They have just posted the sign up link and 1 solitary screen shot for the new Google Spreadsheet Program (ex Writely)

www.google.com/googlespreadsheets/tour1.html

No full release date posted. Is on Limited testing only for now

Heres a Preview of whats inside plus a couple of Video links
http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/index.php?p=202
Reviewer had the same question as everybody on the Blog sites as to when they'd open the invites to everybody
I am useless with them (Not going to offer an opinion)
If they are good for a university Student? Let us know, then I'll pass it on to my Nephew who is studying for his Masters (in Maths) at Liverpool University

quote:

The world’s leading search engine company, Google, has introduced a program to compete with software giant Microsoft’s Excel program. The program currently in the limited experimental stage and a release date has not yet been determined.

The official Google blog page reveals that the program is used in Google and that the program that can be later updated on the internet page can be seen instantly by the recipient. Google said 10 people will be able to work on the same program simultaneously.

Interesting the contents of that last sentence
from www.zaman.com A Turkish website

Google Blog 2nd item down
Ps You can also signup via the www.writely.com site where the original program came from to bypass the queue . I imagine there'll be plenty of clear Screen shots and info there ...Click on the "Tour" Link