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Celebrating 20 years of the World Wide Web
Twenty years ago, in a research establishment in the Swiss Alps, a British-born computer scientist dreamt up a new way for academics to share information around the globe.
Little did he realise that his invention would break out from the confines of academia and give birth to the world wide web.
Two decades on, there are over 200 million websites and over one trillion unique URLs. An astounding 1.6 billion people use the web worldwide, and here in the UK the figure stands at over 70 per cent of the population.
To celebrate this milestone, we're looking back on how and why the web came into being, taking a look at how the web's key technologies have changed since the early '90s and investigating how it has affected our society and culture.
Illustrate how vividly things have changed, we'll take a snapshot of the web at four stages in its development – at five, 10, 15 and 20 years old. And to complete our commemoration of the web at 20, we've consulted an expert to find out just how different it could look in another five years' time.
Microsoft Plans Free Version Of Office 2010
Office Web will be accessible at no cost through the software maker's Windows Live portal.
In an effort to keep pace with the growing number of free or low-cost desktop productivity tools available online, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) said Monday that it plans to introduce a Web-based version of its
In an effort to keep pace with the growing number of free or low-cost desktop productivity tools available online, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) said Monday that it plans to introduce a Web-based version of its
The free, online products will include the Office word processing application, the Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation software, and OneNote message pad. They'll be available directly through Microsoft's
Windows Live portal and launch directly within a user's browser. The move allows Microsoft to protect its flank from Web-based software from Google and from free, open source-based offerings, such as IBM (NYSE: IBM)'s Lotus Symphony product.
Capossela said he doesn't believe Office Web will cannibalize the desktop version of Office, sales of which to consumers were down 30 percent in Microsoft's most recent quarter. "We haven't taken the approach where the Web apps are a duplication of the client apps," said Capossela. "We try to make them incredibly good for the device you are using," he added.
For instance, the Office Web version of PowerPoint will not contain the desktop version's high-performance video editing tools. "If you use Office on your PC, you're going to want to take full advantage of what your PC can do," said Capossela. The Web apps on the other hand will offer some features that won't be found on the desktop versions, such as the ability to embed tags into documents and post them on blogs.
Microsoft also announced that businesses that purchase volume subscriptions to Office will receive access to the Office Web apps at no additional charge.
Microsoft has about 90 million such customers. It also has roughly 400 million Windows Live users. "There will be almost a half-billion users who will have access to Office Web at launch," said Capossela.
At its Worldwide Partner conference in New Orleans, Microsoft also revealed on Monday that Office 2010 has reached the technical preview stage, meaning the software is available for selected professionals to download and test. The company expects to ship a
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