This morning, Microsoft opened the tech preview of its long-anticipated Office Web Apps. Here’s a first look at what the online version of Excel has in store. From the online SkyDrive folders, you can ...

Collaboration has always been a big problem with desktop productivity tools. We've spent the last decade or more emailing documents to colleagues, wasting time as we wait to receive content and edits.

For years, folks looking for free online word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations have turned to Google Docs. However, Microsoft recently released an updated set of Office Web Apps, accessible ...

Imitation isn’t always the sincerest form of flattery, and this is certainly the case for Microsoft in the development and launch of its web-based browser versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and ...

Google isn’t the only one. A number of competitors are readying Web-based office suites of their own — most prominently Zoho, but even Microsoft is getting in on the act. In addition to the typical ...

There are a handful of capable, solid spreadsheet apps for Mac, but we've got our money on Excel thanks to its rich feature set, cross-platform (and web) compatibility, and data management tools.