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OpenOffice Five Times As Popular As Google Docs
CWmike writes "Confirming recent comments by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, an independent report released Friday found that OpenOffice.org's free office suite is five times more popular than Google Docs. This was according to a survey of 2,400 adult Internet users conducted between May and November. Microsoft's share was 10 times that of OpenOffice.org. Microsoft hopes to cement that lead with its upcoming Office Web, as well as online versions of its Exchange and SharePoint products to be announced on Monday. OpenOffice.org may provide some resistance, however. The latest version, OpenOffice.org 3.0, had a strong first week in October, with more than 3 million downloads. After one month, OpenOffice.org 3.0 had been downloaded 10 million times." And reader Peter Toi informs us of the open source release of yet another office suite, Softmaker Office. Its claimed advantages are its compactness and speed (making it suitable for netbooks), its excellent MS Office filters, and the fact that it can be installed to USB flash drives.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Thoughts for the Week
Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/general/thoughts-for-the-week/.

Well another week down, and what a week it has been! Not only has it been busy with school but I had the successful launch of Techlyzer.com, a screencasts only website that I’ll be participating in frequently. Here are my thoughts and reflections for the week:

  • I launched Techlyzer.com this week, and I have been very happy with the results. I know numbers mean very little, but here are the stats for the first week:

  • I’ve also come to realize that I like WordPress 2.7 much more then I thought I was going to
  • I’ve realized that there’s never enough time to get everything done that I want to.
  • I’ve really started enjoying and finding use for Twitter, more then I have before. Infact, follow me here!

So there you have it, my week in brief!
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Yes watch brings it all back home
Yes Watch appeals to me on several levels. The complexity of all the things it does goes straight to the inner nerd. The utility of the things it does is a siren call to pragmatist. The simplicity of the design draws the aesthete. And for their 10th anniversary, they re-released their
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160GB PS3 'Drake's Fortune' bundle caught in the wild
Filed under: GamingHey, pal -- remember that 160GB PS3 Drake's Fortune bundle we told you about back in August? Well thanks to the totally awesome skills of one intrepid reader, we now know that they're available for purchasing pleasure at your local Best Buy (and other spots, we like to imagine). From what we can tell based on that extremely blurry photo you see, the package will sell for a holiday-destroying $499.99, so you'd better hope grandma drops a big check on you this season.160GB PS3 'Drake's Fortune' bundle caught in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Enable Four-Finger Gestures on Original MacBook Air with Dangerous Scary Hack
Macrumors forum member michaelb, in a fit of jealousy over his ladyfriend's new unibody MacBook, decided to try to trick his last-gen MacBook Air into recognizing four-finger gestures. He installed...
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More Changes, Anyone?

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/general/more-changes-anyone/.
Anyone who’s followed me for any period of time knows that I like to change Simply-Basic’s appearance…     Readmore

Thoughts for the Week

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/general/thoughts-for-the-week/.
Well another week down, and what a week it has been! Not only has it been busy…     Readmore

WP Advanced Code Editor

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/announcements/wp-advanced-code-editor/.
For those interested, I wrote a plugin for Techlyzer.com that was just released. It’s called     Readmore

Check Out My Other Home: Techlyzer.com

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/general/check-out-my-other-home-techlyzercom/.
Hi all. I’m happy to announce the launch of a new website that I’ll be trying to…     Readmore

Gadget Advisor Blog

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/reviews/gadget-advisor-blog/.
Being a tech-centric blog I’m always on the lookout for other technology related websites. For those with…     Readmore

Updates to Permalinks

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/announcements/updates-to-permalinks/.
After a lot of deliberation I’ve changed the permalink structure of Simply-Basic. When I started the blog…     Readmore

Qwest Web.Help: Stop Hijacking My Browser (How to Opt-Out)

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/posts/1941493.
Earlier today I was surfing the web and mistyped a URL. Rather then getting the customary “The…     Readmore

Change Default File Type and Path for Screen Captures [Mac Tips]

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/posts/1941482.
Mac only - I frequently use Mac’s built in screen capture ability to create the images you…     Readmore

Coming Soon: Comment on Lifehacker Using Your Facebook ID

Copyright © 2008 John Kolbert. Visit the original article at http://simply-basic.com/posts/1941478.
I just noticed that Lifehacker is joining the ranks of sites using the new Facebook Connect,…     Readmore

CrossSlide

CrossSlide CrossSlide is a jQuery plugin that implements in Javascript some common slide-show animations, traditionally…     Readmore

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