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OpenOffice.org, In A Browser

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An open source competitor to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org is traditionally an offline software. Now, there is a way to run OpenOffice.org in a browser, and that’s thanks to Ulteo, a startup that is working on an online desktop, and wants to integrate OpenOffice.org into its application.

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Launched

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Microsoft released the first service pack for Windows Vista, as a Release Candidate. This means it’s not ready yet for an official launch, but more as one of the final test versions, with most of the bugs fixed.

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BlackBerry Phones Syncs With Google Calendar

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One of the most requested features for Google Calendar, synchronization, is available as of today for BlackBerry owners. It works by synchronizing the native calendar that comes with the BlackBerry with Google Calendar. A nice feature is that it stays in sync while you don’t have network coverage, as long as you do it before you get out of the network area.

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Movable Type Is Open Source

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Six Apart just announced on the official Movable Type blog, that their blogging software is finally open source, with the launch of version 4. It started initially as open source, became commercial with the launch of version 3, and now, finally is open source again.

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