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Microsoft counters ‘free’ with Works

July 31, 2007 Microsoft

With all the free office clones floating about, including Google’s Docs&Spreadsheets, you knew it was just a matter of time that Microsoft would have to offer something to counter.  Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is blogging about such a move.  Apparently, the new Microsoft Works will run on an advertising supported model, and will be [...]

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MindMeister updated

July 30, 2007 web2.0

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MindMeister, an online mind mapping tool I wrote about a while back, has recently been updated.  Some highlights:
New Features:

Links on ideas (URL and email links, links to other maps and nodes)
Note and link previews
Automatic layouting (no overlaps)
Automatic canvas resizing (for large maps)
Export as PDF
Start new map from idea
Changes view date slider
Browse public maps [...]

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Is JotSpot finally ready to be unveiled by Google?

July 9, 2007 Collaboration

InsideGoogle is reporting that JotSpot may finally emerge from the Googleplex as a part of the Google Application Suite for enterprise customers.  It was just a few days ago that I expressed concern that JotSpot seemed to have fallen into some void at Google.  It’s good to hear that the wiki application may finally be ready [...]

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Is Palm about to introduce a web browsing tablet?

April 11, 2007 Internet Devices

Despite all the recent punditry and pronouncements of Palm’s impending sale, the company continues to chug along on the smartphone front, while preparing to unveil a new product line. Could this new product be like the ‘Firefox Computer’ that I wrote about earlier this year? Will it compete with the Nokia N800 that [...]

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Omnidrive connects Excel files to Zoho Sheet

March 2, 2007 office2.0

Back in January I wrote about the rich Word file integration between online storage company Omnidrive’s service and Zoho’s word processor. Well, to follow up on that, Omnidrive has now successfully integrated Zoho’s spreadsheet application to Omnidrive giving you a feature rich read/write/edit capability for Excel files on the cloud. As I mentioned before, [...]

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bubbl.us: A light, freeform brainstorming tool

February 16, 2007 web2.0

The guys over at Download Squad just pointed us to a new ‘mind mapping type’ online tool called bubbl.us. I’ve been searching for an online mindmapping application, and to be frank, bubbl.us falls far short of the mark for any serious mind mapping. Like most online applications nowadays, bubbl.us incorporates the expected collaborative [...]

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