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• Microsoft offers ten reasons to shun Google

  Microsoft has launched an attack on Google in which it seeks to dissuade businesses from downloading Google Apps.

• 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.

• Google takes spreadsheets, presentations offline

  Google has broadened the number of online applications that people can use offline, adding spreadsheets and presentations to the mix.

• Microsoft publishes 14,000 pages of protocol docs

  Microsoft has made public over 14,000 pages of preliminary technical documentation on the protocols built into its Office 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 products.

• Microsoft introduces 'Starter' version of Office

  The new ad-supported, limited feature version of Office will come preloaded on certain new PCs. The replacement for Microsoft Works is one of several new ways Microsoft is trying to create new customers for its productivity suite.

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Features and Case Studies (34)

• Google Docs & Spreadsheets: 5 things you probably didn't know you could do

  Google's product experts share their favourite features that often don't get the limelight or that people simply don't know about.

• The best CRM suite is...

  What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.

• Q&A: Google's Alan Noble on the future Web

  Alan Noble is the engineering and site director for Google Australia. ZDNet.com.au sat down with him to find out about the future of Web, and what Google really thinks about Microsoft's move into online applications.

• Fighting Office with open source

  Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

• What is Google Wave good for?

  I've been puttering around in Google Wave for the best part of a week now, and I understand it, but I have no idea in hell what I'm supposed to be using it for.

Reviews (57)

• Google Docs beta

  Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.

• The best CRM suite is...

  What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.

• Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (Special Media Edition)

  Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives.

• Businesses to buy into Google Apps Premier Edition?

  Google has repackaged and enhanced its business-oriented software offerings into a paid-subscription suite known as Google Apps Premier Edition.

• Microsoft Word 2007

  If you're ready to let go of old habits from previous versions of Word and want to make sleeker-looking documents, Microsoft Word 2007 is worth the upgrade. However, less-expensive alternatives handle its core features without the clutter.

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