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An office suite alternative: OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is an office suite alternative to Microsoft Office which consists of various applications like a word processor (Write), spreadsheet (Calc), presentation software (Impress), …Compatible with Microsoft Office documents, OpenOffice.org has a wide range of office tools in one simple interface.  This suite is fairly comprehensive, you have a documentation …

The iPhone, what’s next…?

   We’ll have to wait at least until February 4 next whether Orange, the first French telecom operator, will succeed to the face of competition which decided on 17 December last, by a resounding decision to break the Apple has exclusivity granted since November 2007 on the distribution of the …

O, P. Standard Operating Procedure

The American documentary Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris product in 2008 makes us travel to the prison of Abu Gray where he presents us with a new day.  The documentary explains the abuses that have been made prisoners by officers and they tell us their reasons.  Errol Morris has …

When objects light to talk to us

 An international consortium led by the University of Bath in Great Britain has launched an impressive program of work to consider the possible use of organic screens (type OLED).  What could be the little film of plastic that conduct electricity and solar-powered?  What changes might they make in how we …