BNZ says it is the first New Zealand bank to launch an Android internet banking application.

Eat your heart out, OpenOffice.

Microsoft Office 2010, due next year, will be available in a free version called Office 2010 Starter, the company's New Zealand chief technology officer Brett Roberts flagged over the weekend.

Like the no-cost Google Apps suite, Office 2010 Starter will be supported by advertising.

Although its name implies a trial version, Office 2010 Starter will have no time-limit.

But there’s a catch.

Microsoft Exchange, Outlook and Office are on the way out at NZ Post, with 2100 staff moving to Google Apps in a bid to save $2 million over three years.

The deal marks the first time a major New Zealand account has swallowed its qualms about putting its documents out in the cloud - at least on such a scale. But now the first domino has fallen, others could follow.

Google is continuing to move aggressively to convert enterprise users of Microsoft Exchange and IBM’s Lotus Notes to Google Apps.

Following Googles announcement that its online office suite will be able to sync with Microsoft and RIM, comes the rollout of Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes, a native Notes application that makes it easy for users to move email, contacts, and calendar data from Notes to Google Apps.

Google really wants you to get organised - wherever you are, and whatever electronic device you happen to be using.

Following the success of Gmail Labs for testing out new features, Google is now adding Calendar Labs for users to try out features “not quite ready for prime time”, has made Tasks live, and rolled out Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes.