Google Spreading Out A Spreadsheet

June 6th will see the limited beta preview of Google's online spreadsheet program made available from the company's Google Labs development section. An AP Google Spreadsheet, which will be a free alternative to Microsoft's Excel program. As a web-based product, it would complement Google's Gmail), a calendar service (Google Base). There isn't a presentation software equivalent to PowerPoint yet, though Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik iRows to provide the spreadsheet functionality. iRows was offline as of press time, which fueled more guessing as to its possible role in Google's plans. UPDATE!: Malik now writes that iRows is not part of Google, so that was a false alarm. Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.