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The OpenOffice.org Project has unveiled that it is separating itself from Oracle. OpenOffice’s development and direction will be decided by a steering committee of developers and national language project managers. Driving home the changes, the OpenOffice.org project is now The Document Foundation, while the OpenOffice.org suite has been given the temporary name of LibreOffice.

I am happy about this…I have always loved OpenOffice and the things that they been doing. I’m hoping that the future for them is bright and they bring many other applications out that benefit the communities. OpenOffice has always been competing with Microsoft Office and it has come along way from being opensource.

this from their site

Our Mission
Our mission is to facilitate the evolution of the OpenOffice.org Community into a new open, independent, and meritocratic organizational structure within the next few months. An independent Foundation is a better match to the values of our contributors, users, and supporters, and will enable a more effective, efficient, transparent, and inclusive Community. We will protect past investments by building on the solid achievements of our first decade, encourage wide participation in the Community, and co-ordinate activity across the Community.

here are also some FAQs

Q: So is this a breakaway project?

A: Not at all. The Document Foundation will continue to be focused on developing, supporting, and promoting the same software, and it’s very much business as usual. We are simply moving to a new and more appropriate organisational model for the next decade – a logical development from Sun’s inspirational launch a decade ago.
Q: Why are you calling yourselves “The Document Foundation”?

A: For ten years we have used the same name – “OpenOffice.org” – for both the Community and the software. We’ve decided it removes ambiguity to have a different name for the two, so the Community is now “The Document Foundation”, and the software “LibreOffice”. Note: there are other examples of this usage in the free software community – e.g. the Mozilla Foundation with the Firefox browser.

Q: And why are you calling the software “LibreOffice” instead of “OpenOffice.org”?

A: The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation. Our hope is that Oracle will donate this to to the Foundation, along with the other assets it holds in trust for the Community, in due course, once legal etc issues are resolved. However, we need to continue work in the meantime – hence “LibreOffice” (“free office”).

a funny comedy now showing on the cinema called the other guys is about two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city’s top cops whom they idolize, only things don’t quite go as planned. it has a number of actors namely, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton.
it looks very funny and entertaining and looking forward to seeing this!

so it’s that time again where the series are back into full swing and 2 of my favourite sci-fi series are back! i cannot wait for them to start!
here is a preview of both and looks to be full of action, heartbreak and just everything you expect from the series franchise.

Caprica left us in the middle of a season hence it being called 1.5. Caprica is basically the beginning of Battlestar Galactica and shows us the “birth” of the cylones.

Stargate Universe is back for a second season and looks to be even more action packed. Eventhough Stargate:SG1 and Stargate:Atlantis have ended and people were wondering if it will live up to the standards and also not come up with the same type of storyline and predictability. I personally think they have pulled it off brilliantly and simply cannot wait!

talk SPORT Magazine brings us another hilarious video.

enjoy!

this is another master piece music video by OK Go. you all remember the one with the treadmills?

well here is another one with dogs. yes, dogs! how they managed this is simply amazing. getting the dogs to do all these things like jump through things, jump over, and simply just do what you tell them to do. must have taken a CRAP LOAD of retakes to do this.

how many of you have seen that heineken advert of the walk in fridge?

how many of you have seen the ad that came after that? this is the first time i have seen it and i have not seen it on the tv or anywhere and it was done last year!

enjoy it! it had me in knots!

Twitter is launching their new design soon and they gave us a sneak preview of what it will look like and all the functionality they plan to rollout.
For those that do not know, Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., that enables its users to send and read other users’ messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page. Tweets are publicly visible by default, however senders can restrict message delivery to their friends list. Users may subscribe to other author tweets—this is known as following and subscribers are known as followers.

Here is a look at some of the new features and designs it will have:

New Design:
You will now find @mentions, retweets, searches, and lists just above your timeline – creating a single, streamlined view on the left of the screen. On the right, you can see the features you’re familiar with, including whom you recently followed and who recently followed you, favorites, and Trending Topics.

Media
Now, it’s easy to see embedded photos and videos directly on Twitter, thanks to partnerships with Dailybooth, DeviantArt, Etsy, Flickr, Justin.TV, Kickstarter, Kiva, Photozou, Plixi, Twitgoo, TwitPic, Twitvid, USTREAM, Vimeo, Yfrog, and YouTube.

Discover related content
When you click a Tweet, the details pane shows additional information related to the author or subject. Depending on the Tweet’s content, you may see: @replies, other Tweets by that same user, a map of where a geotagged Tweet was sent from, and more.

Mini profiles
You can click a @username to see a mini profile without navigating from the page, which provides quick access to account information, including bio and recent Tweets.

These changes will roll out as a preview over the next several weeks. During the preview, you’ll be able to switch back and forth so you have time to grow accustomed to the way things work. Eventually, everyone will have the updated version of Twitter.com.

Here are 2 screenshot taken from techcrunch of just how different it will look.

Below is a cute video of just how it will look.