LibreOffice is an open source office suite originated from Open Office. Oracle’s purchase of Sun Microsystem caused quite it a bit of tension within the developers. A group later formed the Document Foundation. This group eventually broke away and created LibreOffice.  It provides similar features to those of other office suites such as Microsoft Office, Google Docs. Like its name implies, “Libre” Office is a free office suite software. Microsoft Office is one of the most prevalent office productivity suites available.  However, its high prices may shy away those who ...

Mozilla's Sunbird is a Calendar based on the same popular open-source platform on which Firefox and Thunderbird run on. Sunbird ties in directly to Thunderbird via an extension called Lightning that makes it easy and quick to get the most out of your calendar. Sunbird is still in its beta stages, so the kinks are not quite worked out, yet, but you can still get started with the calendar program and see if ...

Every good Android fanboy knows and brags about how Google does things differently than Apple. Unlike Apple's iPhone, the Google Android is open for everyone. However, this is a very serious flaw and it’s seriously hurting Android. Lets look at the various aspects of the Google's approach in making Android as different as possible form iOS, and in the process hurt the guys who can make or break it - the App developers. The Google ...

Similar to the idea behind Google Chrome OS, Mozilla is building its own operating system to compete with its rival. The only thing is, unlike the netbook-focused Chrome OS, Mozilla’s operating system project is being developed for mobile devices: smartphones and tablets. Boot to Gecko(B2G), the new web-based mobile operating system, was built from the need to create a standalone system for the open web, aiming to “make open web technologies a better basis for future applications on mobile and desktop alike”, said Mozilla researcher ...

There are times when one needs to schedule a shutdown of the computer after a predefined interval of time. Maybe you are running a virus scan or downloading something from the internet. Although some programs have an options for auto-shutdown after performing their tasks, many others don’t. Scheduled Shutdown is very simple Java application that lets us shutdown our computer after a specified interval of time. With Scheduled Shutdown – we can shutdown our computer ...