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Google enters Microsoft office’s turf with mixed results

Michael O’Brien, vice president for information technology at Journal Communications, would prefer not to have the employees of the Milwaukee media company use Microsoft’s Office software any more. He has installed Google A [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Windows Phone Gaining Apps: Report

Microsoft’s Windows Phone could rack up 50,000 apps in its marketplace in January 2012, according to a new estimate from the blog All About Windows Phone. “At the current growth rate, we estimate that Windows Phone Marketpl [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Free alternatives to Microsoft Office

Berlin - Microsoft Office remains the industry standard for office work, regardless of whether you're working with a Windows PC or a Mac, looking to type a document, making a presentation, checking email or making a spreadsheet. It do [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows GM Named Washington State CIO

Bharat Shyam, who worked at Microsoft’s headquarters for almost two decades and helped developed the company’s cloud computing platform Windows Azure, was named Washington state’s Chief Information Officer Nov. 14. Sh [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Fake Microsoft Office tool hides worm

If you use Microsoft Office, a sneaky and harmful worm may be out to infect your system. The security firm Bitdefender found a worm, identified as Win32.Worm.Coidung.B, that disguises itself as Office Genuine Advantage (OGA), a program Mi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Where Is Microsoft’s Office for Tablets?

During a very brief annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Microsoft’s chief executive, Steven A. Ballmer, said: “We are in an era where the range of smart devices is continuing to expand. That is a fantastic thing for Microso [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Google (Docs) vs Microsoft (Office 365)

Until recently, the lines were rather firmly drawn in the sand when it came to office productivity suites. If you wanted to go the desktop way, you chose Microsoft . Online, it was a toss-up between Google Apps or Zoho Docs. But with the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Windows 8 Focused on Power Management, Eyeing Ta...

Microsoft has revealed some details about Windows 8’s power management. Of course, every company aims to tweak successive generations of its products. Windows 7 offered a reduction in power use over Windows XP. However, if everythin [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook by Packt Publis...

Packt Publishing, a world leader in books and eBooks on Microsoft technologies announces that Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook is now available on Amazon's Kindle. Authored by, Neil Mackenzie - Microsoft MVP for Windows Az [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Takes Windows Phone 7 Marketing Up a Notch With Wi...

A number of new Windows Phone devices — including the excellent Focus Flash — launched this week and Microsoft decided to celebrate with a big media blitz in New York City. Microsoft built a six-story Windows Phone with tru [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vi...

We all need to gather our thoughts every now and then. Some of us do that by just writing in a simple text editor, such as Simplenote, but others may find the look of a blank page intimidating. Also, some people tend to be more visually o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Kim Komando: Edit Microsoft Office docs on a tablet Edit Mic...

QUESTION: Is it possible to edit Microsoft Office documents on a tablet? ANSWER: Yes, you just need the right app. QuickOffice Pro is a good one. It lets you create, open and edit Office documents. You can even transfer files from G [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

General Motors Chooses Google Apps over Microsoft Office 365

Google has reportedly inked an agreement to provide General Motors Corp. with the Google Apps cloud-based e-mail and collaboration suite for more than 100,000 employees. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal Friday, Google h [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Use Open Office Writer as a free alternative to Microsoft Wo...

Open Office is a popular free alternative to Microsoft Office. The suite includes an excellent word processor called Writer that is capable of doing almost anything Microsoft Word can. Like Word, most people only use a fraction of Writer& [...]