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Here’s some good news for Linux users and Open Source advocates everywhere. The folks who make Open Office have just released the first public beta of OOo 3.0. The big thing this brings to the table is support for the new file formats introduced in the latest versions of Microsoft Office. I know some people [...]

I didn’t get much done yesterday. Rather than slaving away over a hot keyboard I went to the “Heroes Happen Here” Microsoft Launch Event. I know some of you are probably thinking something like “Dave, you’re a writer, why did you go to a Microsoft event?” I could say I went because I could, but [...]

So, I was cruising down MLK Blvd in my lowrider like usual, and T-Dog and Big Mike were riding with me. While T-Dog loaded his 9mm with a fresh clip, he turned to me and asked, “What’s this open source thing I keep hearing about? Sounds kind of lame, holmes,” and proceeded to empty said [...]

A few days ago I posted  a review of a new IM client called Digsby. Even though it’s in beta I was very impressed, and so I contacted the people involved to see if I could get you some invites for the private beta. Steve Shapiro of Digsby.com was kind enough to reply to my [...]

While in the middle of one of the worst moves I’ve ever experienced, and I move around a lot so there have been far too many of them, I ran across a great new instant messaging (IM) client. It’s called Digsby, and is another attempt at creating a multi-protocol IM client. I decided to post [...]