http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1318/all xx http://www.itworld.com/hardware/80408/ad-supported-office-starter-2010-replace-ms-works Microsoft is discontinuing its venerable Works program, an entry-level productivity suite for home users, and replacing it with Office Starter 2010, which will contain advertising. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/80408/ad-supported-office-starter-2010-replace-ms-works#comments Software Opinion Microsoft Office Microsoft Works Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:09:47 -0400 ITworld staff 80408 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/80155/officebench-7-cool-new-way-evaluate-pc-performance New tool lets users compare how Microsoft Office runs on their PCs to what other users experience. http://www.itworld.com/software/80155/officebench-7-cool-new-way-evaluate-pc-performance#comments Operating systems Software Windows News Benchmarking Microsoft Office Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:52:31 -0400 ITworld staff 80155 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/80156/office-suites-cloud-microsoft-office-web-apps-versus-google-docs-and-zoho Microsoft's fledgling Web-based productivity apps have one key advantage over SaaS rivals: amazing fidelity to the desktop-bound Word, Excel, and PowerPoint document formats http://www.itworld.com/software/80156/office-suites-cloud-microsoft-office-web-apps-versus-google-docs-and-zoho#comments SaaS Software Product review cloud computing google docs Microsoft Office Zoho Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:41:47 -0400 ITworld staff 80156 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/79086/hands-microsofts-office-web-apps The just-released Technical Preview of Office Web Apps is a still-incomplete piece of work that points the way towards Microsoft's vision of integrating Web-based and client-based versions of Microsoft Office. http://www.itworld.com/saas/79086/hands-microsofts-office-web-apps#comments Internet SaaS Software Opinion Microsoft Office Office Web Apps Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:34:29 -0400 ITworld staff 79086 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/78352/google-docs-vs-microsoft-office-matter-trust For years, Microsoft had no competition when it came to productivity suites. But with more businesses getting used to the idea of their apps and data living in the cloud, that's starting to change. http://www.itworld.com/software/78352/google-docs-vs-microsoft-office-matter-trust#comments SaaS Software Opinion google docs Microsoft Office Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:03:59 -0400 ITworld staff 78352 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/78123/sharing-and-collaborating-microsoft-office-web-apps Microsoft has kicked off the Technical Preview of Office Web Apps and we've been testing out the tools to see what Microsoft has come up with. One of the primary advantages of working with Microsoft Office applications in the cloud is the ability to access and work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and notebooks from any Web-enabled PC, from anywhere in the world. http://www.itworld.com/saas/78123/sharing-and-collaborating-microsoft-office-web-apps#comments SaaS Software Opinion Microsoft Office Office Web Apps Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:41:48 -0400 ITworld staff 78123 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/78195/microsoft-offers-sneak-peek-office-web-apps Microsoft has opened up a sneak peek at the Technical Preview of the upcoming Office Web Apps, and you can take it for a spin. http://www.itworld.com/saas/78195/microsoft-offers-sneak-peek-office-web-apps#comments SaaS Software News Microsoft Microsoft Office Office Web Apps Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:50:18 -0400 ITworld staff 78195 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/78165/how-tell-if-youre-office-web-apps-invite-list Microsoft launched the first public preview of Office Web Apps as a Technical Preview. But what's in the preview? Can you use the desktop software you love, or loath, alongside the online version? Here are answers to the pressing questions. http://www.itworld.com/saas/78165/how-tell-if-youre-office-web-apps-invite-list#comments SaaS Software News Microsoft Microsoft Office Office Web Apps Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:44:38 -0400 ITworld staff 78165 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/78077/microsoft-office-web-apps-first-look There are two things that immediately catch my attention. One is the ability to bounce seamlessly from the Office Web App software to its desktop equivalent and back again. The other is the continuity of experience- or fidelity as Microsoft refers to it- between the traditional Microsoft Office suite applications and their web-based Office Web App peers. http://www.itworld.com/saas/78077/microsoft-office-web-apps-first-look#comments Internet SaaS Software Product review Microsoft Office Office Web Apps Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:09:16 -0400 ITworld staff 78077 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/78083/microsoft-launches-first-online-office-app-preview Dubbed a "technical preview" by Microsoft to denote that it's by invitation only, Office Web Apps will be available on the company's Windows Live site via a special "Documents" tab, a company spokeswoman said. http://www.itworld.com/saas/78083/microsoft-launches-first-online-office-app-preview#comments Internet SaaS Software News Microsoft Office Office Web Apps Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:57:19 -0400 ITworld staff 78083 at http://www.itworld.com