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Goldman Sachs analyst Susan Friar recently called Microsoft a "laggard" in moving to browser-based software. But, in reality, it's not even a player. Although Microsoft announced on Oct. 27 that it will roll out "lightweight" Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote as part of its next release of Office, that release isn't expected until 2010. Meanwhile, Zoho, which is based in Pleasanton, Calif. and has 500 employees, has been offering its free, Web-based word processor, Zoho Writer, since 2005. Google Docs, which is ad-supported, has been around since...
...credit, Microsoft has done a swell job of keeping us hooked with offers like a free 60-day trial and discounted versions of Office that sell for as low as $80 online. For most users, however, free Web apps are really all you need...
...lets you work both online and off; it even has an iPhone app. Google Docs, which focuses on collaboration, lets you upload and edit existing Word and PowerPoint files, then chat in real time as you work on presentations and reports with colleagues. Because the applications reside on the Web, developers can quickly eliminate bugs and add bells and whistles, like the ability to insert headers, footers and pagination (all of which were recently added to Zoho Writer). The programs still feel simple to use, so you'll never feel overwhelmed, and you can edit worry-free, since auto-saving...
...like me--and I hope for your sake that you're not--you have been spending the past weeks visiting election-news sites and hitting the Refresh button on your Web browser. New Fox News poll out this afternoon! No? Let's go to Gawker and see what Elisabeth Hasselbeck said about Barack Obama on The View today! Are those poll numbers up at Politico? Drudge? Huffington Post? No? Refresh...
...technology bred another, kinder-and- dorkier group of stars: the geekocracy. CNN's John King broke down election returns and poll figures on a touchscreen "magic wall," while NBC guru Chuck Todd crunched numbers on what resembled an electronic Risk board. Meanwhile, a raft of bloggers used the Web's strength--indulging obsessiveness--to create temples of poll analysis. Chief among them was Nate Silver, a baseball-statistics nut at whose FiveThirtyEight.com habitués debate weighting averages and tracking-poll internals until the wee hours...