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Microsoft Plans to (Finally) Launch Web Office Suite
After years of rumors, Microsoft is finally set to release a web-based version of its Office suite. Set for a technology preview later this year, the web-based Office that was announced today at PDC marks a major change at Microsoft and shows the company is committed to software+services.
AdaptiveBlue Announces Glue: The Ultimate Vertical Social Network
New Jersey-based AdaptiveBlue is announcing a $4.5 million Series B round of funding today, but more importantly, they’re announcing the next generation of their semantic web Firefox addon. It’s called Glue, and it is a very cool decentralized social network that dismantles information silos.
AideRSS Relaunches Under PostRank Brand
Popular RSS filtering application AideRSS is launching its new version today, and doing so under its PostRank brand. In addition to the name change, the update includes some awesome new features, including keyword filtering, feed grouping, and a Firefox extension.
Is Using Lots of div Tags Really That Bad?
Our latest book has caused much debate, and one comment we’ve seen posted frequently is that “replacing table tags with divs that display as tables is no different; you may as well just use tables.” Let’s take a closer look at that argument.
SlideRocket Launches with Pricing, Marketplace
Best-in-class presentation web application SlideRocket comes out of beta today and is announcing both its pricing structure and a new built-in marketplace for presentation content such as stock photography and templates.
Microsoft Jumps on OpenID Bandwagon
Microsoft announced today that sometime in 2009 in will turn on OpenID support for over 400 million Windows Live ID accounts. That’s a huge win for OpenID, but don’t be fooled: sheer numbers doesn’t mean that OpenID is mainstream yet.
Aviary SaaS Image Editing Software Leaves Beta
Aviary, a very impressive suite of web applications geared toward creative professionals, announced today that they are coming out of private beta and revealed their pricing plan. First out of the gate among Aviary’s product line-up is Phoenix, a layer-based online image editing app.
Microsoft Answers Amazon with Windows Azure
Microsoft answered the challenge from Amazon and Google by today announcing their own cloud computing platform. Called Windows Azure, Microsoft’s platform is a pay-as-you-go service for creating and deploying .NET applications in the cloud.
Yahoo! Actually Leads in Paid Search
A new study from Compete finds that Yahoo! actually leads Google when it comes to paid search referrals. But far from being good news for Yahoo!, the study actually highlights all of the things that Yahoo! does wrong.
Google Reveals App Engine Product Map
How is Google going to compete with Amazon’s cloud computing platform? The engineers on the App Engine team released a tentative roadmap for the next couple of quarters showing how they plan to beef up their offering, including support for another language runtime.
