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This is pretty amazing: A company called Ulteo has made it possible to run OpenOffice in your Web browser. No big application to download to your PC, no software to install or run. And it's not some stripped-down version of the beloved office suite, either: It's the newly released OpenOffice 3.0...
Dear Fellow Blackberry Users: Yes, we may be a dwindling bunch with the advent of the 3G iPhone and the Android. Yes, we may not be able to get cool versions of Facebook or have third-party developers build games specifically for our platform. But we still have push email, which is a tech t...
SlideRocket--the online, Flash-based, PowerPoint-maiming, slide tool that Rick raved about last month--has made its way out of beta mode and is now available for general consumption. As we worried about earlier, some of the really cool features--like a conference mode in which users at diff...
For every great new Google Labs invention like the forgotten attachment detector, it seems there's an equally silly one, like Mail Goggles. The new emoticons for Gmail fall somewhere in the middle. While you're not going to, say, accent an email to a prospective client with a steaming GIF of...
Box.net for the iPhone [iTunes link] is a free app that lets you view and access files stored in your Box.net account. In case you're unfamiliar with it, Box.net is one of the many Web services that lets you store, share, and back up files. You can get a free Lite account with 1GB of storage, the...
How many times have you had to pause a presentation so you could switch to your browser to show relevant Web content? Never again: LiveWeb lets you embed Web sites in your presentations. This free add-on works with PowerPoint 97 and later (including PowerPoint 2007 -- just be sure you download th...
For the last week or so, I've been beta testing a new site called Gist, which basically does web searches on people you email with and highlights any new online information about them. For example, Gist let me know that one of my contacts at a tech company had just been quoted in a recent New ...
Forget voice mail. Forget e-mail. If you want the fastest possible response to your question, send a text message. Don't take my word for it (though I've been preaching the business benefits of text messaging for, like, ever) -- there's research to back it up: According to a survey conducted...
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Good news for BlackBerry users (and owners of J2ME-compatible phones, like those from Nokia): Google just took the wraps off Gmail for Mobile 2.0, which brings some nifty new features to the mobile-mail party. Among them: Overall performance improvement: You should experience significant raw...
A few months back, David talked about ways to pass through airport security without unpacking your laptop. The upshot: You need a checkpoint-friendly bag. The above CNET video, Get Through Airport Security Quickly, touches on that subject, but also points you to helpful sites like FlightStats (to se...
If you're one of the 43% of Business Hacks readers who said they're considering buying the new T-Mobile G1 phone that uses the Android platform, you're in luck--the phone went on sale yesterday. Once you get your phone, though, there are a few ways to make it work even better. Popular Mechanics col...
Ever feel like you're typing the same e-mail replies over and over? If you're a Gmail user, you can use Google Labs' new Canned Responses feature to automate some of those replies, potentially saving considerable time. To enable Canned Responses (which Labs cheekily refers to as "e-mail for the t...
Most users rely on their browser's built-in search field, rather than going to Google, Yahoo, or (snicker) Windows Live Search for each and every search. Inquisitor juices up browser-based Web searches by providing fast, slick-looking results that appear as you type. Long a popular add-on for Saf...
Your cellphone knows where you are at all times, so why shouldn't your computer? That's the thinking behind the new FireFox plugin Geode, which uses nearby wifi signals to figure out exactly where you're located when you're on the go. Once you get past the security worries, it's really useful to h...
