Australia’s government is backing an ambitious plan to build a new fiber-to-the-node network that will reach 98 percent of Australians and offer a minimum 12Mbps to all. But just how open will it be? Google has some thoughts.
The US now sticks out for ditching its line-sharing rules and for having no national broadband push or universal service regime for broadband. States like California, Kentucky, and North Carolina are hashing out their own solutions, and…
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While many people believe that they are locked? into using Microsoft Word for all their document creation needs, it simply isnt true. There are many free alternatives to the costly application from Microsoft. Here's ten alternatives to Microsoft Word that you can quickly and easily start using today.
Over the past few years many alternatives have been emerging to Microsoft Word and Office. A notable freely downloadable option is OpenOffice which has been in development in one form or another for almost twenty years. One of the newer and more…
A collection of some of the best PDF files available on the internet written by the industries more prominent professionals.
This is a great list! Didn’t know about some of these…wow I know what I will be doing later. Thanks!
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Beta version of PDF import extension for OpenOffice.org is now available online. Fully functional version, special features like importing layout of LaTeX PDF or import of complex vector graphics, will appear later. The preliminary version of this extension allows to open and edit PDF documents up to version 1.4.
OpenOffice.org developers claim that next releases of the PDF import extension will focus mainly on edit capatibilities, and less on layout. This will allow to open and edit PDF documents using Writer. This is probably good idea. There are other…
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The free beta version of Acrobat.com provides a good mix of services to help businesses share and collaborate on documents, with chat and conferencing features as well.
Buzzword shines when you need to share or collaboratively create documents. You can decide whether to share a document with anyone who knows its URL or to restrict access to specific Acrobat.com users. User rights–which the person who…
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Continuing its push to become a major provider of Webtop software, Adobe is releasing two new products on Monday: Acrobat.com and Acrobat 9. Adobes Webtop arsenal already includes the recently launched online version of PhotoShop and its online media player, Adobe TV.
All I have to say is WHAT EVER. Like anyone really expects acrobat.com to go anywhere? Come on. Acrobat Reader (desktop version) has become such a bloated piece of shit, I cry every time it loads on my computer. Everyone who knew what they…
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The complete PDF of Corrie Haffly's book “The Photoshop Anthology” is available to download for free for 30 days. The book teaches Photoshop for web design, and contains 101 problems and solutions.
It’s brimming with tried and tested real-world Photoshop solutions that will add impact to your next web design project. If you’ve ever been stuck for inspiration, have puzzled over just how to create a shiny aqua-style…
The real OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta is due April 30. With any version, you are welcome and encouraged to test to find and report bugs and to discover new features. The stable OpenOffice.org 3.0 release is still due September 2008.
A Wandering Cleric: Two ways to tell.First way:1. Open thee Help>About Dialog2. Hold CTRL while pressing (in order) S-D-T. This is sort of an Easter Egg with the build number plus developers' names.Second way:Check the file…
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Paste in a url and get it converted to PDF format - simple as that.
We use the ABCpdf ASP PDF component for HTML to PDF conversion.
Today is an important day for network neutrality, as the FCCs Broadband Network management hearing has been discussing Comcasts attempt to slow down BitTorrent traffic. One of the panelists said Comcast uses hacker techniques? to manage their network.
It’s capitalism at work. The bigger corporations try to exert as much control over the resources as possible. In this case Comcast was probably told by the MAFIAA to do what they can to stop copyright infringement. Or even more…
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Title pretty much says it all. Claims to be Windows, Mac and Linux compatible. Looks to be free currently…
Have a PDF form you want customers to fill out and email back to you? PDFescape is for you! (more information) More Information Click Here To Try PDFescape Now Free! PDFescape Requirements A Web Browser with JavaScript Enabled(Internet…
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