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Google's offline apps do not threaten Microsoft Office: Analyst

The launch of Google Gears, which is likely to mean the search giant's word processing, spreadsheet and calendar applications will soon work offline, is unlikely to dent the market share of Microsoft's Office productivity suite, according to an analyst. Read more »

Google treads on PowerPoint turf

Google is adding a feature to its Docs & Spreadsheets Web-hosted software that will enable people to create presentations and slide shows, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Expo. Read more »

Microsoft Office goes online with Workspace

In a salvo fired squarely at the online productivity tools offered by Google, Microsoft has released a beta version of Office Live Workspace -- a free Web service that allows users to post Word, Powerpoint, Excel or PDF files directly from within their Office application onto the Internet. Read more »

Notes 8.0: clunky, but clever

Organisations considering migrating to Lotus Notes 8.0 are likely to be wowed by its functionality and usability, but might also find that it runs a little slower as a result. Read more »

Google begins Gears-enabling its office apps

The Google Docs' word processor will be the first Google app to be made available offline using the free Google Gears extension, which means users will soon be able to read and edit their documents even without an Internet connection. Read more »

Google combines word processing, spreadsheets

Google is diving further into the Web-based productivity-applications market by offering a new product that combines its online word-processing and spreadsheet programs. Read more »

Google launches secure Apps for enterprise teams

Google Apps Team Edition is a free service that lets people within the same e-mail domain collaborate easily with Google Apps, a package that includes Docs, Calendar, Talk and Start Page. Read more »

IBM, Yahoo and Google target Microsoft Office

After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing. Read more »

Google taps Capgemini to challenge Microsoft Office

Google has partnered with global consulting firm Capgemini to push GoogleApps -- Google's online alternative to Microsoft Office -- at enterprise users. Read more »

Google buys JotSpot, dips into wiki world

Search giant expands its hosted application portfolio with purchase of JotSpot, provider of a hosted wiki platform. Read more »

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Using Google as an application platform

Find out why Google Apps is a powerful alternative to more established products such as Microsoft SharePoint and IBM Lotus Notes. And, if Google Apps doesn't offer the applications you need, see why the Google App Engine might fit the bill. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

Get into the Groove

Hands up anyone who has heard of Groove? The Microsoft Office specialists in the front-row can put their hands down. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Jakob Nielsen

Builder AU recently caught up with usability guru Jakob Nielsen to talk about the Web, open source software, the future of 3D interfaces and mobile devices. Read more »

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Google's Secret Sauce

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- A new Googler has offered a rare glimpse into the process by which the search giant turns ideas into products. Read more »

Ubuntu gets jaunty

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »

While the big guys scrap at the big end, who's creating the little guy's computer heaven?

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- Having sampled Google’s new calendar, I, for one, can’t wait until full synchronisation between it and Outlook’s calendar is full and fluent, so I can dispose of another chain to my desk. Read more »

The audience is the application

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- In a near-perfect feedback loop, the audience for software developers is now becoming part of the process, a primary development tool able to feed back its wishes and bend the outcome of developers’ efforts to better suit to its needs. Read more »

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