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Toshiba Satellite U205-S5057

Reviewed on February 26, 2007 Users who want a laptop with solid performance, a rich feature set, and a compact design will be pleased by the affordable Toshiba Satellite U205-S5057. TAGS: productivity-application, Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba, satellite, Dell XPS, display, keyboard, laptop computer, Dell, DVD, Microsoft Windows

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ThinkFree to take Web documents offline

December 14, 2006 A planned premium version, priced between $5 and $10 per user per month, will allow customers to work with documents offline. TAGS: ThinkFree, productivity-application, Microsoft Office, hard drive

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Office standards battle grinds on

December 13, 2005 Creation of Ecma standard committee gives Microsoft a point in escalating battle over desktop software. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, productivity-application, technical committee, Massachusetts, committee, desktop software, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Office, standards, IBM Corp., state, vice president, Microsoft Corp.

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Vienna to softly embrace Linux

January 25, 2005 Open source wins another local-government convert, with soft migrations to Linux imminent within the Austrian capital. TAGS: Vienna, Debian, open-source software, productivity-application, Linux, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, department, distribution, information technology, desktop computer, open source, Microsoft Office, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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Google deal highlights Web 2.0 boom

March 13, 2006 Is Google's acquisition of Web word processor Writely a harbinger of more acquisitions? Dozens of Web 2.0-style start-ups certainly hope so. TAGS: Writely, Web 2.0, productivity-application, word-processing, Web service, AJAX, offering, Google Inc., acquisition, photograph, Microsoft Corp., video

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