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Adobe's designs on the Web

October 4, 2007 At its Max developer conference, the software maker is outlining its online services as competition with Microsoft heats up. TAGS: Adobe Systems Inc., Kevin Lynch, word-processor, online service, Adobe PhotoShop, Microsoft Office, blog, conference, Microsoft Corp., software company

Adobe buys Web word processor Buzzword

October 1, 2007 Adobe Systems steps up plans to offer online collaboration with Web word processor and file-sharing service. First impression: Buzzword TAGS: Adobe Systems Inc., word-processor, online collaboration, business development, collaboration, Web application, media player, document, Microsoft Office, vice president, Microsoft Corp.

Start-up taps Flash for online word processor

March 21, 2007 Massachusetts-based Virtual Ubiquity bets on slick, document-centric user interface for online word processor.Image: The buzz on Virtual Ubiquity TAGS: word-processor, document, Massachusetts, Adobe Systems Inc., Web browser

Corel to support Microsoft Office, ODF formats

November 29, 2006 Maker of the WordPerfect word processor and productivity suite will support Microsoft's Office Open XML, OpenDocument format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Corel Corp., Corel WordPerfect, word-processor, productivity suite, Microsoft Office, XML, spreadsheet, Microsoft Corp., format

Web word processor adds PDF conversion

December 12, 2005 Site converts documents to PDF standard, adding to other new features such as OpenDocument and Rich Text Format support. TAGS: Writely, OpenDocument Format, word-processor, word-processing, AJAX, Web service, co-founder, document, Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF, Microsoft Outlook, Google Inc.

Microsoft Office faces British invasion

October 31, 2003 Ability Plus Office, a productivity software package that has eked out modest market share in Europe, is heading to North America. TAGS: Microsoft Office, North America, word-processor, Microsoft Corp., Europe

Google buys Web word-processing technology

March 9, 2006 Showing it's interest in enabling people to handle office tasks over the Net, Google buys Upstartle, maker of Writely. TAGS: Writely, word-processing, OpenOffice, Google Inc., word-processor, Microsoft Office, blog, Microsoft Corp.

Adobe's Apollo looks to one-up Ajax

March 21, 2007 Proponents say new platforms like Apollo pave way for applications that bridge the Web and desktop.Image: Finetune Desktop TAGS: Adobe Apollo, AJAX, Adobe Systems Inc., Web application, word-processor, Internet application, Web 2.0, JavaScript, Java, platform, Web browser

Writely warms to OpenDocument

November 21, 2005 Web word processor Writely supports the OpenDocument format in response to customer demand. TAGS: Writely, OpenDocument Format, OpenOffice, word-processor, IBM Corp., document, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

Czech out this Microsoft Office alternative

September 8, 2004 Software602 updates its productivity package, which started as a creation of Czech hobbyists. TAGS: Microsoft Office, word-processor, North America, digital photograph, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, PC

Microsoft updates Works

September 9, 2003 The software giant releases a new version of Works, its budget software package for consumers that's widely used by PC makers. TAGS: Encarta.com, software package, Microsoft Office, word-processor, spreadsheet, PC company, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., database, PC

Intel's Barrett knows PCs inside and out

August 8, 2006 The PC market saved Intel from becoming a technology industry footnote in the mid-1980s, and it hasn't looked back. TAGS: Craig Barrett, projection, Intel, spreadsheet, word-processor, PC, chairman

Massachusetts assaults monoculture

November 29, 2005 Verdasys chief scientist Daniel Geer says Massachusetts' decision to go with OpenDocument Format comes not a moment too soon. TAGS: monoculture, OpenDocument Format, diversification, Massachusetts, species, biology, word-processor, record, risk, barrier, spreadsheet, virus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Software maker plays mobile hand

April 23, 2004 Germany's SoftMaker hopes its productivity applications for handheld computers will draw customers to the PC versions. TAGS: handheld, handheld computer, word-processing, word-processor, Germany, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, software company, Microsoft Corp., PC

Microsoft seeks XML-related patents

January 23, 2004 The patents that could prevent competing applications from reading documents created with the latest version of the software giant's Office program. TAGS: patent, XML, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, StarOffice, document, Microsoft Office 2003, word-processor, barrier, technique, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word

Ajax spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps

December 1, 2005 Watch out, Office. New tools and techniques are fueling a surge in hosted versions of traditional PC software. TAGS: AJAX, start-up company, Microsoft Windows Live, Web application, desktop software, Microsoft Office, word-processor, Google Inc., technique, Microsoft Corp., developer, Web browser

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