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New syncing options for WinMo phones

Image via Wikipedia Microsoft and Google have each announced syncing tools for Windows Mobile phones recently, but based on what I’m seeing, I’m sticking with a service you’ve probably never heard of. Microsoft announced “My Phone” last week, and today announced that it will be available for free.  At present, it’s in limited beta, but [...]

Google Apps trail MS Office, but for how long?

This morning, I read a blog post describing how to add page numbers to a Google Docs document.  The crux of the technique was to embed some HTML into your doc such that page numbers are generated when the doc is printed via PDF.  "That’s it!" I thought.  That’s why Google Apps aren’t ready to take down MS Office.

Then, this afternoon, I just happened (dumb luck, I swear) to use Google Docs to print a draft of an article I’m working on, and I saw this dialog with – you guessed it – an easy way to add page numbers.   And just like that, I saw the problem for Microsoft.  Google, it’s true, isn’t there yet, but they’re closing the gap — fast.

Microsoft is clearly working hard to neutralize the Google Docs threat with their Office Live Workspace, but I’ll bet they’re glancing nervously in their rear-view mirrors constantly.