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OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 is out by now and what make this release exciting for me is the new integrated Grammar Checking feature. OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 incrementally improves the grammar checking infrastructure via an API for a grammar checker in the Writer text editor. The previous version 3.0 allowed the LanguageTool extension to provide grammar checking, and version [...]

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  • I posted sometime back about SLT ADSL packages for low rates, and now it seems that they have reduced charges for all SLT ADSL packages. Now the Entrée package is Rs.500 (+VAT) which was Rs.1,000 (+VAT), and the Home package is Rs.1,600 (+VAT) from the early Rs.2,250 (+VAT). Both these packages have 128kbps upload speed [...]

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  • SLT might be announcing a new Special Broadband ADSL Package at the Deyata Kirula Exhibition which is now opened for public at BMICH, Colombo.     The leaflets in Tamil and Sinhala leaked from some internal sources show some details about these new “reduced charge” packages. But when I tried to get a confirmation from SLT [...]

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  • Custom Search Engine on the fly

    Google has been offering its Custom Search Engine for websites for some time. But until now it required us to generate code for Custom Search Engine specifically for each site giving site URL and other details. Now here is a solution for that, where you can insert Custom Search Engine to your blogs and webpages [...]

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  • VLC Media Player says Merry Christmas

    The popular multiplatform media player VLC Media Player says Merry Christmas to all users this festive season by putting a red Christmas hat icon. This is an Easter egg in the latest version of VLC media player, and those who have the updated version will notice this at use. renjus blog reports that, If you [...]

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