Microsoft tries to out-Google Google

Today Microsoft announced their plans to test a version of productivity suite that will be compatible with a new range of web based office applications, you’ve guessed it, just like Google. The Microsoft Web suite will apparently be available to more than 400 million Windows Live consumers for free, though it will also be available on a subscription basis to Microsoft volume licensing consumers.

The new suite is slated for release at some point in the first half of next year, though whether that will be to enough to compete with the burgeoning popularity of Google’s cloud computing solutions has yet to be seen.

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