Office takes to the Web
Microsoft has hit back in style at Google by lauching its brand new Outlook online!
Office 2010 will include lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote when it ships next year.
Last week Google took aim at Windows with news of a free operating system while in June Microsoft introduced a new search engine called Bing.
Analysts have mostly given the thumbs up to Microsoft for moving some of its applications to the web, even if it might cost them dearly.
Excel spreadsheets can now run in the browser
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The Wall Street Journal has estimated that offering free online software could “put at risk as much at $4bn
(£2.46bn) in revenue”.
Microsoft’s announcement is being seen as the latest move in a tit-for-tat rivalry between two tech giants as it and Google increasingly make efforts to encroach on one another’s turf.
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