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  • Delayed Lotus Notes 8.0 beta due March

    Although it has missed its original February release target, the public beta release of version 8.0 of IBM's Lotus Notes collaboration and e-mail platform will be made available in early March.

  • Google Spreadsheets turns up heat on Excel

    Google is set to launch this week a Web-based spreadsheet program that will allow people to view and simultaneously edit data while conducting "in-document" chat, a company product manager said on Monday.

  • 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.

  • Office 12: Is that your spreadsheet on my server?

    With the next version of Office, Microsoft is trying to help inspire smarter cubicle dwellers.

  • Second zero-day Excel flaw emerges

    Attack code for a new security hole in Excel has surfaced on the Internet, just as Microsoft is scrambling to respond to a separate bug in the spreadsheet program.

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  • Prevent auto creation of URLs in Excel

    You may not always want Microsoft Excel to automatically create hyperlinks as you enter them into a cell. Disabling this feature in Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and Excel 2003 can be accomplished by changing AutoCorrect settings or with a VBA macro.

  • Online apps give Office the edge

    Forget Google and Zoho, it will be Microsoft that takes the online word processor to the masses.

  • Office 2010 Technical Preview: A first look

    As Microsoft unveils the next version of its flagship Office suite, we ask: is it revolution or evolution?

  • Top alternatives to Microsoft Outlook

    If you're using a Microsoft Windows operating system there is also a good chance that you use Office and Outlook as your email client. But is this really a choice?

  • Feature: Ad-supported software

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

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  • 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.

  • Microsoft Works 8.0

    As entry-level productivity software, Works 8.0 is a bargain, but it will frustrate power users looking to save a buck.

  • Free OpenOffice picks up from StarOffice

    OpenOffice.org developers have put the finishing touches on their productivity suite, which provides users and businesses with an alternative to Microsoft's Office suite.

  • Microsoft Security Essentials

    Microsoft Security Essentials is recommended for those who want something to set and ignore, but users who want more robust configuration choices or don't want to contribute to the cloud should look elsewhere.

  • 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.

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