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- Microsoft 'Albany': A 'ValueBox' to compete with Google Docs
- Microsoft 'Albany': A 'ValueBox' to compete with Google DocsTo compete with Google, it needs to be free, and at most an easy download.Consumers will be getting used to free Office Suites that do everything they need.RE: Microsoft 'Albany': A 'ValueBox' to compete with Google DocsOne major limitation of Office Home...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, office suite, GoogleDocs, Google Inc., Google Docs, ValueBox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?
- 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?Wow? Free Office??*Cough*Open Office*Cough*RE: 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?Cost-conscious consumers need a fully office-file-compatible product which includes simplified versions of Word, Excel, and Outlook. A $49-$99 price-point for such a tool would keep most budget-constrained consumers away from OpenOffice...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OpenOffice, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, New Microsoft, home office
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Web-based applications perfect for most educators
- Web-based applications perfect for most educatorsZoho better than GoogleDocshttp://www.zoho.com/ is free and better than GoogleDocs.RE: Web-based applications perfect for most educatorsMy school has been using Moodle, a fabulous course management system, for 2 full years. Although true collaboration is still sometime off (think locally-hosted Google Apps integrated with Moodle) the...
- Tags: Web technology, Groupware, educator, web-based application, GoogleDocs, Moodle
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- GoogleDocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?
- GoogleDocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?Wait and SeeBoth the cost of Office 12 (2007 Office) and the new user interface will cause some experimentation for existing users. Purchasers of new machines are very likely to look for Office 12 alternatives. If these people try office applications as web services,...
- Tags: OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., GoogleDocs, NetDocs
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
- Office 2.0: GoogleDocs in the works
- Mary Jo Foley posts on Steve Bryants report that tomorrow at the Office 2.0 conference, Google will unveil its GoogleDocs project, which merges Writely and Google Spreadsheets into a unified collaboration suite. Let the games begin. Its not just Google now GooTube. Zoho, Think Free, JotSpot and other companies are...
- Tags: Google Inc., Office 2.0, GoogleDocs
- Blog posts 2006-10-10
- GoogleDocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?
- On October 11, Google is going to take yet another run at providing hosted applications online in a form that users might find interesting, according to my blogging buddy Steve Bryant. The so-called "GoogleDocs" project will be unveiled at the Office 2.0 conference, Bryant ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-10-10
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- Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe
- Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...
- Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?
- Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...
- Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Microsoft delivers a partial preview of its Office Web Apps
- Disabled bits does not a TECHNICAL PREVIEW make.Hmm, technical preview is for... People coders that want to be ready for the released product or as near to it as is possible. Having half the bits functions disabled or not available in a tech preview makes it, ummm, useless.obvioulsy notdont...
- Tags: cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., partial preview, technical preview, Web application, Office Web Apps, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Dead-finger tech: Google Apps
- Dead-finger tech: Google AppsIt's a Google world...I can't imagine living without Google.Not that there is anything wrong with Microsoft. I doubt whether I would trade in Windows for Chrome OS. In short, nothing beats a good Windows-based PC (especially Win7) combined with a lot of Google stuff and a few...
- Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2009-07-22
- Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing
- Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computingThis was a move to ...... put the IT industry on hold the way Microsoft has done for years.Now it's, let's wait and see what Google is going to come out with.Anticipation is making you wait? That's...
- Tags: Operating systems, OpenOffice, NOW IT, Google Inc., Chrome, Chrome OS, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- Does inexpensive have to equal cheap?
- Does inexpensive have to equal cheap?Forget the hardware!Keep your eye on the ball--your own personal time and productivity! If your hardware or software is giving you problems and consuming your time, you've got to start adding that time up and putting a cost to that. It all comes back to...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, PRODUCTIVITY, netbook, ASUS, min, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe
- Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafeIt's still a long long way......before cloud computing will become the norm. Issues like this illustrate one reason why. It can be hard enough to get a closed network totally secure enough to completely trust it. To get any big...
- Tags: Government, SECURITY, Cayble, Google Inc., FTC
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Nine Web sites IT pros should master in 2009
- At least, according to Carolyn Duffy Marsan, senior editor at Network World. Marsan writes up a list not for geeks but for decision-makers, with the following disclaimer: "Master these Web sites, and you’ll prove you can innovate during the most trying economic times. And you’ll do it more efficiently...
- Tags: Security, Google Inc., Web, Information Technology, VMware Inc., Twitter, VMware Communities Marsan, EMM Site, Ruby On Rails, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Strategy, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Servers, Hardware, Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Can I live in the Cloud for a week?
- Can I live in the Cloud for a week?Can you clarifyWhat you mean by this:"collaborators can't access documents without setting up new accounts under the guidance of specialists"?Interested to understand what problems you are having.ThanksRE: Can I live in the Cloud for a week?Keen to see how you get on....
- Tags: Desktops, cloud computing, Groupware, Student Record, desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-01-12
- US Apple Store savings better, still hardly worth getting out of bed for
- US Apple Store savings better, still hardly worth getting out of bed forNot true...Home and Student Office is on sale for 30% off at Amazon, $69. Welcome to a weak economy, increased margin pressure from OO and GoogleDocs. TripleIIThat is true. But....If Apple really slashed the price of it's...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, object-oriented, Apple Inc., Apple Store
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
- Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open source
- Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open sourceRed Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open sourceNotice how he says open source but never uses the term linux. He know's that his company is dying because their one product is dying. Its almost laughable that he would openly...
- Tags: future gain, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux, open-source software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Can Google not do evil?
- Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000termsThe second part of the terms are likely because some universities give their students lifetime access to their .edu email address. As long as they have graduated.Microsoft is going to find it very hard to keep Office Suite prices northof 50 bucks. Enterprises are not...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, allway, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show (already)
- Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show alreadyWhy should they not discloseI'm actually shocked by you guys meaning that they Microsoft disclosing licenses sold means they envy the iphone. They might envy it in a way but they disclosing those figures doesn't tell that.Companies disclose the amount of products...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., phone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
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