Australian-based company Thinc Technology has launched a suite of office applications aimed at challenging Microsoft Outlook's dominance of the small- to medium-sized business market.
Google Apps for Your Domain lets you brand online services with your own URL, but it doesn't eat the costs of domain registration as Microsoft Office Live does.
This beta refresh reveals the suite's dynamic interface, as well as handy new tools, such as PDF creation.
StarOffice 8 is an impressive upgrade of Sun's bargain productivity suite, and a good buy for small and large businesses since it costs a fraction of the price of its main competitor, Microsoft Office 2003.
OmniPage Pro 14.0 Office clearly remains the OCR app to beat, especially in office environments needing automated batch processing.
While Microsoft Office System is the most complete suite on the block, there's no compelling reason for everyone to upgrade.
Developers and enterprise customers are getting their first glimpse of OneNote, one of two new Office 2003 applications that Microsoft accidentally posted--then quickly removed--from the Web on Wednesday.
Current WordPerfect customers should certainly upgrade to Office 11.0. But SOHO users won't need some of the functionality.
Commentary: The upcoming version of Office isn't just another software upgrade: The new features that you'll see aren't that interesting. What is interesting is going on behind the scenes.
PaperPort Pro 9.0 Office could prove invaluable to businesses, but average consumers might be better off with the consumer-oriented PaperPort Deluxe 9.0.
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If the early version is any indication, Microsoft's next version of Outlook will be prettier, smarter, and more organized than ever before.
Corporate buyers should test this beta -- we suspect you'll love Office 2003's integrated XML. Home users: Office 2003 hasn't been enhanced enough to merit a test. Wait for the final release, and then check our review.
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Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failedÂÂâ€"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity marketâ€"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?
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