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Can MS Office Survive? Not only IBM, Google is Helping too...
2007-09-19 15:26:00
Recently IBM joined OpenOffice community to fight against MS Office. Guess what? Now, Google is also announced to fight against MS Office intensively.On Tuesday, Google and IBM both announced that they are intensifying efforts to challenge Microsoft's Office suite, which dominates the market for productivity software on office and home computers. Read more here...So, the question is can Microsoft Office survive? Of course, yes. Worst case, Microsoft can just make the MS office free. Even more worst case, Microsoft can just ship MS Office that comes free together with the OS. So what is the point they fight so hard against MS Office? It is not want to make him die, we all are just want to make it FREE. Don't you think so? What we consumer really care are 2 things, standardization and free.Google, IBM I fully support you guys!
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Best Visual File Comparison Software
2007-09-16 15:52:00
If you're a software developer, you probably already have your own favorite file comparison software. Even if you're not a software developer, file comparison software can be very useful. A utility to compare files and directories makes my day-to-day work very efficient. I use it to compare and merge source code, web pages, settings files and other text files. I also use it to perform code reviews and audits. Without this tool, I don't think I can survive.So, who is the guy makes me can't live without? The Araxis Merge... I have tried other file comparison software, these are the key few differentiators why Araxis Merge is the best:User Friendly (Araxis UI is very common sense)File Merging Ability (Very user friendly, try it you know what I mean)Directory Comparison (Cool, I like this most. )Binary File Comparison (Wow, not only text file comparison)The only disadvantage of this guy is Araxis Merge is not free. Oppss, sad news is I have been trying other free file comparison s...
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Can OpenOffice Win the War? Now IBM is helping...
2007-09-14 20:46:00
Who is the industry leader for office tools? I bet you and me will agree, it is Microsoft Office. But who is the next generation office tools? As you know in my previous posts, I think OpenOffice is the next generation office tools. Don't you think so? Now this boost up my confident after reading the news "IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community"10 September 2007 -- The OpenOffice.org community today announced that IBM will be joining the community to collaborate on the development of OpenOffice.org software. IBM will be making initial code contributions that it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product, including accessibility enhancements, and will be making ongoing contributions to the feature richness and code quality of OpenOffice.org. Besides working with the community on the free productivity suite's software, IBM will also leverage OpenOffice.org technology in its products.Wow! Isn't this amazing? I read several software blog too, they all did mention about this n...

WordWeb is Not Completely Free!!!
2007-09-11 17:01:00
Just aware of this after reading the post from Shuva few days ago about. The best free dictionary - WordWeb is not completely free. This is their free licensing agreement:You may use the program free of charge indefinitely only ifYou take at most 4 flights (2 return flights) in any 12 month periodAND you do not own or regularly drive an SUV (sports utility vehicle).If you do not qualify you must uninstall the program after the 30-day trial period or purchase WordWeb Pro.The full license is here. This is the most funniest licensing term that I have ever heard. I just told my friend today, he is shock too! Anyway, thanks for Shuva for bringing the awareness to us. But, the question still will you uninstall it if you don't meet the term?I'm quite sure most of the Asia people, they will not follow the term. I"m not sure about the Western (e.g. US, Europe) culture. Looks like they really follow? I don't know.
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Best Video Codec - K-Lite Codec Pack
2007-09-05 16:27:00
Have problems watching the Video format that you just downloaded? Just give it a try, K-Lite Codec Pack . This is the best codec that I have tried so far. There are 3 version of of the K-Lite Codec Pack: BasicStandardFullTo make it simple, just download the Full version. This is what I usually do. I will basically install everything except the player -Media Player Classic. Honestly there is no point to install the player since the windows has already come with the player (Windows Media Player).Download the K-Lite Codec here.After you install, all kind of video format can be played except for Real Player format (e.g. *.rmvb). So what I normally do is to download it from www.download.com, just do a "Real Player" search. The reason I don't want to download from official real player website is because it mentions 14 days trial in the website. I have no idea why they want to do this. I thought real player is the freeware? Nevertheless, what I downloaded from www.download.com have no expi...

How to Download Video From YouTube?
2007-09-02 09:54:00
I'm not sure if it is illegal to download any video from YouTube but use at your own risk. I recently found a good website to download any video from YouTube. Unlike some of the websites it either hangs or the file that you downloaded is not complete. This is really annoying!Ok, the web site is keepvid.com and you can bookmark this page for your convenient. This webpage is reliable as compared to others website. To download the video just paste your YouTube link and click download. You will see something below:›› Download Link ‹‹ (.flv - Flash Video )Click on it and it will be downloaded save as a filename called get_video by default. Ok, here is a little bit troublesome if I try it save as other filename and it doesn't work. You can try it, it probably has already been fixed by the time you read t his post. So what I do normally is to download the get_video file by default and then rename it to .flv.Here is the website again keepvid.com. Not only from YouTube it also can ...
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Spy Myself With Google Earth?
2007-08-28 14:26:00
Google Earth is the most amazing software from Google that I have ever used. It really impressed me with this product when my colleague showed me few years ago. I recently downloaded it again from Google Earth Website and tried to spy myself using Google Earth. As far as I remember when I did it last time to zoom my apartment in Penang, the image was really so blur and wasn't clear at all. I can't even locate my apartment's building. Surprisingly, it is amazingly clear now when I try to zoom my apartment. Of course, it is not as clear as compared to the buildings in USA.I then later try to spy on my another house at Bandar Laguna Merbok, Sungai Petani. Sadly it is not so clear. It is just like the image I saw my Penang house few years back. Hopefully, the image is going to be improved soon. Google, will you "Google Earth" my house?The coolest part about this Google earth is not really just to spy on myself, but showing it to my parents and relatives. When I first time showed t...
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Improve Windows XP or Vista System Performance
2007-08-23 16:56:00
Sometimes I just feel sad when I use my friend or my colleague's PC and their system performance is really unacceptable SLOW!!! So I'm thinking to share this very simple tips to you guys. Hopefully you can find it useful or at least can improve your Windows performance.Ok, if you like all the fancy Windows Effects stuff and it's default UI apperance and you're okay with it's existing performance, you can ignore this post. However, if your Windows performance really affects your productivity(which is my case), and you don't really care the Windows Effects and appearance, what you can do is to DISABLE ALL THE FANCY WINDOWS EFFECT STUFFS.In XP, go to:Start -> Control Panel -> System -> AdvancedIn Vista , go to:Start -> Setting -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> System -> Advanced System SettingsThe "system property" dialog box appears:Click the setting in the performance, "Performance Options" dialog appears:Well, just click "Adjust for best performance" and click OK. ...
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Best Free Anti-Virus Software - AVG & AVAST
2007-08-17 17:00:00
No money to buy McAfee Antivirus Software (which I believe is the most famous one)? No money to buy Norton Antivirus from Symantec (which I believe is the second most famous)? So, I guess you're just like me - looking for free anti-virus software and you wonder is there really the free one? If really free one, you may wonder is it reliable?So I did a little survey on anti-virus to download all the anti-virus software. What am I exactly looking for anti-virus? After some thoughts, I realized what I really want from you the latest virus thread detection. The anti-virus software must be able to detect the latest virus thread as soon as possible. The problem is NONE of the anti-virus software can provide that.I was still remember when I had Norton Antivirsus and McAfee Antivirus installed on the same computer. The point is both of them caught a different virus on my PC. One able to detect the virus and the other can't and vice-versa. Try to find the latest virus database from Norton...
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Understand Why Linux Uses Up All the Memory Resources
2007-08-14 20:45:00
Have you ever wonder why your Linux uses up all the memory resources even though you don't run any applications? On the other hand in Windows, I see a lot more free memory resources. You give me an impression that your memory manager is better but why? Does Linux really sucks because of memory leak? Is it due to the fact that Linux is open source and therefore the quality is low?I bought a Dell Machine sometimes ago and install the Linux Redhat on to that machine. The dell machine has 2 G of memory space. Therefore, I think it should be more than enough. However, after the machine turned on less than 24 hours, the free memory left only24 M bytes (see it from the top command) even though I killed all the applications.Therefore, I made a conclusion that is the OS problems and it does not manage the memory efficiently and causes the memory leak. Even the application has memory leak, the OS should able to clean it up when the application exists. What a screw up Open Source OS? "You are...
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Windows Vista - Is it the right choice?
2007-08-13 15:35:00
Perhaps this is the most common question everyone is asking after Microsoft announced the new OS and force all of us to use it. So you may want to justify yourself, why should I buy or upgrade to Windows Vista ? If you want to do a comparison between Vista and XP, just google it and you will find plenty of information. But, don't waste your time because all these comparisons are just crap.Here are my advice:If You're Windows XP UsersYou don't do anything. You don't need to upgrade to Windows Vista . Unless you really have a very valid reasons to upgrade. Do you? Perhaps I'm wrong? In terms of usage of my personal experience, I don't feel any major differences between XP and Vista.Their interface is exactly the same except those fancy UI which I normally disable them in both XP and Vista for performance. Honestly, I don't feel there is a need to enable all these fancy UI stuff? Other than just make myself pretent to be cool at Starbuck, I really can't find a single reason why w...
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Next Generation Office Tool - OpenOffice
2007-08-11 05:56:00
Have you ever been thinking to bring back your Microsoft Word (MS Word) document from office and want to read it at home? Work from home? Not only just reading, you may also want to make editing to the MS Word document. Unfortunately, you need a license to use the tool, Microsoft Office (MS Office) but you can't afford to buy the license. Even though you can afford to buy, will you pay $149 (The cheapest suite - Microsoft Office Home and Student) just to use it with probably less than 5% of the product features? So, what should you do?The solution is the OpenOffice. Most importantly, the office tools are free! Yes, it is free and it allows you do read and edit your MS Office document. I have been using this tool for 2 weeks and it works perfectly and I do no encounter any problems so far. Not believe me? You can Download OpenOffice and try it by yourself.Not only supported MS word but also MS Excel. The most amazing thing is it supports Macro! All the macros that I have written in...
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Google Desktop Search
2007-08-10 13:30:00
There are quite number of desktop search software available in the market. These are the fews:X1FilehandCopernic Desktop Search Not enough? You can check out the complete list here. But what's the point to check it out all these Desktop Search Software since there is already the best one, Google Desktop Search?You may get mad if I'm telling you that out of all these Desktop Search products,, I have only tried Google Desktop Search. That's why Google Desktop Search is the best. Honestly, I didn't have a single chance to try others. It is not that I don't want to try out the others but this is due to the fact that the GDS has already satisfied all my needs and solve all my problems.Some of the benefits or the main reasons I use you:Searching SpeedTry to search a file in Windows, how fast the windows can search? You can just do it in 1 second or less. So you said, should I use you or not?Missing FilesOne of the amazing things you can do is you are able to search the missing files....

Best Free Dictionary - WordWeb
2007-08-09 20:57:00
I have tried Babylon dictionary which is used to be my favorite until they force me to pay for the software. It keeps popping up a message box asking me to upgrade to full paid version. This is really very annoying. Then, at one point in time I decided to uninstall the Babylon and search for the dictionary from download.com.I tried couples of dictionary software including the Oxford Dictionary of English (Second Edition) 2.2 , Merriam Webster's Concise Dictionary and etc. The sad news is none of them satisfy me until I found WordWeb. I have been using this dictionary quite sometime until today. I have no complains about this software.To download this WordWeb dictionary software, click here.Few tips to configure the WordWeb for my personal preference which you may also find useful.Go to the Hot Key Settings. Click Options Menu->WordWeb HotKey...I will configure the Hot Key based on the following:After the Hot Key setting, I basically just need to hold my "Ctrl" key and "Right Mouse"...
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