Google Office

I recently wrote about OpenOffice as a free alternative to Microsoft Office. As an update, I point you to this announcement from Google that they soon will have not only free online word processing and spreadsheets (available now) but also free presentation software (coming this summer).

Similarly, Adobe announced in February that they would be releasing a free, online version of Photoshop within the next six months.

As more and more applications move from the desktop to the Internet, look for this "webtop" trend to continue.