Software Gadgets

Go-oo is a fork of the free Open Office office suite with improved compatibility with Microsoft Office formats and a number of other improvements and tweaks, including speeding up the startup time. That along makes this branch worth looking at for anyone already using Open Office.
* OpenXML / DOCX support: Go-oo provides a built-in .docx [...]

Find and Run Robot (FARR) is a program for Windows users who are keyboard maniacs — it uses an adaptive “live search” function to rapidly find programs and documents on your computer as you type.
Press your chosen hotkey to display the FARR window, then just start typing the first letters of the application you want [...]