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Web Office Tools
http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk/weboffice... This two part article reports on a two week experiment by Miles Maier to see how suitable online tools are for everyday tasks like email, calendar, documents and spreadsheets, and whether they could even replace desktop applications like Microsoft Outlook and Office |
WordPress
in 198 toolboxes Flexible open-source content management and blogging software with an active user and developer community and a wide variety of plug-ins or extensions available.
Firefox
in 345 toolboxes Firefox is the popular open source web browser from Mozilla
Skype
in 228 toolboxes Free/cheap Internet telephony and handy IM tool.
Delicious
in 173 toolboxes Web based social bookmarking lets you share online finds and discover new ones. Ground zero for tagging.
OpenOffice
in 203 toolboxes Full-featured open source office productivity suite, featuring word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database packages; free MS Office replacement.
Google Earth
in 83 toolboxes Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
MediaWiki
in 85 toolboxes Powerful wiki software built to support the Wikipedia project
Inkscape
in 39 toolboxes Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
YouTube
in 75 toolboxes Upload up to 100MB videos and embed them in your sites. Now with dedicated channels for nonprofits.
Wikipedia
in 131 toolboxes Wikipedia is a global and multilingual Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia.
LinkedIn
in 144 toolboxes Social networking for non-social purposes with a focus on professional development, networking for jobs and problem solving through the expertise of those in your extended network.
Google Calendar
in 76 toolboxes A free web-based calendar.
Google
in 105 toolboxes Google is the quintessential search engine.
Facebook
in 114 toolboxes Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.
Google Docs and Spreadsheets
in 83 toolboxes Now covered by Google Drive.
Web-based word processor and spreadsheet tool. Formerly Writely.
CCleaner
in 28 toolboxes CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.
Social Source Commons
in 144 toolboxes The Social Source Commons is a “knowledge commons” that provides users with: a directory of software applications; links to relevant documentation, localization tools, services, user reviews; and a place to request tools/features.
Twitter
in 125 toolboxes Twitter is a global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or on the web.
