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A Google Package Challenges Microsoft
On Thursday, Google, the Internet search giant, will unveil a package of communications and productivity software aimed at businesses, which overwhelmingly rely on Microsoft products for those functions.The package, called Google Apps, combines two sets of previously available software bundles. One included programs for e-mail, instant messaging, calendars and Web page creation; the other, called Docs and Spreadsheets, included programs to read and edit documents created with Microsoft Word and Excel, the mainstays of Microsoft Office, an $11 billion annual franchise.
Unlike Microsoft’s products, which reside on PCs and corporate networks, Google’s will be delivered as services accessible over the Internet, with Google storing the data. That will allow businesses to offload some of the cost of managing computers and productivity software.
A Google Package Challenges Microsoft - New York Times
DRM: the state of disrepair
"In an industry flaccid from finger pointing, let us remind you of the sorry state of disrepair plaguing so-called Digital Rights Management"
DRM: the state of disrepair - Engadget
Microsoft to release Zune phone
I think the author is a bit enthusiastic about Microsoft's efforts in the MP# player market. They aren't even a contender.
According to a report from Daily Tech, Microsoft has told the FCC that it wants approval for a prototype wireless device that could be used to talk over the Internet.
Microsoft to release Zune phone
Looking ahead to new tech in 2007
Anyone seeking clues on the products that will most deeply affect the tech landscape next year needs to start with Microsoft and Apple. Both companies are releasing new versions of their main computing operating systems. Microsoft (MSFT) will release Windows Vista for consumers in January. Apple Computer (AAPL) is expected to introduce Leopard soon thereafter. The moves are likely to kick off a round of computer upgrades and change the way a PC looks and feels.
Vista looks good like a Mac
Now, before the hate-mail tsunami begins, it’s important to note that Apple has itself borrowed feature ideas on occasion, even from Windows. But never this broadly, boldly or blatantly. There must be enough steam coming out of Apple executives’ ears to power the Polar Express.
Vista Wins on Looks. As for Lacks ... - New York Times
A very short Zune review
Juvenile but I laughed - which tells you something about my sense of humour.
