Category Archives: tools

Lifehacker Review: OpenOffice.org 3.1’s Usability Tweaks

2009.05.07 – 8:00

Windows/Mac/Linux: It hit the servers two days ago, but OpenOffice.org 3.1 is now in official release. The open-source office suite focused on anti-aliased drawing and usability tweaks for this release, which we’ve quickly previewed below.

Anti-aliased rendering for Draw (and charts): That should mean the world for those sick of seeing glaringly computer-rendered edges and intersections in their illustrations, along with the graphs and charts plugged into spreadsheets and text documents. Hard to visualize in a screenshot, but this one’s been zoomed in, and you can see the softer rendering around the circles.

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Mashable Article: Is There Such a Thing as a Safe Web Browser?

2009.05.06 – 5:27

Mashable’s Stan Schroeder looks at web browsers and the evolution of security exploits, excerpted here:

Do you remember how, a couple of years ago, you could tell someone who was clueless about computers to simply switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox, and that action alone would fix 90% of all their security problems?

This hasn’t been true for a while now, unfortunately. The fact that Internet Explorer is still the most widely used browser out there, which makes it the biggest target, doesn’t mean that malicious hackers aren’t exploiting security vulnerabilities on other browser platforms.

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Lifehacker’s Guide to Upgrading to Windows 7 RC

2009.05.05 – 14:00

Whether you want to set up a dual-boot system, you’re ready to migrate all the way to Windows 7 RC from XP, or something in between, here’s what you need to know.

You’ll need to have already downloaded Windows 7 RC before you proceed with any of those methods, but now that you’ve had some time, let’s take a look at a few ways you can install and use Windows 7 RC. If you’re still not sure if Windows 7 seems worth it, check out the top 10 things to look forward to in Windows 7, then take a peek at what’s new in Windows 7 RC.

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Clipomatic kicks it

2008.01.30 – 14:51

Well, I guess it was bound to happen sometime; yesterday, the little clipboard utility that I’ve relied upon for years finally bit the dust. Sob! We’ve been thru Windows 98, ME, 200 and now XP together. I’ll have to soldier on through XP with a new clipboard companion, though.
Is it possible to webmaster without a [...]

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Tools We Use

2007.07.30 – 19:14

There are many, many excellent free applications and tools available on the web, for the looking. Many we have tried have been as good or better than their un-free fellows. Below is a short listing of some tools we’ve found valuable:

free software

FileZilla: a great, free, super easy to [...]

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