If you’re thinking about buying the latest version of Microsoft Office, it’s going to cost you $399 for each PC you own (or $239 if you qualify for an upgrade from an older version). If you need at ...

Want to get the power of the free OpenOffice, and combine it with the collaboration capabilities of Google Docs? There’s a way to get the best of both worlds, with a free OpenOffice extension. As I ...

OpenOffice 2.0.1 now comes on a flash drive--but an analyst claims that at 144MB, the software's too bloated to be truly portable. The latest version of Portable OpenOffice.org, an edition of the open ...

OpenOffice.org has released a patch for three security vulnerabilities in its popular open-source office software suite. Maliciously crafted Java applets can break out of the sandbox (the security ...

All right, so my new computer should be coming soon, and I thought I might try to save a few bucks and find an alternative to Office. The big name of course is OpenOffice (.org), but, knowing ...

On Tuesday, rivals Microsoft and OpenOffice.org both released toolkits that support building applications for their competing document file formats and productivity suites. OpenOffice’s toolkit allows ...

The company behind Web-based word processor Writely announced on Monday that it will handle documents saved in the OpenDocument format. Writely was launched by privately held Upstartle in August of ...

Microsoft Monday said it will offer its Word, Excel and PowerPoint document formats as open standards, a move that could spark a war with technology rivals over standard document formats. Microsoft ...