Ubuntu 8.10 is out but it does not include the latest and the greatest OpenOffice 3.0 release.
You can either download the packages manually or do it the easier way.
What you need is to go to System > Administration > Software Sources.
Here you need to go to: Third Party Software
Click on Add: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
And [...]

Disabling User Account Control in Windows Vista
User Account Control is one of the most annoying security features in the Windows Vista operating system.
It serves little considering most people do not even bother to think before clicking on the option to continue with what they are doing.
So, well if you want to disable User Account Control [...]

Convert HTML web pages to Adobe PDF!
htm2pdf is a handy web resource to convert any web page to Adobe’s PDF format.
The service is free and web based. So you do not have to download any software to make it work.
You are just required to put in the URI of the webpage you want converted into [...]

How to download streaming videos using Apple Safari!
Apple Safari web browser is now available for both Mac OS X and Windows OS.
This web browser application from Apple has a handy feature named Activity which can be used to download streaming videos online.
Let’s try downloading the streaming video hosted on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmYVRIpu2w
Just load the link in [...]

Control Middle Click function in Opera
Opera tends to by default load the content from the clipboard if you do a middle click in empty space.
This can become quite a nuisance if you are trying to invoke the scroller feature found on most other applications.
The shortcut to fix this is Shift-Middle Click. That shows the option [...]

I’m Feeling Lucky for Opera!
Mozilla Firefox users are lucky to have this functionality integrated in their address bar, which enables them to visit the first site of Google for a keyword when the user does not put in a valid website address.
Now, UserJS.org brings to you similar functionality by using a UserJS script which [...]

Scrolling Tip for Opera Browser
Here is another interesting tip I found which works in the fabulous Opera Web Browser. The application already comes with a feature called ERA (Extensible Rendering Architecture) which helps the user to get rid of horizontal scrollbars on weird or badly designed websites. However, if you are stuck with a one-way [...]

Stupid Yahoo! Messenger
Apparently, you can no longer transfer files on the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger unless both the parties are using the latest version. I had to login to Gaim to transfer the file I wanted to send to a friend. Is this weird or what!
More on Yahoo! Messenger:
Yahoo! Messenger is a popular instant [...]

Macromedia Dreamweaver alternative for Linux
Don’t you just hate the fact that Macromedia and Adobe have not ported most of their products to the Linux platform? I sure do. There is no decent alternative to Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver. While I keep on looking for a non-GIMP solution to graphical applications, NVU seems to be [...]

It is quite interesting to note that OpenOffice saves MS Word files with better efficiency when compared to MS Office. Tests here showed that the file saved in OpenOffice Writer was less than half the size of the file saved in MS Word containing absolutely the same content! Considering it is free, TechWhack would recommend [...]