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Meet the Microsoft Office Luddites: Why power users won't li...

The future is in the cloud. Every traditional software company is pushing cloud services over programs you actually install, and even Microsoft, which formally completed its new, cloud-based Office 365 package in February, has included cl [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2013 | Comments : 0

Microsoft users struggle with Windows redesign

(Reuters) - As Microsoft Corp(MSFT.O) prepares to show the world what its new Windows 8 can do on the next generation of high-powered tablets, initial reviews of the new operating system on existing hardware underscore the challenges the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

RIM invites BlackBerry users into MS Office cloud beta

BlackBerry users wanting to get into Microsoft's cloudy Office 365 only have a few months to wait, and the properly impatient can sign up for the beta this month. The Office 365 service will be hosted by RIM and offered free to use [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Workshare Compare 7 Saves Time for Microsoft Office Users

Workshare, a leading provider of document collaboration software, today releases Workshare Compare 7 to improve document accuracy and enhance document collaboration between colleagues and organizations. Workshare Compare 7 enhances Micros [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft leaves Mac Office users in the lurch, says researc...

Microsoft yesterday told Mac Office users it doesn't yet have a fix for a PowerPoint bug that it patched for Windows customers. "Security updates for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML F [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft collects locations of Windows phone users

Like Apple and Google, Microsoft collects records of the physical locations of customers who use its mobile operating system. Windows Phone 7, supported by manufacturers including Dell, HTC, LG, Nokia, and Samsung, transmits to Microsoft [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Google's new Cloud Connect gently lulls MS Office users clou...

Last week Google launched Cloud Connect, a free plug-in for Microsoft Office that provides a number of cloud-based functionalities (such as collaboration, sharing, revision history and syncing) to users of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. As [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Google Cloud on the prowl to snatch MS Office users?

Google has launched the Mountain view Suite, by which it intends to convert Microsoft users into Google App users, sources informed. According to sources, the web based business application by Google is a new Microsoft Office plugin whic [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office Web Apps has 20 million users

Office Web Apps, Microsoft's competitor to Google Docs, has 20 million users. Betsy Webb, general manager of Microsoft Online Services, said that many people have used the free Web versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the first [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft unveils free app upgrades for Win 7 users

Today, Microsoft announced the latest sales benchmark figures for Windows 7. Having hit the 150 million mark, the company claims on its Windows Team Blog that it is the fastest selling OS in history. There's no split between retail. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft touts Hotmail security adds; users complain of acc...

Microsoft will beef up security in the revamped Windows Live Hotmail, including tying a user's account to a specific PC, a company executive said today. Some Hotmail users whose accounts have been recently hacked say Microsoft's [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft rips off users on USB storage

WE KNEW the console was capable of it, but Microsoft will release an update that will allow the use of USB sticks for storing media and game saves. The Vole will put out the update on April 6, which will make the Xbox360 console compatib [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Windows 7 upgrade problems vex users

Microsoft’s new operating system (OS), Windows 7, has been out since a week now. Though the product had a successful launch, and the early sales appeared strong, things do not seem to be working very well for the OS. Microsoft& [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Windows 7 will click with PC users frustrated by Microsoft's...

Windows 7 is the latest in a growing number of elite products put out by Microsoft in recent years, and every user of a previous version of Windows should make the upgrade. Oddly, most of the company's recent triumphs are hardware, namely [...]