Microsoft's Technical Preview of Web-based editions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint shows that Google is in for a fight Microsoft unveiled the much anticipated Web-hosted versions of its Microsoft ...

To try to peel back this mystery, taking a look at the history of Microsoft's free online Web apps can help provide insight. Over the holiday break a friend asked me why it was that Microsoft 365 is a ...

Office Web Apps is a good offering that enhances the Office ecosystem, which includes OneNote and SharePoint. It provides excellent collaboration features and you can get done pretty much everything ...

The next version of Microsoft Office, code-named Office 14, will include lightweight but fully-functional versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that can run in a browser. Called Office Web ...

Catching up to a key part of Google Docs, Microsoft's Office 365 now lets people simultaneously edit the same online Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Choosing to risk cannibalizing its own sales rather than let competitors such as Google Inc. eat away at them, Microsoft Corp. will give consumers and corporate users free access to the upcoming Web ...

Everyone uses Microsoft Office. The problem is, it’s expensive—starting at $140 for a single computer license or a whopping $99 a year under Microsoft’s new subscription plan. But if you’re upgrading ...

Microsoft has rolled out some key improvements for the OneNote web app. The improvements include a new mode switcher, improved copy and past functions, zooming capabilities, background picture setting ...

Here is a tutorial to show you how you can prevent file links in Microsoft Office from opening in a web browser. Users have different preferences for opening links to files in Office apps like ...

Although it's hard to come by cold, hard numbers on the amount of those using Google Docs or Apps, research firm IDC reported in July of this year that of companies surveyed, Google Docs was being ...