Tech tips -
You must have tried Google Docs by now. Well, in case you haven't, Google Docs is an online suite of Office type products that allows you to create, edit, save, upload and download documents. It works pretty well and is free for you to use, you just have to be willing to see a few ads.
Not to be outdone, Microsoft will be offering its own suite of online office products in 2010. Called Office 2010 Web Apps, access will be free, just like Google Docs.
The online office apps will have a similar look and feel to the version you are familiar with on your laptop or at the office although the online version will not be as feature rich as the local installation.
So, that is the battle in the "cloud" that is immerging between those two giants. They both agree on one thing though, they both want you doing all your email, and word and spreadsheet processing online, via their services. (There must be some serious money in ads these days).
But, the battle stretches beyond the cloud. Move over Vista and Windows 7 because it looks like Google is trying to get into the OS market.
You already know about "android," Google's operating system for phones (although it is intended to run on many platforms including netbooks). But did you know that Google will release another OS called Google Chrome? And yes, that's the same name as Google's browser.
Chrome (available second half of 2010) will be a variation of Linux and probably will be aimed at people who spend most of their computing time on the web, netbook users in particular but it will be extended to full-size desktops.
According to Google, Chrome will revamp security so its users won't have to spend so much time worrying about malware.
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