Adobe has joined a growing list of firms offering web-based alternatives to conventional office programs. The software developer has acquired the online word processor Buzzword, which allows users to create and share text documents on the web. Similar programs are already offered as elements of other free office software suites from Google, ajax13 and Zoho.

Microsoft has also announced a new web feature for its Office suite which lets people access documents online. Microsoft Office Live Workspace is currently being offered as free test, or “beta”, software. “Office Live Workspace will provide anywhere-access to Office documents, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint files,” said Jeff Raikes, president of Microsoft’s Business division. “In other words, these documents will go wherever people go when they’re away from their usual desktop.”

People using the new feature will be able to post documents directly to an online workspace where friends or colleagues can be invited to collaborate on a document.

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Looking at the Gateway One, it’s pretty easy to see where Gateway found their inspiration. At first glance, the thing almost looks like an iMac that fell into some glossy black paint. This is one of the few times, though, where one should look past the obvious copy cat design and look at what the system has to offer.

One of the most obvious details that Gateway loves to point out is the idea of only one single wire running out of the back of your PC. The One uses a single power cable which runs to a larger brick. The power brick has a trick up its sleeve, however. The power brick is home to an Ethernet connection and four USB connections (additional to the three present on the main unit of the One) which are designed to be used with more permanent connections such as a printer or whatever else the kids are connecting these days. It’s a nice idea that can become handy very quickly.

OOO looks like .info domains are blocked from MSN :D.