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A Microsoft Business That's Still Kicking Ass
Silicon Alley Insider —
... We should also note that Microsoft finally appears to have launched its own Google Apps killer--web-based Office Apps. According to ReadWriteWeb, these allow you to do the same thing you can do with Google Apps, which is edit documents from a browser. We haven't played with it yet, so we can't confirm, but we hope that's what it actually allows (Anyone?) ...
Microsoft Office – now in a browser
Geek In Disguise —
We just announced here at PDC our Office Web Applications – yep, Office is coming to the browser. I’ll write more on this later but one thing I’ll say up front is this is a very capable version of Office. Much more so than Google Docs IMHO and yes, they will work he apps will in IE, Firefox and Safari for creation and editing of Word, PowerPoint and Excel and OneNote. Some early coverage from Richard MacManus at ReadWriteWeb who have been discussing this topic for quite some time. Game on.
Microsoft to launch web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Download Squad —
... It looks like Microsoft is finally prepared to launch its answer to Google Docs, Zoho Office, and ThinkFree Office. About a year after launching Office Live Workspace, which is really just a service for people to store and share documents ...
Microsoft Plans to (Finally) Launch Web Office Suite
SitePoint —
... The web apps will have an interface similar to the newer 2007 Windows version of Office, with a variation on the “ribbon” navigation schema. Screenshots that were released this morning of Office running in the browser indicate an almost identical user experience. The application will supposedly be cross platform, and will work in IE, Firefox, and Safari. An unverified comment on a post at ReadWriteWeb indicates that the online versions will be created using “100% HTML+AJAX” rather than Silverlight. We’d assume the back end will ...
Microsoft takes the wraps off Windows 7
TechBlog —
... location. This has been something Microsoft has been driving toward for some time, but users have been resistant to it. Will this latest execution of the concept catch on? libraries • Bad news for those who don't like the ribbon interface from Office 2007 (I love it!). It shows up in several spots in Windows 7, including a reworked Calculator and Paint. paintribbon • Windows Explorer also gets a minor facelift. win7explorer In addition, Microsoft also revealed it will finally offer Web-based versions of its Office applications . These won't be available until the release of ...
Windows in the Cloud
Know It All —
This is what a lot of us non-developers think of when we think cloud computing: versions of stuff like Office that run we know not where, but work wherever we are.
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Does a Web Office hurt Google or MSFT?
mathewingram.com/work —
... from Sarah Perez of Read/Write Web). Obviously, the Web Office news is a shot across the bow of Google and its Google Docs — Microsoft is even using mostly Ajax just like Google, instead of its Flash-style Silverlight technology. But who does the rollout of a Web Office hurt Google more, or does it hurt Microsoft itself? ...
Microsoft Hopes to Build a Complementary Revenue Stream with its Online Office Suit
Profy —
... The online versions of the popular Microsoft productivity applications will be somewhat limited (or “lightweight” as they call it in Microsoft) but the software giant promises they will be comparable to Google’s online office applications. What we now know is that the applications will surprisingly work in the three major browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari, not in IE only) and will allow users to create documents, edit them and collaborate on them as well. ...
Microsoft joins the mile high club, embraces the cloud
Boy Genius Report —
It seems like it has been forever since Google first unveiled its Google Docs online productivity suite and popularized the concept of working in the cloud, so to speak. Sure it was embraced by many, businesses around the world were generally hesitant to stray from the addiction that Microsoft Office has become. Since then, a number of additional players have joined the fray and released online suites of their own. Among them are Adobe’s relatively new Acrobat online suite focused on word processing and collaboration, and what is likely the most extensive ...
Microsoft Using The Two-Minute Offense
Broadband Developments —
... Obvious football reference aside, it seems that Microsoft is in hurry-up mode. The introduction of webapps to Office is a welcome development, but certainly not unexpected. ...
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