Need something to replace Microsoft Office? Have you tried.. OpenOffice?

Software on February 12th, 2010 Comments

A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with [...]

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Opera has made some crazy stakes, now it’s the fastest browser?

Software on February 12th, 2010 Comments

Gotta thank CNet for this gem, it’s strange because now Opera is going for the iPhone and it’s the fastest browser around? Crazy stakes Opera has been making now a days! I think it might be worth the try, they are competing with some crazy giants out there, so it might be worth a shot.
Opera [...]

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Need to recover files from a seemingly unreadable CD/DVD?

Software on January 23rd, 2010 Comments

If you have ever had a problem reading a CD/DVD and you really don’t understand why, maybe it is scratched, maybe it just simply wont play, then this an application you should definitely check out.
This is for those discs that show files when you load them up, but wont play correctly for whatever reason. Let’s [...]

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Find all the people who are using your wireless network

Networking, Security, Software on January 22nd, 2010 Comments

There is a nifty little application floating around the web called ZamZom. It’s a nice and simple lightweight application that can see everyone that is using your network, both wired and wireless. The free version sadly does not show any computer names, so it is rather difficult to tell who exactly is using your network. [...]

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Some software really is worth the money, or so it seems.

Do It Yourself on January 15th, 2010 Comments

Last week, I wrote a short article on why it was worth paying about $8 for a backup utility that worked flawlessly and easily, well now I am here again to say that some times, it’s just worth it to pay for software.
A client of mine recently purchased some software from a company named “iolo“, [...]

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