A few weeks ago I joined the free software camp, replacing my trusty and mostly reliable, Microsoft Office with the 1.0 release of OpenOffice.org. By free, I mean OpenOffice.org is an open source, ...

The free office tools suite OpenOffice.org has gone online for the first time through its integration with the Ulteo online desktop. In its browser-based version, OpenOffice.org now offers online ...

The OpenOffice.org office productivity suite has had something of a wild ride ever since it fell into Oracle’s hands with the acquisition of Sun early last year, and now it looks like that ride may be ...

Oracle suddenly announced Wednesday it was submitting the codebase for OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation, ending speculation about the open-source productivity suite’s fate following ...

What do new users need to know about OpenOffice.org? The question is worth asking. Any large piece of software has its own ways of doing things, and OpenOffice.org is no exception. In fact, because of ...

Convert OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheets into a Microsoft Excel file to take advantage of Excel's built-in tools. OpenOffice.org spreadsheets default to a .xsc file extension, which certain versions ...

OpenOffice.org extensions are a quick way to add functionality. Writable in a variety of languages, including Java, JavaScript, OpenOffice.org Basic, Python, and C++, they allow developers to ...

Earlier in the month we reported on OpenOffice.org developers breaking away from Oracle in the form of LibreOffice. Backing the new, stripped-down, lean and lite product are many open source heavy ...

OpenOffice and other open-source projects are hobbled by their corporate masters. It's time to open up OpenOffice for its own good. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Higher-than-expected demand for free, open source productivity suite slows and, at times, halts downloads from OpenOffice.org Web site The release of a new version of the OpenOffice.org productivity ...

With Microsoft’s Office suite now being targeted by hackers, researchers at the French Ministry of Defense say users of the OpenOffice.org software may be at even greater risk from computer viruses.