IBM Lotus Symphony – Get a FREE CD
Few days ago I published an article on Free Open Source Software for Windows. Here comes the Lotus Symphony from the leader, IBM. Though it’s not an Open Source software, it’s free of cost. Currently available for Windows, Linux and Mac versions.
Lotus Symphony is a free Office productivity software bundled with 3 applications: Documents, Presentations and Spreadsheets.
Features
- Supports a variety of file types including MS Office, Open Document Format (ODF) and of course, Lotus SmartSuite.
- Built in PDF converter.
- Comes with predefined styles for Paragraphs, Characters and Headings.
- One can install many available plugins which best suits their requirements.
If your are in India, you can also request for a Free CD. Just fill in this request form and IBM Lotus Symphony CD will be delivered to your door step.
Others can download the software free of cost.
Technorati Tags: Free Software, Desktop Applications
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Microsoft issues Emergency Fix for Browser Flaw
A security threat has been Identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser recently. This vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution. It allows criminals to take over victims’ machines simply by re-directing them to infected Web sites. The users don’t have to download anything for their computers to get infected. This makes the bug in IE more dangerous.
Microsoft plans to ship a CRITICAL security update for the browser. People with ‘Windows Update’ feature activated on their computers will get the patch automatically.
Thousands of web sites have already been compromised due to this security flaw. The bad guys have loaded malicious code onto those sites that automatically infect visitors’ machines if they’re using IE and haven’t implemented the series of workarounds that Microsoft has suggested.
Microsoft said that it has seen these attacks only on IE 7, the most widely used version, but I personally experienced it on IE 6. when this happened with me, I was under the assumption that the site has been compromised. Now I understand that it’s the browser and not the web site.
Microsoft rarely issues security fixes for it’s software outside of its regular monthly updates.
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Windows Easter Eggs
These are some of the Easter Eggs which I just discovered for the Windows Operating Systems. You may also think of them as little BUGS in Windows. Easter Eggs are bugs which do not compromise the security of your system.
Creation of a CON folder
Nobody can create a folder named CON anywhere in the computer. Try it! I know you would be trying to creating it in a Command Prompt! But no use, it simply won’t! 
Notepad
Please follow the steps below to see this
- Open an empty NOTEPAD file.
- Type “Bush hid the facts” (without the quotes)
- Save it and name it with whatever the text you feel like
- Close it, and re-open it
Uhhh! Not sure why this has happened. By the way, this is fixed in Windows Vista.
Word
- Open a Word document
- Type “=rand(10, 5)” (without the quotes). Any number would do here
- You will see the statement ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ appearing in 10 paragraphs with 5 such statements in each
Technorati Tags: Windows
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Free Open Source Software for Windows
Stop burning your hard earned money in buying software for your Windows based Computers. What if the most essential software that we use comes free of cost?
Yes, here are some of the list of Software Utilities from the Open Source community. These are proven, widely used, highly secured and free from Spy ware.
Office Suites
OpenOffice
It is the leading open-source office software suite used after MS-Office. It has everything that one needs. Comes with a Word Processor, Spreadsheet program, Presentation Utility, Graphics and Databases. Available in many languages and works well on all Operating Systems. It can also read & write files from other Office Software packages.
AbiWord
It’s a fee word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It’s small, fast and has great features. Compatible with MS Word, OpenDocument format and with Open Office. Available in many languages and supports all the Operating Systems.
Browser
Mozilla Firefox
The favorite among the blogger community and considered to be the world’s best browsers by many. It’s popularity is every increasing. With lot of features like Tabs, Plugins, Themes, Extensions, no doubt in saying it a Premier Browser.
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WordPress 2.7 released
WordPress users … Good news!!!
The latest version of WordPress 2.7 released today. It’s live on Read2Know.com. The ‘Coltrane‘ code named project is now available for the blogger community.
Features
- Interface: All new look. The image below shows the Dashboard. The image colors on the left hand pane changes to a different color when pointed with the mouse cursor.
- Dashboard: The new Dashboard has the same options that you have on the older one. Of course, it has some new add-ins like the QuickPress. You can post articles with few clicks using QuickPress.
- All the options on the Dashboard can be configured and re-arranged. You can remove the ones that you do not like.
- Every task that you need to perform takes fewer clicks than the older versions and they are fast as well.
- Comments can now be threaded without any additional plugins or code changes.
- Every screen can be customized.
- The other important feature about the latest version is about the performance. It’s too early to comment on this. I haven’t checked the page load capabilities on my blog yet.
- Automatic Upgrades: It’s a pain to upgrade to the next version of the WordPress. You will have to go through this pain only this time. Once you are in 2.7, you need not do the manual upgrades next time. It’ taken care in the latest version.
Download WordPress 2.7 now for a faster experience.
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