Open source software has long been a staple for geeks, but its coming into the mainstream and providing a valuable alternative for people who no longer want to pay for certain functionality. Here we explore the top five open source alternatives to popular Windows programs, showing you how you can live without them. 1. Microsoft [...]

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Out of the thousands of web applications which have been released this year, picking the top three has been a hard task. Judging these applications on what they offer the community as a whole is a must, which is why we’ve picked these three as our top three web applications of 2009. Dropbox – Dropbox [...]

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Netbooks have become very popular over the past few years, with many people using them in complement with their desktop computers instead of purchasing full-fledged laptops. Because they’re so much smaller and have generally lower requirements than many of the laptops on the market today, there are apps which are specially marketed toward netbook users [...]

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Some of the most popular software used in the workplace and school today is very expensive, and not everyone can afford it. That’s why there are so many open source alternatives available which are made freely available to people who want to use them. The best part of this is that often the open source [...]

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