Microsoft And Facebook Join Forces To Crush Google Docs

During a keynote speech today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Microsoft was introducing Docs.com, which would play along nicely with Facebook.

 

Docs.com is an online version of Microsoft's Office software. When you're working on a Doc with someone, you'll be able to share documents on Facebook with your friends.

 

Smart move from Microsoft. Google's online answer to Office, while still tiny, poses a big threat.

 

So, Microsoft should be building its own online word processor and spreadsheet applications. It can try to monetize them as it goes, and hope it doesn't cost it too many Microsoft Office sales.

 

How good is Docs.com? We have no idea. The site isn't working yet.

 

When it's open for all, we'll be testing it. We're hoping Microsoft has made a better product than Google Docs. In our experience, Google Docs is still weak, especially for spreadsheets.

 

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Microsoft offers to fix your PC

Microsoft  has launched a new self-repair service for computers. Called "Fix It" the new product is based on similar features online and in Windows 7, but extends them to all machines from Windows XP upwards.

The program works by regularly checking software problems, and then comparing them to a list of known fixes. If solutions become available they are automatically installed. Fix It also tries to work out if any new updates are likely to cause other problems. Although it does not offer any guarantees, it should mean that a large number of basic computing problems, for both consumers and small businesses, are solved without the active involvement of users.

The development of automated, bespoke solutions for individual computers has long been an aim for large IT firms, and was in part behind their decisions to collect large amounts of data about users’ problems. Reporting problems to Microsoft, however, has previously primarily only benefited the company’s internal improvements that have led to generalized solutions.