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Photos: Google's logo doodles through the ages

...s Mountain View backyard. It also bought web-based word processing programme Writely - releasing Google Docs and Spreadsheets later in the year. Other product launches... Read more

3 June, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Google brings Writely and Spreadsheets together

...Live and Office Live monikers. Google acquired the online word-processing application Writely in March and launched Google Spreadsheets in June. Google recently opened Writely... Read more

12 October, 2006 by Elinor Mills

Google opens doors to Writely

Five months after being bought by Google, the Writely online word-processing application is now open for anyone who wants to... Read more

21 August, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

Writely or wrongly

...There is much talk of goodness and love, as in: this weekend Writely got some Googlelove and now online editing goodness is free to all... Read more

21 August, 2006 by Leader

Google Docs & Spreadsheets

...just a few moments in our tests. If you've already used Writely or Google Spreadsheets, they'll transfer automatically. Google Docs & Spreadsheets displays text... Read more

28 November, 2006 by Elsa Wenzel

Zoho Writer beta

...open documents within tabs, which we prefer to the way Google's Writely beta pops up a new browser window for each document. With a... Read more

2 August, 2006 by Elsa Wenzel

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...After a while asking around, I finally get an invite to join Writely, the thin client Ajax word processor that Google bought. It's nominally... Read more

23 June, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Google guns for Microsoft

...in April, and Gmail, launched two years ago. In March, Google acquired Writely, a collaborative word processor that runs in a browser. The company hasn... Read more

7 June, 2006 by Elinor Mills and Martin LaMonica

Google Spreadsheets turns up heat on Excel

...Excel spreadsheet program is a standard office tool. Google, which acquired the Writely Web-based word processor in March, is unleashing Web-based services of... Read more

6 June, 2006 by Elinor Mills

Google must wake up to security

...has kept the geeks happy, while the acquisition of online word processor Writely has fuelled the more mundane predictions of the arrival of Google Office... Read more

14 March, 2006 by Leader
NetJaxer 2.0.6

NetJaxer 2.0.6

...to integrate your favorite Web 2.0 applications like Gmail, TadaList, Digg, Writely, Kiko, Meebo, financial sites, and other Web 2.0 application sites right... Read more

2 February, 2007

Writely beta

Google's Writely remains in limited beta testing. You can sign up on the wait... Read more

22 June, 2006 by Elsa Wenzel

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...After a while asking around, I finally get an invite to join Writely, the thin client Ajax word processor that Google bought. It's nominally... Read more

23 June, 2006

Google Spreadsheets: a first look

Following its purchase of Writely, Google has made another move into Web-based office productivity tools. Here... Read more

7 June, 2006 by Rafe Needleman

Taking on the Office gorilla, online

...Following Google's acquisition of hosted productivity software start-up Writely in March, there has been an increased buzz around the potential of... Read more

26 May, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

17 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

18 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

20 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

24 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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