Microsoft Reveals New Longhorn, Office 12 Features
eweek.com — Longhorn Beta 1 is still a few weeks away from release. And Office 12 Beta 1 isn't slated to debut until this fall. But that isn't stopping Microsoft from peeling back the covers on some of the new features slated for the pair of products due to ship in the latter half of 2006. (Submitted by inactive) More...
New Gmail features!!! Will Google Docs replace Microsoft Office?
fugitivethought.com — Gmail users can now take advantage of Google's web word processor when viewing attached documents or composing email. Sounds simple and unremarkable, but Google's products are now becoming mature enough to compete with Microsoft. Follow this digg for screen shots, discussion of features, and some history in the making. (Submitted by lightyear4) More...
OpenOffice.org: Breaking Microsoft’s dominance
theroyalgazette.com — I am writing this article using Writer, part of the slick new OpenOffice.org suite, which by the way is free and now rivals MS Office in terms of features. MS charges about $499 for its product suite if you buy the professional version. OpenOffice.org works just as well, has more or less the same abilities, and can both read and save MS formats. (Submitted by jrepin) More...
OpenOffice plug-in plan set for debut
news.com.com — Following in Firefox's footsteps, the next version of OpenOffice.org will support plug-in extensions to attract developers to the open-source productivity suite. Firefox users can download and install extensions that add new features, and something of a cottage industry developing these has grown up around the open-source Web browser. (Submitted by webtech) More...
Road to Mac Office 2008: Word '08 vs Pages 3.0
appleinsider.com — The planned mid-January release of Office 2008 offers a significant overhaul of the productivity suite's look and features. The previous segment described the challenges in front of the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft: deliver a new suite of applications with the features of the Windows side, but with an appearance and behaviors attractive to Mac (Submitted by macpro2006) More...
Google: New Spreadsheets fun (New features)
googleblog.blogspot.com — support for Open Document Format (handy for those who use linux-based machines and Open Office products). a way to force multiple line text in a single cell (like a street address in, say, a spreadsheet for planning a wedding). currency symbols in addition to $ and more. (Submitted by Alexius) More...
Everex Green gPC TC2502 The real $191.00 PC IN Stock Now!!!!
techgeeknews.com — Everex, a longtime personal computer vendor, has unveiled its latest PC featuring Ubuntu Linux-based open-source productivity software and Google-based Web 2.0 applications, for a mere $191.99 The latest Everex computer caters to the demands of a new generation of users. With popular applications from Google, Mozilla, Skype, OpenOffice.org and (Submitted by CProject60) More...
Online word processors: A hands-on comparison
applications.linux.com — The last year has seen the first appearance of online word processing applications such as ajaxWrite, ThinkFree Online, Writely, and Zoho Writer. Online office applications are an unproven product in a new market. To see how worthwhile they were, I compared their interfaces, basic and advanced features, and their document export and administration. (Submitted by 3monkeys) More...
Microsoft Office 2010 Collaboration Features
collabo.com — This week Microsoft Office 2010 was released as a technical preview to testers. New collaboration features will be the highlight of Office 2010 applications. Unified and real-time communication products are proliferating throughout the market and Microsoft is hoping to keep pace, and its strong grip on the business world. (Submitted by gamestream) More...
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