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OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 comes with Grammar Checking

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Nimal

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 … Continue reading →

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Custom Search Engine on the fly

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Nimal

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 … Continue reading →

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Notepad++: Its and IDE

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Nimal

Most of my friends know me as a person advocating for Linux and FOSS . But most of them get surpurised to see me using Vista half the time. There are few reason I have for that, but this post is … Continue reading →

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WebSVN – Web-based Subversion Browser

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Nimal

I am working on my final year project (Project eID) these days, and I had to setup the SVN repository at our domain, and that worked fine, thanks to Dreamhost One-Click Subversion installation. But then I looked out for a web … Continue reading →

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October 2008: Credit Crunch & Tech Layoffs

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Nimal

This is not the golden time for tech community. Specially a lot of my friends in US and India are in fear of the recent layoffs of many IT companies. This is just another post October 2008 credit crunch effect, … Continue reading →

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