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Bureautique
AbiWord
www.abiword.com
Windows | MacOS | Linux Volunteers keep this open-source word processor alive.
It closely mimics the look and feel of Microsoft Word 2003 and earlier.
Gliffy
www.gliffy.com
Web | Flash An online-only diagramming tool with more options than you can
flowchart. The free version is limited to five diagrams.
Google Docs
docs.google.com
Web | Mobile Google's slickly designed office suite offers online shared word
processing, spreadsheets, and presentations-and best of all, finally a solid
alternative in the office-suite space to the totally dominating Microsoft.
Upload or e-mail your current documents for storage and editing.
IBM Lotus Symphony
symphony.lotus.com
Web | Mobile A much prettier version of OpenOffice.org, Symphony is prepped for
presentations, spreadsheets, and word processing in a single window (but lacks
OO's drawing and database modules).
KompoZer
www.kompozer.net
Windows | MacOS | Linux A full WYSIWYG Web-page authoring tool akin to
Dreamweaver, KompoZer integrates an FTP site manager for file uploads.
NeoOffice
www.neooffice.com
MacOS This version of OpenOffice.org has the same great tools and price (free),
but with an interface designed specifically for the Mac OS.
Notepad++
notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
Windows Notepad++ handles text--especially source code-in ways the basic Windows
Notepad could only dream of, with embellishments like tabs and color coding.
Read the full review of
Notepad++.
Scribus
www.scribus.net
Windows | MacOS | Linux This open-source page layout tool has features
comparable to big names like PAgemaker, plus support for PDFs and scalable
vector graphics (SVG).
Windows Live Mail
get.live.com
Windows Live Mail not only reads your Hotmail, but also can check POP, IMAP, or
HTTP mail accounts. It works as an RSS feed reader and a newsreader.
Zoho
www.zoho.com
Web | Mobile Zoho features every tool you could want-word processing,
spreadsheet, presentations, database, even a wiki-and several you never knew you
needed. Some are also available off-line.
Read the full review of
Zoho.
Calendrier, agenda
Plaxo
www.plaxo.com
Web Perhaps the ultimate online address book, Plaxo is enhanced with the
superpowers of a social network and plug-ins for many Web-based services like
Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and LiveJournal for sharing across the Internet.
Backpack
www.backpackit.com
Web Backpack is more than a to-do list site. Your five easy-to-update pages send
reminders via e-mail or SMS and include a whiteboard for online collaboration.
EssentialPIM Free
www.essentialpim.com
Windows Imagine taking the e-mail out of Microsoft Outlook to get a killer
personal information manager (PIM). That's what EssentialPIM is all about.
Google Calendar
calendar.google.com
Web | Mobile Featuring seamless integration with other Google products, sharing
capabilities, and SMS reminders, this Web app does for calendars what Google did
for search.
Lightning
www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning
Windows | MacOS | Linux To be more like Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird needs a
calendar. Lightning provides that, plus a to-do list. It can even sync with
Google Calendar.
Power Calculator
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Windows This XP-only PowerToy replaces the lame Windows calculator with a
mathematical powerhouse.
Remember The Milk
www.rememberthemilk.com
Web | Mobile Never forget another grocery item, or anything else, using this
extensible online task manager. It'll send reminders via e-mail, SMS, and IM.
Remember The Milk
www.rememberthemilk.com
Web | Mobile Never forget another grocery item, or anything else, using this
extensible online task manager. It'll send reminders via e-mail, SMS, and IM.
Sunbird
www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird
Windows | MacOS | Linux Sunbird is Mozilla's standalone calendar for tracking
events and upcoming tasks. It's a sister to Lightning, which adds the same
functions to Thunderbird.
30 Boxes
www.30boxes.com
Web One of the best-looking online calendars, 30 Boxes features easy-to-grasp
pop-ups for adding events and viewing schedule details.
Yahoo! Calendar
calendar.yahoo.com
Communication
GizmoProject
www.gizmoproject.com
Windows | MacOS | Linux Gizmo competes with Skype to offer free, peer-to-peer,
over-the-Internet phone and video calls, but uses open standards.
Gmail
www.gmail.com
Web | Mobile What to do with nearly limitless e-mail storage space—that's the
enviable quandary of Gmail users, who can store up to 5.5GB worth of e-mail and
chats. And the amount is constantly growing. Other perks include advanced search
options, real-time updates, and "conversations," in which e-mail chains are
stored in one continuous thread for easy perusal.
Mail Redirect
addons.mozilla.org
Windows | MacOS | Linux This add-on for Thunderbird lets you bounce a message to
the proper recipient without revealing that you got the message first.
ooVoo
www.oovoo.com
Windows | MacOS ooVoo video chat is more P2P than Skype (no supernodes!), with a
better picture. It supports up to six co-videoconferencers, file transfers, and
group text chat.
SightSpeed
www.sightspeed.com
Windows | MacOS SightSpeed has better video quality than ooVoo, but in a less
attractive interface. More than two video chatters will cost you, as will file
transfer and group chat.
Messagerie instantanée
Meebo.com
www.meebo.com
Web This polished Web app aggregates your AOL, Gmail, ICQ, Jabber, Windows, and
Yahoo! buddy lists into a single, Web-based instant-messaging and chat-room
experience. Meebo is building in extras, such as games you can play with IM
buddies, as well as video and audio chat you'd find with your regular IM client
software.
Pidgin
www.pidgin.im
Windows | Linux Open source tackles instant messaging in this client, which
supports more IM networks than you've ever heard of.
Trillian
www.ceruleanstudios.com
Windows Access all your IM accounts (AIM, ICQ, Windows Messenger, Yahoo!, and
more) from a single interface that also logs all your conversations, if you
desire.
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