Microsoft Works 8.0 to become an online service
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According to a report in "Business Week," Microsoft's scoffing at Web-based productivity tools such as ThinkFree, Google's Writely, and Google Spreadsheets was nothing but talk after all. Behind the scenes, the software colossus has been working to turn its Microsoft Works tools into Web services that can compete with these and other online challengers. "It's official now," ThinkFree CEO TJ Kang told "Business Week." "We're definitely on [Microsoft's] radar."