When Microsoft launched its Office Web Apps back in June, the most logical reaction was a simple, “What took you so long?” Competitors such as Google Docs and Zoho proved long ago that it’s possible ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor Microsoft put the last piece of its online office suite puzzle in place Monday, officially launching its Web-based suite of Microsoft Office applications called Office Web Apps.

One of Google's justifiable criticisms of Microsoft's Office-based cloud play was it's hard to figure out what you can and can't do with Office Web Apps -- the Webified versions of Word, Excel, ...

Microsoft’s free Office Web Apps include streamlined, online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote Office apps. These apps are usable in various browsers and offer the capability to view or ...

Microsoft is delivering most of the improvements to its Office Web Apps that it promised back in June. For instance, one of the improvements, called "real-time coauthoring," will be available "within ...

The online versions of Microsoft Word and Excel challenge longtime Web-app leader Google Docs, while PowerPoint takes on Zoho Show in the online-presentation category. Dennis O'Reilly began writing ...

Microsoft put the last piece of its online office suite puzzle in place Monday, officially launching its Web-based suite of Microsoft Office applications called Office Web Apps. However, the biggest ...

Microsoft today announced the availability of co-authoring in its Word web application. Yes, until now, the Word web app couldn’t do this. And people wonder why Google Docs has such a following. That ...

The Microsoft Word Web App makes Microsoft Word features available on your Web browser, providing you with the convenience of working on documents on a website where the documents are stored. It is a ...

Microsoft closed the gap between its Office Web Apps and Google Docs somewhat today by adding co-authoring to the free Word Web App, letting multiple users edit a document simultaneously in the Web ...

Microsoft's plan to make Office Web Apps truly useful is admirable, but it's unlikely to give us what we really need If there’s one thing I’ve always hated about Web-based productivity apps, it’s ...