According to the OpenOffice wiki, the release date of their new version 2.2 will be March 6th. That’s all I have now, I’ll test it on Vista when it comes out and post more about the software then.
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Musings on Mozilla and open-source software
Posted on February 28, 2007 …
Change Start Menu Power Button
Thanks to a tip from Paul Thurrott on the WinSuperSite, I finally found the way to change the start menu power button in Vista. By default, the power button puts your system to the new hybrid sleep mode. If you want the power button to actually go ahead and turn your computer off (like it should) you can do this:
- Open Control Panel
- Click on Hardware and Sound (default) or Power Options (classic)
- Click Change Plan Settings
- Change Advanced Power Settings
- Under Power buttons and lid, change start menu power button from sleep to shutdown
The start menu power button is now red instead of orange and will shut your computer down!
Traffic Conditions on Google and Windows Live
I’ve been a huge Google fan for over a year now and I use Google Maps for almost all of my mapping needs. However, I moved to Chicago and the traffic here is, well, crappy. So I had to find a map system that gave me visual traffic conditions. I found out that Windows Live Local has the traffic feature built into its maps.
Today, I noticed on the Google Blog that they have now added that functionality to Google Maps which is great. They have about 30 cities that will display the traffic conditions of the major interstates and highways.
Yahoo! Maps has traffic info too, but I’m not as much of a fan of Yahoo! anymore. 
