documents
Gadgets
Kindle’s Wireless Document Delivery Gets a Hefty Price Hike, Now Charged by the Megabyte
8:07PM John Herrman | Initially, Amazon’s Personal Document Service would push converted files to your Kindle for a flat $US0.10 each. Well, changes are afoot: Amazon has announced expanded format support, but a higher fee of $US0.15—at least. More »
Software
Documents To Go for Android Released to Edit Microsoft Office Docs
10:20AM Mark Wilson | We heard about Documents To Go for Android a few months back, a Microsoft Office document reader/editor/creator for mobile devices on its way to the Android platform. Now it’s out for $US20. More »
Software
Office 14 Won’t Ship in 2009 Says Ballmer
6:00AM Jason Chen | The Ballmeister told analysts that Office 14 won’t ship in 2k9, leaving spreadsheet enthusiasts going back to Office 2007 for their chart generating shenanigans. [ZDNet] More »
Business
11:28AM Nick Broughall | Google really, really, really wants to kick Microsoft in the office application department, as Australian IT today is reporting that they’re looking to hire a heap of resellers to push Google Apps on Small and medium businesses in Australia. By April this year, resellers will be able to “sell, customise and support Google Apps Premier Edition for small-to-medium business and enterprise customers”. The plan has already been trialled by 50 partners worldwide. More »
Google To Push Google Apps For Business Via Resellers
11:28AM Nick Broughall | Google really, really, really wants to kick Microsoft in the office application department, as Australian IT today is reporting that they’re looking to hire a heap of resellers to push Google Apps on Small and medium businesses in Australia. By April this year, resellers will be able to “sell, customise and support Google Apps Premier Edition for small-to-medium business and enterprise customers”. The plan has already been trialled by 50 partners worldwide. More »
Peripherals
The Ecofont Cuts Ink Consumption by 20%
4:40AM Mark Wilson | The creators of Ecofont want to save you ink by drilling tiny holes in your print. Good idea? More »
Peripherals
Iconic My Document Laptop Sleeve Now Purchasable
5:50AM Jason Chen | The My Document notebook folder folder we posted back in May has finally made its way to the US by way of Thinkgeek. Always an expert at setting up shipping agreements with overseas manufacturers, Thinkgeek now offers this for US$29.99 + shipping, which is much easier than arranging an import from Taiwan yourself. It fits all notebooks up to 15.4 inches, and it’s the best way to attract attention at Starbucks short of pouring a grande latte down your shirt (both men and women). [Think Geek via DVICE] More »
Online
The Downside of Relying on Google for Everything
12:45AM Adam Frucci | Oh, Google is just so great! They have the best free email, calendar, chat, photo and document sharing services, so why not use them all? Well, here’s why: they can lock you out of your entire account without any explanation or any way to get it back, pretty much erasing your online existence. It happened to Nick Saber. More »
Peripherals
My Document Laptop Case is Charmingly Iconic
10:40AM Jason Chen | Clever. Monospaced. Bold. Yellow. Those four words can describe this My Document laptop case as well as any others, which is good because our pocket dictionary just fell into the toilet. The design is from 25togo Design Studios, and as hard as we try (which is not that hard) we can’t find a price tag or a way to purchase one. You can always email them and see if they’ll sell you one manually, but they’re in the country which has a country code of 886 (Taiwan), so be prepared to pay a little extra for shipping. [25togo via Like Cool via Slashgear] More »
Software
2:05PM Nathan Taylor | If you have no idea what Document Freedom Day is, then you’re probably not alone. According to the official Web site, it’s “a global day for document liberation. It will be a day of grassroots effort to educate the public about the importance of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general.”Now we were initially inclined to write this whole thing off as the invention of a cabal of open source fanatics, but apparently it actually has some heavy hitters behind it, including Google, which is hosting an event in Sydney tonight featuring senator Kate Lundy (the former shadow comms minister) and David Vaile (head of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre).Now I’m not sure how the rest of us are supposed to celebrate DFD, but I guess we could make an effort to install Open Office on as many PCs as possible, or send a letter to Microsoft asking it to support the Open Document Format. [DocumentFreedomDay via Ars Technica] More »
March 26: The First Annual Document Freedom Day
2:05PM Nathan Taylor | If you have no idea what Document Freedom Day is, then you’re probably not alone. According to the official Web site, it’s “a global day for document liberation. It will be a day of grassroots effort to educate the public about the importance of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general.”Now we were initially inclined to write this whole thing off as the invention of a cabal of open source fanatics, but apparently it actually has some heavy hitters behind it, including Google, which is hosting an event in Sydney tonight featuring senator Kate Lundy (the former shadow comms minister) and David Vaile (head of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre).Now I’m not sure how the rest of us are supposed to celebrate DFD, but I guess we could make an effort to install Open Office on as many PCs as possible, or send a letter to Microsoft asking it to support the Open Document Format. [DocumentFreedomDay via Ars Technica] More » 