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Archive for January, 2008

Project Gutenberg

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

While an eBook isn’t exactly a software or a program, the distribution of such also involves money and copyright. It’s like buying books off a bookstore’s shelf minus all the paper usually involved in this process. Thankfully though, there are sites like Project Gutenberg which promotes the free distribution of electronic books “to encourage the [...]

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Opening up the Apple

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Apple is undeniably one of the biggest things in technology today. Mac lovers are growing in number every minute with their obsessions ranging from the iPod to the Powerbook. It really has become a cult following of sorts, with the ubiquitous Apple logo also becoming a status symbol of sorts as Apple gadgets don’t come [...]

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Paint.NET

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Paint.NET is an open source raster graphics editing program designed made for Windows and developed on the .NET framework. It was originally programmed using the C# and C++ programming language. Paint.NET was created as a project by a student in Washington State University with the purpose of making a good replacement for the MS Paint [...]

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Top 10s

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

With hundreds of softwares and programs available out there, which ones are the most popular and possibly most useful? Your answer would surely depend on your particular needs and specific background. For instance, artists need graphic softwares more than computing programs. Similarly, those in research would find good use for database programs that make data [...]

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Sick of Notepad?

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

If you want a more flexible and open source text editor, this can be useful:jEdit features include:

Runs on any operating system with a Java 2 version 1.3 or higher virtual machine - this includes MacOS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows.
Efficient keyboard shortcuts
Comprehensive online help
Unlimited undo/redo
Copy and paste with an unlimited number of clipboards (known [...]

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Finding the right alternative

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

The best thing about Open source is finding alternative softwares or programs that come close to the so-called “real thing” or in other words, the commercial version. This is for the simple matter that it feels great not having to pay for something you can have for free.
One of the easiest ways to find out [...]

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The importance of Open Source

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

In this day and age when you have to pay for just about everything, Open Source is a welcome change. While the pursuit of illegal or pirated copies of programs and licenses are adamant, Open Source practically throws itself at you. For free!
The wonderful thing about Open Source is that it provides most of the [...]

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