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Google: Firms can 'get rid' of Office in a year
News Search giant sets sights on office software leader, Microsoft Office, with "30 to 50 updates" to be released for Google Docs next year, says top exec.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Google Inc., OpenDocument Format, Worker, Microsoft Corp., software, Office Open XML, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Eric Schmidt wants Google in your office
Insight newsmaker Google services for business customers will become "very profitable" once they reach sufficient scale, CEO says in an interview.
Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Google Voice, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Web sites, Web 2.0
Comfort, trust give Office edge over Google
News Microsoft will only offer hosted productivity suite next year, but Office has user familiarity, trust and resources that Google may not match, say analysts.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Social Networking, Google Inc., Social Networking Feature, Security, Microsoft Corp., Web Application, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Edit, share docs on-the-go with Google Docs
Blogs Google Docs offers free, feature-rich Web-based tools for editing and sharing spreadsheets and text documents. Using a W...
Google app sharing exposes corporate data
News The security of Google Docs was compromised when a bug gave some Docs users access to documents they weren't entitled to view.
Tags: Data security, Web services, Document, Security, Google Inc., product manager, blog entry, blog, Google Docs, spreadsheet
Gmail gets one-button dump option
News Created by Jeremie LE & David K, the new feature, when activated, allows you turn the contents of an email into a Google doc at the click of a button.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, Browser, Email marketing, Document, Google Inc., Email marketing, e-mail, News.com, blog
Privacy activist asks US regulators to halt Google apps
News Electronic Privacy Information Center wants Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Google cloud-computing services until government-mandated "safeguards are verifiably established."
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, FTC, EPIC, Privacy Activist, Regulator, Privacy Advocacy Group, Marc Rotenberg, Google Apps
Google offers better-tested Chrome version
News There's now a middle path for Chrome users who want a browser that's neither too old nor too raw. Also, Google shares new details on Chrome extensions.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Browser, e-mail, performance, JavaScript, Flickr, blog, Web Site, Google Docs
Google considers request to boost privacy
News After security experts ask Google to offer encryption by default for Gmail and other apps, it says it is considering doing so if the apps don't slow down too much as a result.
Tags: Privacy, Applications and tools, Hacking, E-mail, Advertisement, Google Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Apps, Hacking, Privacy
Will the OS not matter in time?
Blogs It was late Wednesday afternoon here when news of Google's plans to unveil a desktop operating system (OS) first broke, ...
Light cloud signals change of climate for IT
Insight perspective Light operating systems and cloud computing are the final nails in the coffin of traditional practices, says Bob Morris.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web sites, Web services, Development/design, Mobile Broadband, Device, Mobile Device, Cloud computing, Web, Netbook
Google urges Web adoption of vector graphics
News Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG, has languished as a graphics format on the Web, but now the stars are aligned for its success, Google argues.
Tags: Software, Digital media, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Conference, Web Browser, Graphics, SVG, Software
IBM launches cloud virtual-desktop service
News IBM enters virtual-desktop market with eye on cost savings and manageability.
Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Virtual Desktop, Virtualization, Web Browser, Service, Cloud computing, Server, Thin Client, Hardware
Native Client in Chrome: Google flexes Web muscle
News Google has built into its browser the ability to tap directly into a computer's native processing power through software called Native Client.
Tags: Operating systems, Google Inc., Operating System, software, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Application, Programming, Microsoft Windows, Web
Ballmer hints at 'Windows Cloud'
News In a speech in London, the Microsoft chief executive reportedly talks about a coming cloud-based OS, as well as plans to allow light Office document editing over the Web.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, software, Microsoft Windows
