OpenOffice.org ver.3 is a freely available, full-featured office suite. OpenOffice can be run on number of different Operating Systems. It supports OpenDocument (ODF) format and Microsoft Office office( ‘97 - 2003) document format as a file format. The software suite includes word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools similar to the Microsoft Office suite.
Cisco announced its desire to acquire Jabber, provider of Messaging solution. The acquisition will help Cisco compete with Microsoft in communication market. Jabber’s open source messaging solution enables enterprise communication system across different communication servers like Microsoft Office and IBM Lotus Sametime. Jabber also integrates with online mail and IM services from AOL, Google, and Yahoo.
Bob Sutor, IBM’s VP of open source and standards said at the Black Hat conference at Las Vegas that user should pay attention to design Linux interface less like windows. The UI design should comprise some unique and cool features. IBM joined hands with Linux distributors Red Hat, Novell, and Canonical at Linuxworld the day before to build “Microsoft-free PCs for business.”
Friendstar is one of the early social networking sites which was overshadowed in recent times by mySpace and facebook. The company will announce Tuesday a new chief executive, Richard Kimber, the regional managing director of South Asia for Google and $20 million of new funding. Also, they are going to have a fresh look on Asia.
Vito Technology released Task2Gather, an Online task management tool based on web 2.0 technology and it is free service. Users can sign in to the service and start organizing their to-do tasks right away. Users can get a paid subscription if they require additional services like reports, file attachments, advanced security, and RSS, among many other features. The client version for Apple iPhone or Win Mobile client is coming soon.
Since the release of iPhone there is a rush to launch new Mobilesite. Digg took advantage of it and launched its new mobile site m.digg.com. All graphics and other unnecessary information has been completely disabled off this data, allowing it to load on a mobile device as quickly as possible.
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The popular social bookmarking service Del.icio.us launched today. It’s a complete redesign of its service. The company added very few new features since when it was bought by Yahoo in 2005. The new site is mostly focused on enhancing the speed of the service and improving its search capabilities. Del.icio.us can also now be reached at delicious.com and will start using this as its standard URL.
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