http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/webservices.html The latest Web services news, analysis and feature articles from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-googles-chrome-os-hits.html Chrome OS, the operating system that Google released to open source yesterday, has been compiled and posted for download on several file-sharing sites, Internet searches showed. Gregg Keizer 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-microsoft-office-2010-an-intriguing.html With the release of the Office 2010 beta, the general public finally gets to check out how Microsoft plans to deliver on its promises for the next edition of its flagship productivity suite--namely, close integration with lightweight Web versions of core apps (Excel and PowerPoint Web are the first to debut for consumers via Windows Live, with Word and OneNote available only in the business-oriented SharePoint 2010 server beta), better multimedia support, a subtle interface refresh, and a slew of features designed to make document creation and sharing easier. But there's some news too, most notably support within Outlook for tracking feeds from social networks. Yardena Arar 2009-11-18T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111409-amazon-web-services-offers-net.html Software builders can leverage services like Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud in their .Net applications Paul Krill 2009-11-14T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111309-google-voice-acquires-voip-purveyor.html Since its inception, Google Voice has offered a wide range of features for managing your phone calls, with one glaring exception: calls passing through Google Voice have to be directed to another phone number if you actually want to answer them. This gap may now have been closed with Thursday's announcement that Google is acquiring Gizmo5, also known as the Gizmo Project. Jeff Porten 2009-11-13T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111209-amazon-web-services-to-expand.html Amazon Web Services will expand its footprint to Asia-Pacific during the first half of 2010, the cloud-computing infrastructure vendor said Thursday. Chris Kanaracus 2009-11-12T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111109-google-latitude-updates-track-you.html Google announced it's expanding the features in Latitude so you can keep track of your location history and look back on where you've been. Sharon Gaudin 2009-11-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111009-google-offers-free-holiday-wi-fi.html You're stuck in an airport terminal, desperate to check your e-mail, but your iPhone's battery is dead from having watched the entire 1980's classic Short Circuit during your flight delay. So, you crack open your MacBook and fire up your e-mail client. Lex Friedman 2009-11-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110609-ms-office-battles-google-in.html When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006. Elizabeth Montalbano 2009-11-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110609-google-dashboard-gives-you-a.html If the size of your Google cloud is starting to look like Act IV of A Perfect Storm, you'll probably be interested in the company's latest feature, Google Dashboard--a one-stop shopping overview of all your Google cloud services, with links to preferences and privacy settings for each. (The Dashboard link is somewhat buried on your account settings page, so you might want to bookmark google.com/dashboard.) Jeff Porten 2009-11-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110509-google-releases-core-development-tools.html Google has decided to release as open source several of its key application development tools, hoping that they will prove useful for external programmers to build faster Web applications. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-05T12:00:00-04:00