Next Version of MS Office Will Support OpenOffice Files

Some good news from Microsoft: Office 14 and the next Service Pack for Office 2007 will natively support the OpenDocument format (ODF) used by such software as OpenOffice.org and Google Docs. This open-source format has been adopted as a standard by recognized computing organizations and governments worldwide, succeededing to gain support in many areas that [...]

NTGateway Gets an Upgrade

NTGateway.com, an excellent repository of resources and articles about the NT, has recently been upgraded to make it more searchable, maintanable, and easier to navigate. Check it out.
You can read about the background for this upgrade here. From that post:

We’ve moved all of the content over to WordPress, slightly reworked the organization, added site navigation [...]

Use PostRank for Customized Feeds

On Monday I mentioned the usefulness of using a feedreader to collect information and stay up-to-date. What I did not mention was a web service, PostRank, that provides some very handy advanced features for feeds that may be of interest.
In addition to a whole set of wonderful free services for bloggers, PostRank allows blog readers [...]

Saving Money with Open Source Software

The times, they are a changing. One interesting, and in my opinion welcome, change is a new push by businesses and institutions to move to Open Source Software. Aside from the fact that most open source software is free, there are a whole host of other advantages worth considering. Two that stand out: (1) interpolability [...]

Multitasking Mondays: Use a Feedreader to Keep Up-To-Date

News travels fast, especially on the net. You probably use a variety of web sites to stay up to date, so let’s make this simple: if you regularly check more than one website, then a feedreader will make your life much much easier. Whenever a site you want to follow—a blog, the New York Times, [...]