Microsoft Office takes to the web

For the people who have been waiting for Microsoft's answer to Google. Here's the answer..

Microsoft announcing a free web-based version of its Office software.

Office 2010 will include lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote when it ships next year.The new web offering will compete with Google's free online Docs suite launched three years ago.

Last week Google took aim at Windows with news of a free operating system while in June Microsoft introduced a new search engine called Bing.

And its the turn of Microsoft with the news of Office web 2010.

You can find previews of the Office 2010 and its web counterpart at this site