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Global Dispatches

Opera, Chrome not officially supported by Office Web Apps

Microsoft's Web-based productivity applications will run most reliably on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari

Target Dumps Amazon.com, Reboots on E-Commerce

Execs worry that Facebook, Twitter use could lead to data leaks

Study finds fear that tweets or Facebook posts could lead to major security nightmare

It’s Really Only Partly Cloudy Out There

Weatherize Your Network Now Before the Clouds Roll In

Mozilla delivers first preview of Firefox 3.6

Tentatively sets release of minor upgrade for November

Chinese Microsoft Office rival launching on Web soon

The company has long offered its Java-based office software

Outsourcer: A ‘global citizen’ will emerge

Increasing language enrollments may signal future U.S. workers to apply for jobs in San Francisco, Delhi and Dubai

IBM union: Layoffs could hit 16,000 by year’s end

IBM's job cuts, in most cases, appear incremental and regular

Microsoft to charge Office Live customers domain-renewal fee

The company has changed its policy for small-business users that signed up to the hosted service before last February