Archive for March, 2006

Breaking Microsoft’s Grip

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

By the time Microsoft gets its act together with better system software, the Intel-based Mac will likely be dual-booting Mac OS X and earlier versions of Windows.

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Origami and Writely: An Odd Couple to Break the Office Monopoly

Monday, March 13th, 2006

So, why not a cheaper Origami-like device from a manufacturer that runs Linux and Web services? And what about Microsoft’s own Origami becoming a leverage for Web services that eventually dethrone Microsoft Office?

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Google Gets the Writely Stuff

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Writely.com’s big advantage, besides offering a basic free service that works with most browsers on any computer, is that it makes collaboration on documents a lot easier than ever before.

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