Google：势欲取代Microsoft

This is Larry Magid, CBS News Technology Analyst¹.

Millions of people around the world use Microsoft office, which comes with Microsoft Word for creating documents, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, Outlook e-mail and other applications. But now Google is offering some of those same applications with its free, web-based services. Google launched it four years ago. But recently it launched a free spreadsheet program and word processing program that are acquired from another company. Together, they are now called Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Well, neither the word processing or spreadsheet program is as full- featured as Microsoft's offering, they do provide users with the basic tools they need to write and calculate. Perhaps more important, they also allow you to work from home, office or the road without having you save your files, because they are saved and backed up on Google secure servers. They are also easy to share, facilitating collaboration² between people in different parts of the world. Of course, if you are not online, you don't have access. So forget about writing that letter or polishing off that spreadsheet at 37,000 feet.

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。