In fact, it was a woman lawyer, Stephanie Kimbro, who developed one of the first pieces of software to run a law office online.
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For a minimal fee, I get 5 copies of office, 60 minutes a month on skype a month and an extra 20 gigabytes of storage on skydrive storage Combined with office online this makes is hard to even consider a chromebook.
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The professors -- most of whom teach at more traditional universities -- administer tests and conduct office hours online, offering, at least in theory, office hours around the clock.
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Many papers report on a campaign by the State Internet Information Office against online rumours.
Despite any feelings of disappointment regarding the interface, the first week of the virtual office being online was almost festive.
Microsoft announcing its gratis forthcoming Office suite online reminds us how lucky we are to again have such competition.
These days, you can buy virtually all of your office supplies online and the goods will arrive at your door in a day or two.
The only way you are going to know about that sale is to sign up for its mailing list at the mall office or online.
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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No way, says Sergio Pereira, VP of merchandising at online office-supplies company Quill.com, a subsidiary of Staples.
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So I was skeptical when I heard Microsoft is trying to sell its new version of Office as an online subscription.
Today, the world of online office applications has been ruled mostly by Google Apps with some credible offerings from smaller companies like Zoho and OpenOffice.
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Miles Young, owner of M2commerce LLC, an online office-supply retailer in Atlanta, also has seen a big decline in traffic to his business's website, down 50% after the Google move.
The company's own job listings, for instance, have allowed Google watchers and followers to spot advance signs of everything from its online office suite to a possible foray into the travel business.
Because the patent office has a searchable online patent database, this only took about 20 minutes.
Windows Phone 8 also includes Xbox Live, Microsoft Office, 7GB of online SkyDrive storage and faster, safer surfing with Internet Explorer 10.
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"It just doesn't fit downtown or feel like it's responsible, " said Charlotte Dixon, a third-generation Midlander who works in the billing department of a doctor's office and started an online petition last month opposing the skyscraper.
What's more, Office 365 gives people a centralized spot online where they can manage their account, showing them where they have Office installed so they can deactivate unused computers with one click or completely cancel subscriptions.
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The Home Office said told BBC News Online this announcement was designed to provide a "statutory framework" for and impose "further restrictions" on existing powers.
It found that 49% of all workers expect to spend some time in the office this holiday season shopping online, on par with past years.
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Administration officials will spend Wednesday taking questions on the State of the Union in a day-long Office Hours marathon, an online question and answer session through Twitter.
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In conjunction with the beta release, Windows opened the Office 365 Marketplace, an online store where customers can add apps and services from Microsoft and partner companies to their accounts.
Users can quickly type using the on-screen keyboard and navigate through the slate's features with the highly responsive capacitive multi-touch screen, or write naturally on the screen using an electromagnetic pen, making it easy to take meeting notes, create documents and reports in Microsoft Office 2010, or browse online.
Google has shown no interest in leasing out its vast infrastructure, but it is challenging Microsoft with a suite of online applications akin to Office.
The newspaper said groups affected by the cuts include Windows, Office, Server and Tools, Online Services and Windows Phone as well as the central marketing group.
But when they are out of the office for work or on vacation, other employees can reserve their spaces, either through an online system or at a computer terminal in the office.
Software packages such as these can be purchased online or from a local office supply store.
In the UK, only 8% of total sales in July were made online, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The White House was conducting an online chat it labelled "Office Hours" in an effort to connect to web users about the often dry issue of the debt and budget negotiations.
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