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  • 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.

  • Microsoft moves first elements of Office online

    Microsoft will soon release a beta of Office Live Workspace, a free tool for viewing, sharing and storing, but not editing, Office documents online.

  • Google 'needs' Microsoft to succeed?

    Google is ramping up its enterprise offering with the planned release of its paid-for email domain hosting service, potentially by the end of this year, to complement a suite of productivity tools.

  • Google chase could trip up Microsoft

    Microsoft has talked about accelerating its business by offering services, but some analysts worry its race to compete with Google and others could leave Microsoft's very profitable business model in the dust.

  • NSW students get Gmail next week

    The NSW Department of Education and Training will start migrating its 1.5 million school students off the current Microsoft Exchange email system and on to Google's Gmail from next week, the department's chief information officer Stephen Wilson said today.

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    How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

  • Raikes: Office Live beta on track

    Microsoft's business unit chief is on the lookout for ad-supported rivals to the Web-based service.

  • Gates on Google

    Google has emerged as the poster child for a new wave of applications assembled from the piece-parts of several Web sites. No Windows necessary but Microsoft has its own ideas, of course.

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Reviews (12)

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

  • Samsung Omnia

    Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.

  • Apple iPhone 3G (16GB)

    While parts of the iPhone 3G are superb, there are still some big features missing from this device. If you add up the extras the iPhone doesn't seem like a phone that everyone can afford.

  • Apple iPhone 3G (16GB)

    While parts of the iPhone 3G are superb, there are still some big features missing from this device. If you add up the extras the iPhone doesn't seem like a phone that everyone can afford.

  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: a first look

    A new version of Microsoft Office for Mac is due in a couple of weeks. Here are our impressions after testing the release candidate for a month or so.

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