The News Review:
- Submitted by dmarti on 30 September 2007 – 7:27pm. in
- Adobe teams with Business bjects to fight Microsoft
- Microsoft Unveils ffice 2008.(Macintosh Business Unit)
- Microsoft to Unveil ffice Live Workspace
Submitted by dmarti on 30 September 2007 – 7:27pm. in
linuxworld.com – Sep 30, 2007
in formatslwceperating Systemsslideware A reader writes”This was a Linux show! Why are Microsoft PowerPoint format files used? I suggest that non-proprietary formats be used such as PDFs. )Some of the full presentations are in a proprietary format but the individual slides are broken out as images so you can read them on the web.
Adobe teams with Business bjects to fight Microsoft
NetworkWorld.com – Sep 30, 2007
The companies plan to build a Business bjects Xcelsius Connector to Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES the company’s software for providing data-remoting messaging and data-management capabilities integrating RIAs with existing application and back-end data. RIAs are Web-based applications that have cutting-edge visual interface capabilities but still have the same performance stability as desktop applications. Xcelius allows for the visual transformation of analytic data from back-end systems into graphics that can be integrated into Microsoft PowerPoint Word Adobe PDF and RIAs. They also plan to enhance Xcelsius so the software can export applications to Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Adobe’s software that helps developers create desktop applications out of RIAs.
Microsoft Unveils ffice 2008.(Macintosh Business Unit)
Free with registration – Wireless News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 30, 2007
com The Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) at Microsoft this week announced at the Apple Expo in Paris its product lineup for the upcoming Microsoft ffice 2008 for Mac release. The flagship product ffice 2008 for Mac is the core suite that includes Microsoft ffice Word 2008 Microsoft ffice Excel 2008 Microsoft ffice PowerPoint 2008 and Microsoft ffice Entourage 2008 for exceptional productivity on the Mac. A new combination for Mac users is ffice 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition which features the ffice 2008 applications together with the Microsoft. CPYRIGHT 2007 M2 Communications Ltd.
Microsoft to Unveil ffice Live Workspace
San Francisco Chronicle – Sep 30, 2007
tmpl –>(09-30) 23:05 PDT SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is unveiling a Web component for its desktop-based ffice programs that lets computer users store share and comment on documents but the software maker did not go so far as to let people create new files from scratch online. html —- –> Get Quote… A number of those users will be able to start using the service at some point this year Microsoft said. ffice Live Workspace will give users about 250 megabytes of storage or room to keep about 1000 average ffice documents “in the cloud. ” PC users can upload Word Excel and PowerPoint files and use the site to e-mail friends or colleagues and invite them to read and add comments to those documents through a Web browser. However if users want to edit the text they must open the document using an installed copy of Microsoft ffice. ffice Live Workspace taps into a few of Microsoft’s Web offerings. Users with Hotmail Xbox Live and other Microsoft accounts can use that information to log on to Workspace. nce there they can use their stored contact list to send invitations.