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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Reno, NV - Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is buying Upstartle, a rival software maker to Microsoft Word. The Silicon Valley companyoffers Writely.com,which isan Internet-based word processing application.

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Microsoft Upstartle said yesterday that it was closing off new registrations for its Writely Internet-based word processor application while they move to Google's software architecture.

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Laptop Computers Writely allows you to edit and publish documents online, either privately, in collaboration with specific people, or publicly on the Internet.

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Laptop Computer The documents can be saved on Writely's servers in formats including Microsoft's Word and Adobe's PDF.

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Desktop Computer With Google's backing, it might make Writely a competitive alternative to Microsoft's Word software.

Notebooks Writely's free though business applications might be developed by Google and made available for a fee.

Lenovo Google's acquisition of Upstartle is not the first venture by the search engine into offering competitive software to Microsoft. Last year, Google and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNM) entered into a joint marketing agreement where Google began referring users to OpenOffice, a free equivalent to Microsoft's Office that is backed by Sun.

Hard Drive While Microsoft's products come with more support, there is a high price tag to it and a short support period for free. Add to that Microsoft's history of backing off on support when it launches a newer version and you might find more people graduating to alternatives such as Google's Writely or Sun's OpenOffice.

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