Microsoft's Technical Preview of Web-based editions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint shows that Google is in for a fight Microsoft unveiled the much anticipated Web-hosted versions of its Microsoft ...

Microsoft officially completed its rollout of Office 2010 on Tuesday by releasing its new productivity suite to retail stores, and ending the Office 2010 free beta testing program. One of the most ...

Office Web Apps is a good offering that enhances the Office ecosystem, which includes OneNote and SharePoint. It provides excellent collaboration features and you can get done pretty much everything ...

Google Docs has long reigned supreme as the champion of cloud computing. Microsoft is looking to claw the title away from the search behemoth, with its online version of Office Luke Westaway is a ...

To try to peel back this mystery, taking a look at the history of Microsoft's free online Web apps can help provide insight. Over the holiday break a friend asked me why it was that Microsoft 365 is a ...

Microsoft's plan to make Office Web Apps truly useful is admirable, but it's unlikely to give us what we really need If there’s one thing I’ve always hated about Web-based productivity apps, it’s ...

The rebranded online suite now offers its own startup Web page, a lineup of new templates, and easier ways to jump from one app to another. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...

Choosing to risk cannibalizing its own sales rather than let competitors such as Google Inc. eat away at them, Microsoft Corp. will give consumers and corporate users free access to the upcoming Web ...

When Microsoft launched its Office Web Apps back in June, the most logical reaction was a simple, “What took you so long?” Competitors such as Google Docs and Zoho proved long ago that it’s possible ...

We’ve been waiting for years to see what Microsoft’s answer to Google Docs would be, and now we’re getting a look. The Technical Preview of Microsoft Office Web Apps is here. Microsoft had originally ...

Although it's hard to come by cold, hard numbers on the amount of those using Google Docs or Apps, research firm IDC reported in July of this year that of companies surveyed, Google Docs was being ...