Now, you have the ability to work on documents (Word), spreadsheets (Excel), and presentations (PowerPoint) online. You can publish your work as a web page. You can control who can see it. You can collaborate with your friends and peers, and of course, it's free!

Just go to docs.google.com

During the tour (click on the "Take a Tour" link. It's the last item on the bullet list on the left side), they say you can safely store your documents online. With their service your work won't be lost. You don't have to worry about your computer crashing, etc. This is all well and good, however, on the testimonials page of the tour, there is someone who says they store a spreadsheet of items online, so everyone involved in the process of launching a new line of product can accesss the list at the same time. This is very convenient, but it begs the question: Who can access the list?

While you can limit public access to your documents, Google staff can still access them (which means others can, too). Before you post confidential company (or personal) info in a document, spreadsheet, or presentation on Google docs (or any other online service like BuzzWord), please ask yourself, "What's the worst that can happen if this is leaked to the public or my competition?

As I predicted in "The Buzz on BuzzWord" the process continues.

Just be careful, and please don't get sucked in.....