Testing of cloud computing-based Microsoft Office 2010 is begin

The new version of Office - which is expected to be released early next year - is said to heavily focus on web-based versions of some of its most popular services, like World and Excel, which appears to be directly aimed at cutting off users from adopting similar features being offered in the cloud from Google. o make the Google/Microsoft situation that much more tenuous, some are arguing that Google made its announcement of Chrome OS - the proposed operating system from the search engine giant - last week to take some power out of Microsoft’s announcement today.

In making its announcement today, Microsoft said that when Office 2010 is officially launched, half a billion people will have access to its applications in the cloud. Office is obviously the 900-pound gorilla that Google is attempting to slay with Google Docs, but a 900-pound gorilla with a matching web offering will be a lot tougher,” wrote MG Siegler last week for TechCrunch. “And that’s likely why Google wanted to get its own uppercut in first [last week].

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