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.Org domain to get new guardian
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is poring over 11 applications to decide who will take over the .org registry from VeriSign. VeriSign's Network Solutions division has had custody of .org since the US government...
[July 17, 2002, 15:05]
.Org front runner named
News The Internet's governing body has recommended that the Virginia-based Internet Society (ISOC) take over the .org domain. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued a report Monday recommending the nonprofit ISOC over 10...
[August 21, 2002, 9:51]
OpenOffice.org, the 'dying horse'
Blog A very interesting post from OpenOffice.org contributor Michael Meeks makes the whole OO.o project look rather shaky - according to him, the total number of active, core developers is currently 24: In a healthy project we would expect to see a...
[December 29, 2008, 14:28]
OpenOffice.org
Downloads OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office. Localizations of OpenOffice.org are available in 27 languages, with more being...
[August 31, 2009, 12:05]
OpenOffice.org 3 Released - But Please Be Patient
Blog OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released yesterday (Monday), on schedule. That's the good news. The bad news is, the demand for it has been so massive that their download servers have been swamped! It was not even possible to get a connection for most of...
[October 14, 2008, 8:21]
OpenOffice.org Portable
Downloads OpenOffice.org Portable (formerly Portable OpenOffice.org) is the complete OpenOffice.org office suite, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package, and database - packaged as a portable app, so you can take all...
[November 3, 2009, 4:07]
Icann's plan for .org branded 'unworkable'
News Plans to return the .org domain name to its non-profit roots are unworkable and could have enormous financial consequences for companies and individuals around the world, say Internet lawyers. The future of all domains registered under the .org top...
[March 9, 2001, 14:59]
VeriSign to lose control of .org
News VeriSign, the company that controls the database for the three big top level domain names, will lose control of the .org domain at the end of this year. In 1995, Network Solutions began charging $50 per domain name and today VeriSign receives a...
[March 1, 2001, 13:55]
OpenOffice.org 3.0 - Stop Paying Microsoft for Bug Fixes!
Blog OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released on Monday, and the demand was so massive that it crashed their servers. The crash is not good news, of course, but the tremendous demand for the new release certainly is.
[October 15, 2008, 13:37]
OpenOffice.org 2.2 released
News The OpenOffice.org community released version 2.2 on Friday, including updates to OpenOffice's word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and database software. OpenOffice.org claimed its free software package provides a "real alternative" to...
[April 3, 2007, 17:31]
Alcoholics Anonymous not awarded .org site
News Owners of the AlcoholicsAnonymous.org Web site have fended off a bid by the international organisation to snatch the domain name, saved in part by a wide-ranging disclaimer on the front page. Saying the site displayed an adequate warning "which...
[January 11, 2002, 11:27]
IBM joins OpenOffice.org community
News IBM on Monday joined the OpenOffice.org community, providing a boost to supporters of the OpenDocument Format. The company will contribute code from the development of its Lotus Notes software, and it will in turn make use of the OpenOffice.org...
[September 10, 2007, 12:48]
Singapore government deploys OpenOffice.org on 5,000 PCs
News Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has large-scale plans for deploying OpenOffice.org on Windows PCs, a MINDEF spokeswoman told ZDNet UK on Tuesday. MINDEF's deployment to OpenOffice.org is believed to be one of the biggest by any government...
[November 2, 2004, 9:46]
Don't pirate MS-Office: use ours, says OpenOffice.org
Talkback I think OpenOffice would attract a higher adoption rate if the '.org' was dropped from the name and installation directory. It's offputting for both aesthetic and practical reasons. For those who need the calendar function, bundle one or include a...
[May 5, 2006, 14:03]
Xen.org to build open-standards cloud platform
News The Xen.org community has announced plans to build a new cloud platform for service providers, as the basis of an initiative designed to help private and public cloud services co-operate using open standards.
[September 1, 2009, 13:27]
Professional support for OpenOffice.org
Talkback Hi there, may I add, that professional support can be found for OpenOffice.org and that in many languages around the world. Also, we (Conficio) are beta testing a unique support option - Plan-B for OpenOffice.org - support for non-technical users.
[November 30, 2006, 13:47]
OpenOffice.org reveals marketing ambitions
News The developers of OpenOffice.org, the open-source office productivity suite, have unveiled details of a major marketing push to coincide with the OpenOffice.org Conference, which has been taking place in Berlin, Germany, this week.
[September 24, 2004, 18:10]
OpenOffice.org 2.3 released
News OpenOffice.org has released the latest version of its office productivity suite, promising enhanced security and access to more extensions. OpenOffice.org 2.3, which was made available for download on Monday, contains a fix for a security issue...
[September 19, 2007, 14:09]
OpenOffice.org Aqua
Downloads Compatible with other major office suites, OpenOffice.org is free to download, use, and distribute. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within OpenOffice.org Math: lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic...
[March 19, 2008, 7:00]
ICANN names .org successor
News A nonprofit group of computer professionals has cleared the final hurdle to become the next operator of the .org domain. The board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted 11-1 on Monday to endorse the...
[October 15, 2002, 9:29]
