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http://www.redherring.com ------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORY: Low-cost, low-power picoradio wireless networks are generating high interest. How low can networks go? http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=10000001&doc_id=1060019506&rh_special_report_id= ------------------------------------------------------------ A D V E R T I S E M E N T B2B the Wrong Way Costs Plenty! Trying to fit together software from different vendors costs plenty, takes years to implement, and, ultimately, leaves you with a glued together, complex system that never delivers on your B2B expectations. Find out how to do it right. Pick up your FREE B2B Success Kit today. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;2878817;5934422;v?http://www.oracle.com/go/?&Src=623324&Act=69 A D V E R T I S E M E N T ------------------------------------------------------------ Catch of the Day: Wake me when it's over I like Microsoft Office. That's fortunate, as I am also a slave to it. I write on Word, I plan on Excel, and I mumble speeches with PowerPoint as my crutch. So last week I went to the San Francisco sitting of the Office XP launch, not just so I could write about it, but because I have a workingman's interest in the tools. And I have never been so bored in my life. I wasn't alone. A guy behind me actually snored. (I myself briefly napped, but quietly.) It's just tough to get fired up about Office's changes. Except that the dancing paper clip is gone. People were excited about that. The biggest improvements in Office are in the area of collaboration. Document-reviewing features are improved, and there's integration with an online groupware service, SharePoint. Also, Office now protects data against its -- and Windows' -- crashes. I pity the marketing person who had to pitch that feature. It's a good update, but it'll be a yawner to companies that don't use the sharing features. This is not just a snipe; it represents a real problem for Microsoft, which gets a huge chunk of its revenue from Office upgrades. - Rafe Needleman, rafe-needleman@redherring.com Editor, http://www.redherring.com COMPANIES * Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com * Corel http://www.corel.com * Sun's StarOffice http://www.sun.com/staroffice/ RELATED STORIES * Dueling for desktops http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=10000001&doc_id=980018098 * Street Talk: No upgrades required http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=20000002&doc_id=1610017561 * Catch of the Day: The outlook for Outlook http://www.redherring.com/story_redirect.asp?layout=story_generic&doc_id=RH1860017986&channel=80000008 * PC market: Window pains for Microsoft http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=20000002&doc_id=1510017551 * Fish or Cut Bait: A comeback for Corel? http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=20000002&doc_id=1410017541 * The PC is dragging Microsoft down http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=20000002&doc_id=570017457 * Open-source office apps: Sufficiently good http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=80000008&doc_id=1910017991 * Microsoft makes a big bet on .NET http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=10000001&doc_id=1240012124 ------------------------------------------------------------ A D V E R T I S E M E N T B2B the Wrong Way Costs Plenty! Trying to fit together software from different vendors costs plenty, takes years to implement, and, ultimately, leaves you with a glued together, complex system that never delivers on your B2B expectations. Find out how to do it right. Pick up your FREE B2B Success Kit today. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;2878817;5934422;v?http://www.oracle.com/go/?&Src=623324&Act=69 A D V E R T I S E M E N T ------------------------------------------------------------ VC and Startups While U.S. venture capital firms are dealing with the ripples from the economic downturn, some of Asia's top VCs are closing their largest funds ever. 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