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Microsoft Office Comes to the Browser (Finally)
ReadWriteWeb —
... The online versions will share the same names as their desktop counterparts (Word, Excel, etc), although unfortunately they don't fully escape the awkward and confusing branding that Microsoft gives to most of its Internet apps. The collective name for these apps is "Office Web Applications". To remind you, there is also an Office Online (a separate Microsoft site where users can download templates) and an ...
Microsoft Plans to (Finally) Launch Web Office Suite
SitePoint —
There have been rumors of a Microsoft web office suite since 2006, when Google released its web-based office application suite, Docs. Generally, rumors have surrounded the possibility of an ad supported, rich Internet application version of Microsoft’s slimmer Works product suite. None of those whispers have come to anything, though, and Microsoft’s web office strategy has become increasingly muddled.
There is Office Online, where users can download templates for Microsoft Office products, there is Office Live Workspace, where users can store ...
View as HTML Office Open XML Files
Google Operating System —
Google started to support Microsoft's Office Open XML formats in Gmail and web search. You can now view as HTML documents created using Microsoft Office 2007: .docx documents, .xslx spreadsheets and .pptx presentations. Google Docs doesn't yet support importing Open XML files, but you can use online services like Zamzar, Zoho Writer or software like OpenOffice 3.0, Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack to convert your files. { Thanks, Sushovan De. }
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View Office Open XML Files as HTML in Gmail and Google Search Results
D' Technology Weblog —
Google now support Microsoft’s Office Open XML formats in Gmail and web search and let you view as HTML documents created using Microsoft Office 2007: .docx documents, .xslx spreadsheets and .pptx presentations. Google Docs doesn’t yet support importing Open XML files, but you can use online services like Zamzar, Zoho Writer or software like OpenOffice 3.0, Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack to convert your files.
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Will Office 14 eat Google Docs’ lunch? Not necessarily
VentureBeat —
... Compete’s numbers show steady increases: The Google Docs and Spreadsheets sites had a total of 4.4 million unique visitors in September, up 156 percent from a year ago, and up 32 times from two years ago. Compared to traffic to office.microsoft.com, which is at around the same level as two years ago, that’s impressive. Of course, Microsoft’s Office website is serves a very different function — you don’t use it for your actual word processing and spreadsheet making. ...
HP Magic Giveaway competition - Win $6000 of HP goodies
D' Technology Weblog —
... HP 564 Photo Value Pak
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate and Home Premium preinstalled
Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition
Corel VideoStudio X2
Kung Fu Panda (DVD & Blu-ray) ...
Shopping tips for this festive season
D' Technology Weblog —
A recent holiday consumer study revealed that consumers may be changing their spending this season:
Two out of three Americans admit they will consider spending less on family and friends this year than they did last year.
Nearly half will give one large family gift as opposed to many smaller individual items.
Nearly three-fourths of Americans will give gifts that provide their family and friends with entertainment while staying home.
Money-saving options are available for families that are demanding more from their personal technology, such as creating greeting ...
Microsoft Office Online and Monster.com to help job hunters find dream job
D' Technology Weblog —
Microsoft Office and Monster.com are teaming up to help people find jobs and maximize their potential for employment in a challenging economy. Now, job seekers will have access to Office Online Career Center, a new all-in-one portal aimed at helping people find new opportunities and reach their full potential, where they can create résumés by choosing from hundreds of Microsoft Office Online résumé templates and benefit from Monster’s job posting and career management tools and advice.
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Business spending on cloud computing rises to $9.6 billion in 2009, up 22%
Between the Lines —
... rather than using the standard Microsoft Office suite. Mertz said,“Many factors are driving adoption of SaaS, including the benefits of rapid deployment and rapid ROI, less upfront capital investment, and a decreased reliance on limited implementation resources. Greater market competition and increased focus by the ‘megavendors’ is reinforcing the legitimacy of on-demand solutions. Many enterprises are further encouraged by the fact that with SaaS, responsibility for continuous operation, backups, updates and infrastructure maintenance shifts risk and resource requirements ...
Can Google challenge Microsoft Office?
SEO and Tech Daily —
... , and creating a seemingly viable competitor in search, Google is firing back at one of Microsoft's most profitable businesses .... Microsoft Office. ...
Confirmed: Microsoft Is The New Owner Of Office.com
TechCrunch —
We speculated about this when we first reported on Microsoft’s announcement regarding its software-in-the-cloud strategy, and now it’s official: istartedsomething and Download Squad have confirmed that the domain name office.com is now officially owned by the Redmond software behemoth, based on a simple WHOIS query.
Guess where Office Web (or whatever it’ll be called) be hosted soon?
While istartedsomething reports that the domain name was owned by Belgian startup ContactOffice before, the truth is ...
Microsoft buys Office.com domain, Phil Schiller responds to Ninjawords censorship, Murdoch sites to charge by next summer
Obsessable News Feed —
A whois domain registration search has revealed that Microsoft has purchased the domain name www.office.com from ContactOffice Group. Presumably it will be the new home of Microsoft's web-based Office suite, which we assumed before would reside at office.microsoft.com. Apple VP Paul Schiller personally responded to the blogger outrage over the censorship of the Ninjawords dictionary in the Apple App Store. As you might recall, bloggers and Ninjawords developers believed that the dictionary was censored for having the same ...
Office.com Goes Live
TechCrunch —
... For reference, that website is designed to help people learn more about Microsoft Office’s desktop software although it does also link to some of its web-based products (e.g. Microsoft Office Live). ...
5 Web Office Considerations: Beyond the Buzz [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
... . While it was great to get a first look at this release, it was even more interesting to pull back and read the flurry of blog postings, pundit pontifications, tweets and articles that were all over the web, ranging from those stating that this was the end of Microsoft Office, to those saying that Microsoft Office 2010 Web Apps is going to wipe ...
