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Still depressed that you don’t have a Google Wave invite?  Still confused about what, exactly, Google Wave allows you to do?  Well, there’s always Google’s other useful for collaboration tool and cloud word processor, Google Docs.  Google today decided to make the whole service easier for those who use it… Continue Reading »

If you haven’t realized yet: it is on.  The “it” being the battle between Google and Microsoft for control of, well, control of everything.  Today, we’ve got the billboard war. Where does tech bleed out of blogs and in front of the common man?  Billboards.  If you happen to be… Continue Reading »

The unthinkable has happened: progress.  Google apps like Google Calendar, Google Docs, Gmail,  and Google Talk are no longer in beta.  Gmail had been in beta for over five years.  What exactly has changed now that these things are out of beta?  Apart from a new graphic without the word… Continue Reading »

If you’ve decided to take the netbook plunge, you’re probably going to want to streamline the programs you use and get rid of any “crapware.”  The real question is what applications do you really need for a netbook?  Netbooks are meant to browse the web and take advantage of web… Continue Reading »

One of the thing about Google is that it is very consistent.  Going to Google.com hardly ever leads to confusion (unless there’s a Googlefail going on).  Google has actually made aesthetic changes to its pages.  Revised logos are now part of Google properties like maps, news, and docs.  While it’s… Continue Reading »

Google has some good news for all the road warriors and smartphone junkies out there; at least for mobile workers who are fans of the spreadsheet function of Google Docs.  Google has officially added edit and filter functionality to their mobile spreadsheet application. It was over a year ago that… Continue Reading »

It is not surprising that users rely on Pirate Bay to access the programs found in Microsoft Office.  The software costs close to $300 for the standard version while the professional version retails for double that price.  If you are looking for a free and legal alternative, you can find… Continue Reading »

The term “cloud computing” has been thrown around a lot recently in regards to many different web apps or Internet services.  There are a lot of options out there for doing just about anything with cloud computing.  There are plenty of upsides and downsides to using apps in the “cloud”… Continue Reading »

In a quest to make its online application Google Docs more and more like Microsoft Word and OpenOffice, Google has added a Templates gallery to its Google Docs site. This new addition enables the user to simply edit a graphically formatted document with the content of their own choosing. Users… Continue Reading »

In addition to the release of the generally available public release, IBM has announced for-pay software support help to accompany its Lotus Symphony office productivity software.  Lotus Symphony is a direct competitor to the market leading Microsoft Office suite, and joins a legion of alternative productivity suites, including Google Apps. … Continue Reading »