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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.

• NSW DoCS starts $20 million IT revamp

  NSW Department of Community Services (DoCS) has been given around $20 million to embark on a project that will simplify the use of its Siebel client management system for field workers.

• 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.

• Transgrid attracts new CIO

  NSW electricity wholesaler TransGrid has nabbed an IT executive from the state's Department of Community Services (DoCS) to be its new chief information officer.

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Features and Case Studies (32)

• 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.

• 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.

• Bartercard CIO unconvinced by Vista, Office 07

  Global trade exchange Bartercard may be an all-Microsoft shop, but the company is far from convinced of the benefits of upgrading to Windows Vista and Office 2007 after testing the beta versions.

• Six office suites reviewed

  Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to dethrone Microsoft. We test six office suites in the market.

• Free word processing programs

  Don't go around sharing copies of Microsoft Office or Corel WordPerfect for your SOHO users. Instead, try one of these free, full-function alternatives.

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  This week on the Buzz Report, Tom Merritt and Molly Wood square off in a point/counterpoint over whose office suite will reign supreme. It gets ugly.

Reviews (53)

• 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.

• Eight alternatives to Microsoft Office

  Looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office? Our reviews round-up gives you the details of several popular options.

• WordPerfect Office X4

  Many free and inexpensive office suites are available for download or for use in a web browser. So what's the advantage of paying a pretty penny for a desktop office suite? Corel's WordPerfect Office X4 offers a strong software package that comes closest to the breadth and depth of features found in Microsoft Office.

• 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.

• 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.

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