --
-- Texas Instruments (TI) and VirtualLogix, a real-time virtualization
company, announced they have collaborated to deliver the first software
solution that introduces control- and management-plane capability to TI
digital signal processors (DSPs) targeted for wireless base stations.
The companies said the capability enables base station original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to use TI's Read the rest of this entry »

Historically, the high-end of the market has enjoyed a choice from a
number of product offerings. However, these data migration products have
proven to be too expensive for mid-range companies to employ. AutoVirt
software will leverage its automated virtualization technology to provide
mid-range IT Managers with a sophisticated, yet easy to use, transparent data
migration solution. With AutoVirt, these IT Managers will no longer have to
devote Read the rest of this entry »

The Apple iMac, Apple Mac Pro, Apple MacBook Pro and other Macintosh desktops and notebooks are increasingly replacing Windows-based PCs in the enterprise. IT professionals need to know how to provide great Mac support in their organization. In this Knowledge Center article, contributor Ivan Drucker gives the Windows-oriented IT professional some hands-on techniques and advice about how to support the Apple iMac, Apple Mac Pro, Apple MacBook Pro and Read the rest of this entry »

that impressed us despite its modest components. Now the Windows XP Home version of Aspire One is here, packed with a larger
hard drive and more RAM. Though it isn't superswift, the latest Aspire One is a fine machine at a fantastic price.
The sizes and prices of models in the mini-notebooks category continue to escalate, but the Aspire One comes in at just US$349.
That's $100 less than the next-lowest-priced XP-based model,
. Acer's well-constructed, Read the rest of this entry »

There's little question that Linux on laptops (and on PCs in general) is no longer nearly as complicated or painful as it used to be. The new problem is whether notebook manufacturers are going to readily offer Linux to consumers -- both regular folks on the street and corporate clients -- outside of designated niches.
That said, there is one rapidly emerging bright spot: the new class of "netbooks" -- low-cost notebook machines that use Linux as Read the rest of this entry »

If you write software for the Mac, you must obey Apple's rules. Period. End of statement. If you write software for Windows, you have more lee-way, but Microsoft pretty much calls the shots. If you write software for Linux though you can pretty much do whatever you want, except, of course, you shouldn't. Because if you do re-invent the wheel every time you write for Linux, we end up with software that doesn't work or play well with other Linux software. Read the rest of this entry »

BANGALORE, INDIA: Indigo Byte Systems has announced the release of a new version of its
help-authoring tool, Dr.Explain 3.1 which is a software documentation tool that captures snapshots of live application screens and automatically recognizes and annotates all significant controls: buttons, text fields, menus, options, and other ones.
Until the version 3.1, many software developers and vendors have been using the Dr.Explain to document their Read the rest of this entry »

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No longer content to extol the virtues of Vista to customers in its “I’m a PC” campaign, Microsoft has now raised the specter of an “Apple Tax.” This coincides with
Tuesday, with prices as low as $999.
, Brad Brooks, Microsoft vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing had this comment:
…But, we’re also looking at the different things that you can get with Windows, and understanding what Read the rest of this entry »

that impressed us despite its modest components. Now the Windows XP Home version of Aspire One is here, packed with a larger
hard drive and more RAM. Though it isn't superswift, the latest Aspire One is a fine machine at a fantastic price.
The sizes and prices of models in the mini-notebooks category continue to escalate, but the Aspire One comes in at just US$349.
That's $100 less than the next-lowest-priced XP-based model,
. Acer's well-constructed, Read the rest of this entry »