TurboExcel Becomes Calc4Web

May 1, 2007 By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- A niche software company says it will rename one of its programs, admitting defeat in a three-year effort to win money from Microsoft Corp. after it claimed the name was too close to Excel.

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