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TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Office follows the cloud to take on Go...

While profits from Office productivity software such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel are a main driver of its business, Microsoft has a challenge in getting people to upgrade to new versions. Not only do the previous iterations still work w [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft raises prices on Microsoft Office for Mac, no one ...

According to Computerworld, Microsoft raised its pricing on Office for Mac 2011 during its Office 365 event last month by as much s 17% and stopped selling multi-license packages of the application suite. The move is likely to drive custo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 19 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 down to £34.73, its cheap...

Head over to Kikatek to purchase Microsoft’s Windows Home Server 2011 (64-bit version) for £34.73 with free delivery. You can get it for even less (£32.99 at Ebuyer) but delivery is extra. The price of this operating sys [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office is not coming to Linux

There's a story going around that Microsoft might be porting Office to Linux. If you believe this story, I have a wonderful, lightly used bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you for a mere million dollars cash. Is this technica [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office evolutionary angst: Change or go away

I read the following article, Microsoft is Tipping its Cash Cow, a little while ago and thought that I can't allow it to go uncommented on. The article is by technology journalist veteran, John C. Dvorak. Though I'm not sure why h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Surface Pro tablet labelled a ‘tweener’

US tech writers have given Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet largely negative reviews, casting a shadow over the software group's hopes to take a bite out of sales of Apple's iPad and MacBook Air. The "Surface with Wind [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2013 | Comments : 0

Review: Microsoft Office 2013 pricey, but good value

NEW YORK: As much as I like Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheets, I find the online software clunky at times. So I was skeptical when I heard Microsoft is trying to sell its new version of Office as an online subscription. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 2013 now on sale in the United States

As everyone expected, Microsoft Office 2013 is now on sale in the United States following launches in other territories (including Australia) several hours ago. Prospective buyers can head to the online Microsoft Store to purchase their c [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Outlook For Windows RT Currently Being Tested

Microsoft Windows RT users may soon have access to a native version of MS Outlook. When first released, Microsoft chose to skip over a functional email client for its lower powered tablet OS release. The software giant is already believed [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 2013 Release Date News: U.K. Prices for Off...

We have known the price points for the U.S. Microsoft Office 2013 suites for quite a while, but the same cannot be said for the U.K. Until now, that is. PC Pro reports that the online retailer Argos has listed the productivity software bu [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 2013 rumored to launch on January 29

If you have been waiting for the next major release of Microsoft Office, then you won’t have to wait too long. According to a pre-order page on Canadian retailer Future Shop (which has now been taken down), Office 2013 is set to rel [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Launches “Next App Star” Competition For Windows P...

You know a mobile app store is still young and needs more content when the company behind it still writes its own blog posts when interesting new apps appear in it. With 150,000 apps, the Windows Phone store isn’t actually quite as [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft pats self on back over Windows 8 sales

Analysis Think Windows 8 isn't performing as well as Microsoft expected? Think again! The software giant says sales of its new OS are chugging along quite nicely, thank you very much, in much the same fashion as Windows 7 before it. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 2013 adding more language features

As we await the launch of Office 2013, with rumors suggesting it will be made available to the public on March 31, Microsoft says it wants to expand the support for its productivity software suite to even more people across the world. [...]