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Does it blend? Zoho and Google

The announcement earlier today that Zoho has added an import capability for those using GoogleDocs to its Writer apps is great news. It is something I asked for a short while ago and is an excellent example of how an agile cloud computing vendor can respond to a need when...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Commoditization, Abundance, Zoho Writer, Business Services, Tools & Techniques, Software As A Service (SaaS), OpenOffice, Management, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Zoho Writer flaw highlights disclosure problem in Web 2.0 world

Zoho Writer flaw highlights disclosure problem in Web 2.0 worldNice, I love pwning Word 2.0Very interesting Ryan! Look for more like this at my Black Hat presentation with Rob Carter, John Heasman, and Billy Rios. Heasman and Rios have both been terrorizing Word 2.0 apps.-Nate

Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Web, disclosure problem, John Heasman, Word 2.0, Zoho Writer, Web 2.0 World, Web 2.0

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

Zoho Writer flaw highlights disclosure problem in Web 2.0 world

CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica recently stumbled upon on an information disclosure vulnerability in Zoho Writer,  the browser-based word processing software popular among Web 2.0 early adopters. The raw details: On Sunday morning, I went up to my Zoho Writer page and searched on "soccer." The...

Tags: Web, Google Gmail, Vulnerability, Bug, Flaw, Zoho Writer, Web 2.0, E-mail Providers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Google Docs offline illustrates open source maturity

Now that Microsoft Word is a standard, maybe Redmond should worry about making certain it stays a leader. The rapid delivery of an offline feature to Google Docs illustrates the benefits of standardization and the maturity of online office suites, according to a competitor. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Zoho Writer, Vembu, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Zoho Writer opens up read AND write offline functionality

Zoho Writer opens up read AND write offline functionalityLDSI would love to see someone like the Aviary or Live-Documents guys do something with LDS. The ability to hibernate/serialize Flex objects should make the syncing problem a nut that can be cracked in a standard fashion, like just implement interface...

Tags: Zoho, Zoho Writer

Discussion threads 2007-11-26

Zoho Writer opens up read AND write offline functionality

Zoho announced today that it's making read and write functionality in Zoho Writer available offline using Google Gears. Most of the tech commentary focuses on the office aspect of this, which is great because Zoho is really pushing the boundary of what online office applications mean. As Read/WriteWeb notes, this...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Zoho Writer, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-11-26

Offline editing comes to Zoho Writer

Offline editing comes to Zoho WriterWow, great news! And, hopefully this will shame Google into getting theoffline versions working.But, as I have said before, you need something a lot better than Java Script to get more complete functionality offline. Zoho for instance will not be able to make the file...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Zoho, Zoho Writer

Discussion threads 2007-11-26

Zoho adds offline functionality with Google Gears

Zoho announced today that they've added hooks into Google Gears in their Zoho Writer program so that you can access and modify your documents when you're offline. After hanging out with Dion Almaer on the bus I was really anxious to see someone else use Google Gears and I hadn't...

Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Google Gears, Web Browser, Zoho, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Zoho takes the first step towards offline apps

Zoho announced early this morning that they've taken the first steps toward making Zoho Writer available as an offline app using the Google Gears tool. Initially the docs saved offline will be read only but full offline functionality is planned.We are taking our first steps towards offering Zoho Writer offline....

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Zoho, Marc Orchant

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Zoho Writer beta

The Zoho Writer beta online word processor lets you take work on the road by providing an always-on interface in which you can type, edit, and share text documents. As with any Web-based software, you'll need stable Internet access to use Zoho Writer. Zoho Writer remains in beta testing, but...

Tags: Word processors, Zoho, Zoho Writer, beta, Zoho Writer beta

Product reviews 2006-08-01

Zoho adds real-time collaborative editing

Zoho Writer, an online word processor, now features real time collaborative editing. This means multiple users can work on a Zoho Writer document at the same time. While this may sound like a feature that web-based word processing products should have by default, in reality most of them don't. According...

Tags: Zoho Writer

Blog posts 2006-07-11

Additional Resources

Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.Org

RE: Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.OrgMS Office appears to be a really expensive trap. Your solution: Softmakerhttp://www.softmaker.comSuperior compatibility with all MS versions. No bloatware. Simply solid German engineering.If this came from a credible author I would be confused too butMr Kusnetzky has an habit of interspersing his zdnet stream with...

Tags: goodbye, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The 2010 Productivity Tool Bonanza - Microsoft, Google, Zoho & Open Standards

On the eve of what looks to be a major Microsoft productivity products year in 2010 with the Windows 7 operating system, Exchange 2010, Office 2010, MOSS/SharePoint 2010 and Azure it's interesting to look at how the market for these products serve has changed. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Open Standard, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Zoho's Next Big Thing

Zoho has announced the availability of Zoho Discussions. Of itself you might think this is a smallish me-too announcement given that it can be construed as support forums-reinvented for the new millennium with some bells and whistles thrown in. That would be a gross underestimate of...

Tags: Zoho, Smb/Sme, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Zoho preps mobile suite

Zoho on Tuesday rolled out a unified mobile front for its suite of Web applications.  Zoho had offered some basic iPhone and Windows Mobile support previously, but now is unifying applications like Mail, Calendar, Writer, Sheet, Show & Creator into one interface.  The mobile...

Tags: Zoho, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Zoho hooks up chat to other IMs, its app suite

Zoho Chat has launched a new version that supports other instant messaging systems and connect them to other applications from the company.  In a blog post, Zoho outlines the new features, but the big pitch is the integration with its other applications such as Zoho Writer, Sheet,...

Tags: Zoho, IM, Zoho Chat, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-01

News to know: Green Silicon Valley, Napping datacenters, Craigslist prostitution, Clearwire

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Harry Fuller: Silicon Valley seeing green Chris Jablonski: "Napping" data centers could cut energy use by 75% ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Mozilla Firefox, Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Clearwire Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Web Browsers, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2009-03-06

News to know: Green Silicon Valley, Napping datacenters, Craigslist prostitution, Clearwire

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Harry Fuller: Silicon Valley seeing green Chris Jablonski: "Napping" data centers could cut energy use by 75% ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Mozilla Firefox, Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Clearwire Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Web Browsers, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Looks are everything: Zoho advances Writer 2.0 user interface

Zoho on Thursday announced the latest rev of its word processing program, Zoho Writer 2.0, and the biggest change is a tab motif that looks pretty useful. Think a cross between Google's Chrome browser and Microsoft Office's Ribbon.   The tabbed theme of Zoho Writer will be...

Tags: Zoho, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-05

The kids like Vista

The kids like VistaWhy did you toss that in?You were doing well until you reached:Most kids have largely recognized what only a small number of adults have come to grips with: the OS is irrelevant. It's all about the web browser, folks. Google Docs, Zoho, and OpenOffice all work quite...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-09-24