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Beta version of Encrypted search in Google

Try browsing google with just https instead of http and now you can see the beta version of Google search through SSL.This is the full link that leads you to the encrypted versions
https:\\www.google.com

You could wonder how this encrypted version would be of great help.It helps a lot of users from blocking the search contents visible to other websites or even to other hackers.But still the search content will be visible to Google as it will be available in their database.Its obvious that Google will be having complete details on search but there is some good amount of trust on Google as the contents will not be shared and it will be kept secure.IT administrators can have good benefit through Google search since the search traffic is kept private between you and Google

There are also some more benefits for the business users.First and foremost benefit is that the Google search traffic cannot be intercepted.Searches that are done through google are not archived in the browser history.Autofill option is also disabled if the search is tried using SSL in Google

There are many features available in Internet Explorer version 8 which acts as a support to the encrypted version of Google.IE secure features are available inside the InPrivate browser mode.If you are into the InPrivate browser mode then many contents like Web history, cookies, temporary Internet files, or other data will not be traced and will not be available inside the browser.
But the only drawback is that it cannot protect the data crossing the Internet

Only drawback of Google’s encrypted search is that the contents URL will be available inside browser History and other one is that the encrypted version is available only for contents but not for the images,maps etc.So to get the full benefit of security its better to use InPrivate mode of Internet Explorer 8 along with Encrypted version of Google

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Free Microsoft WebApps from June 2010

Can you ever imagine getting Microsoft’s single product for free? A big No
But now its been made free.(Thanks to Google Apps! )The entire microsoft office is available for free through office WebApps.This will have all applications of Microsoft office like Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.Users can have all the documents created,edited and saved on web may be in a common microsoft server as it happens with google Apps where documents are saved in Google central server.

Microsoft is facing some decrease in the Office Market share may be due to the entry by Google and many other small organisations like in providing web based applications.

Mr. Lieblich is the CEO of a small software company which typically monitors people system and takes the survey of what kind of softwares people are opting for and prefer to use most often.He said “Office is a great product, but it is quite complicated and people aren’t really taking advantage of the software”

Price of new Office 2010 will range from a limited, free Web version supported by ads to a full-blown version costing $500.Both the free version and the payable version will be available from June as per Microsoft’s plan.

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Microsoft Office Web Apps and Office 2010 Review

With Google launching many web based applications like Google Apps its now the turn of Microsoft to release its own office web Apps a competent tool of Google Apps.With Microsoft Office 2010 getting launched they really see a rough competition as the IT industry is trying to switch over to cloud computing and the tools from Google is really making the work very easy.With the help of Google Apps its really easy for the users to access the documents,spreadsheet and reports online as in Google Apps the documents are stored in a centralized Google Server.Google Apps is free to individual users and for Business purpose it charges $50 per user for a year.Office Web Apps is sure not to have all the features of Microsoft Office 2010 as it is priced at $119 to $499.Price variation is much dependent on the office features and version numbers.

With Google Apps available at free of cost for individual users,Microsoft had the compulsion to release the Office Apps for free but they feel that it will make the users to have hands on about Office 2010 and gives the opportunity for them in making users to buy the real product.

Google Apps Vs Office Apps

Microsoft Office claims that Office Web Apps is coming out with more features to counter Google Apps.Naturally if its going to be Microsoft office word excel and all, users will really feel easy when compared to Google Apps with usability stand point as there will be previous experience in using Microsoft office.With Microsoft products obviously there is going to be a rich User Interface and its also the case with Office Apps.So office apps is claimed to have rich visual representation when compared to Google Apps.

Features of Office Web Apps

    Ability to create, edit and share Office docs with people who have Office and also with people who don’t.

    Enables two people to simultaneously edit the same spreadsheet, Word document or PowerPoint presentation from different locations through a PC, the Web or a Windows Mobile phone.

    The Outlook Social Connector a new feature in Outlook which gives the option to pull up contact information from Facebook and LinkedIn

    Video-editing feature in PowerPoint

    Photo-editing feature in Office Word