You can now manage your e-mail, write documents and edit spreadsheets using online services that run inside a web browser.

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And while we're at it, ASUS' WebStorage also offers instant photo uploads, Microsoft Office Web Apps integration (so you can edit Office documents online using the official interface) and file collaboration.

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Both Microsoft's Office and OpenOffice.org nicely complement Google's free Google Docs service, which offers a convenient, and free, way to edit and share documents online.

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Web services like Google Apps, which allows users to edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations online, take the workload off an individual's machine and put it instead on Google's massive servers.

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Drive, which gives people a way to create and store documents online, as well as share documents and edit with multiple people.

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