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- Microsoft Works
- An integrated software package for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It provides file management with relational-like capabilities, word processing, spreadsheet, business graphics and communications capabilities in one package.
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- Count me out for ad-funded Works
- As Microsoft tests its "Albany" project (essentially ad-funded Microsoft Works), Ed Tech has another choice available in terms of free productivity software. However, since this version of Works isn't a cloud application like Google Apps or a full-blown, highly usable suite like OpenOffice, it leaves one to wonder, "Why?"...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Works, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?
- Microsoft has begun inviting selected testers to be part of a beta of a new, consumer-focused Office-family product, codenamed "Albany." The beta invitation for Albany is cryptic, according to testers who received the invite and asked not to be named. Albany will be aimed at home PC...
- Tags: Albany, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft Works, Office Authoring Services, Office Suites, Microsoft Office, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Exploit code surfaces for microsoft works, QuickTime
- Exploit code for Microsoft Works--which was just patched on Tuesday--and QuickTime is making the rounds. First up, the Microsoft Works exploit. A hacker dubbed "chujwamwdupe," who also makes Teletubbies references for giggles, posted the following: A vulnerability exists in WPS to RTF convert filter that is...
- Tags: Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works, Office Suites, Digital Music, Digital Media, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Ad-funded microsoft works pilot starting soon
- On the afternoon of August 1, Microsoft finally decided to talk officially about its plans for an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works.Courtesy of a Microsoft spokeswoman, via e-mail:"Microsoft is initiating a pilot program featuring an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works – Microsoft Works SE 9.""Since its release in 1986,...
- Tags: Web 2.0, System builders, Office, OEMs, Google, Corporate strategy, Channel, Advertising
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Ad-supported free microsoft works: competitor to open source office suites?
- Ad-supported free Microsoft Works: competitor to open source office suites?I might use itI use Google Docs quite a bit - not exclusively, but more and more. One reason is the built-in ability to collaborate in real time with others on a document. I bet this feature cuts the...
- Tags: Office suites, Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, AbiWord, Microsoft Works, OpenOffice, advertisement, Google Inc., collaboration, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Ad-supported free microsoft works: competitor to open source office suites?
- Colleague Mary Jo Foley, who does the All about Microsoft blog, reports that Microsoft may well be working on a free version of Microsoft Works.I've always thought of Works as a poor man's Microsoft Office. There's an older version of Word, a PowerPoint viewer not a PPT creator, addy book,...
- Tags: Predictions and Observations, microsoft, Google
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- News to know: Mozilla patches Firefox; Vista hot fixes; microsoft works as a service
- Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Google hires browser hacking guru.Mozilla fixes its end of URL protocol handling saga. Ed Burnette: 10 days from report to patch for new Firefox exploit.David Berlind: Technology Shakedown: McAfee's A/V software runs amok on Windows Vista's tray.Mary Jo Foley: Leaked Vista hot fix list provides SP1 clues....
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- microsoft works to become a free, ad-funded product
- Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded productAd Funded never good.The ads will be annoying especially if they are flashing while you are trying to work.I think microsoft should turn Works into Office express. Word, E-mail, Power Point, Excel, Access, and whatever else is needed.Of course make sure it is...
- Tags: Google Inc., company obviously, development cost, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- microsoft works to become a free, ad-funded product
- Microsoft's next version of its small-business/home productivity suite, due imminently, will be free and ad-funded.Microsoft Works 9.0 -- which will be the new product's name, if Microsoft opts to stick with its current nomenclature -- might also debut at some point as Microsoft-hosted low-end productivity service, as many have been...
- Tags: Systems integrators, Office Live, Office, OEMs, Google, Corporate strategy, Channel, Advertising
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Microsoft Office Live 'Personal' Services: microsoft works revisited?
- Microsoft Office Live 'Personal' Services: Microsoft Works revisited?Redmondians?Are the Redmondians one of those new tribes that can run gambling on their tree-lined campus? Do you have to be an enrolled member, or just FTE? Is it something like Scientology with Kool-Aid?Much more to the story..If the eye on...
- Tags: Office suites, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Microsoft Office Live 'Personal' Services: microsoft works revisited?
- Microsoft has big hopes and plans for Office Live, its family of Web-based add-ons to Microsoft Office and SharePoint currently aimed at small- to mid-size business customers.One way the Redmondians plan to grow the Office Live business is by expanding its stable of offerings both up and down market, as...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Office, Office Live, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- Should microsoft works become a Web-based suite?
- Should Microsoft Works become a Web-based suite?Do not do itI can understand MS wanting to push their weakest productivity app on to the web, but I think there has to be a better way to handle online apps. MS Works is not a very good suite. It's just a dumbed...
- Tags: Microsoft Works, MS-Works, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- Should microsoft works become a Web-based suite?
- What will Microsoft do with Microsoft Works, its low-end desktop office suite, aimed at home users? That’s been an open-ended question, ever since the Works team was moved under Microsoft Business Division Jeff Raikes almost two years ago. BusinessWeek reported last week that Microsoft has decided to turn Works into...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Works
- Blog posts 2006-09-22
- Online Works might be in the works
- Online Works might be in the worksGoogle stock is on the rise again. It's MS press release time.This article about MS and a competing product was due. More articles and press releases to follow.The problems is, Microsoft can NOT afford to canabalize their cash cowsThere will be...
- Tags: Microsoft Works, Google stock, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Recovery for Works (exe)
- Recovery for Works is a powerful data recovery software for corrupted Microsoft Works files (.WPS, .XLR, .WDB). Recovery for Works components restore Works Wordprocessor documents, Works Spreadheets and Works Databases. Restores texts, original formatting, formulas. Supports Microsoft Works 5.x, 6.x and 7.x. Easy to use, no special user skills required.
- Tags: Data Recovery, Recovery, Microsoft Works, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2006-02-27
- microsoft works Suite 2006
- If you like Microsoft software and have light home-computing needs, you should enjoy Microsoft's Works Suite 2006. Its six bundled programs can help you organize photos, plan trips, inventory household items, and manage your finances, among other things. It's easy to zip between these tasks, though the initial layout of...
- Tags: Office suites, Microsoft Works Suite 2006, Microsoft Works Suite, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Corp.
- Product reviews 2006-01-30
- MS Works Converter (exe)
- Converts Microsoft Works files extension wks and wdb to Excel format. It can convert great numbers of Works files in one go. Microsoft does not provide an import filter for Excel to load Works-WKS and WDB files later than version 2. (for Works-WPD and Word they do). There is no...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works, Office Suites, Microsoft Excel, Software, Microsoft Office
- Software downloads 2005-12-01
- microsoft works on Office search
- Microsoft works on Office searchOS based search, not Office basedI hope MS concentrates on OS based search rather than making it part of Office. THAT would be a welcome addition and possibly worth upgrading to a new version of Windows.We own hundreds of copies of Office versions, O97 -...
- Tags: Office suites, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works
- Discussion threads 2004-07-14
Additional Resources
- Nortel Demos Virtual World Platform
- Nortel demoed a virtual world prototype here in a Ottowa at a day long event. Dubbed Web Alive, the virtual world is the first project to come out of Nortel new research effort that imposes a VC-like model for funding research. Like other virtual worlds, Web...
- Tags: Web, Collaboration, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, World Platform, Web Alive, Channel Management, Telecommunications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Jerry Yang is busy...Writing email
- Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails. To senior vice presidents at Yahoo, Yang delivered a few talking points following Icahn's first volley and...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Annual Meeting, Board, Carl Icahn, E-mail, Stockholder, Director, Company, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
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