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Black Friday 2010: Microsoft is giving away a netbook if you buy Office Home and Business
Want a very good deal for this year’s Black Friday frenzy? Microsoft heard you and is currently offering the Microsoft Office Home and Business Edition for $279.99. What’s the deal? You get to bring home a new Dell Inspiron Mini 1018 netbook for free. Yes, you read it right – the netbook is for free. more »
Google says Office 2010 is a hassle, expensive and unproductive?
Google is making a push for users considering the upgrade to Office 2010 now that the beta version is set to expire. Google’s been encroaching into Office territory for sometime now and continues to make inroads with it’s Google Docs suite of applications. Google’s latest push points out the fears of many IT admins looking more »
Facebook and Microsoft team up to create Docs for Facebook
Previously, Google provided you with the best way to create and store your documents on the web. Google Docs was a free and very useful alternative to Microsoft Office or iWork that allowed you to create, store, and share documents through the internet. It provided an easy alternative to databases of Word documents or Excel more »
Microsoft is not intimidated by Google, stays away from iPad
A few days ago, Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft’s Business Division, announced some interesting information regarding the future of Office. The Apple iPad is definitely an interesting opportunity for Microsoft to work into some Office products, but at this point in time, they are simply taking a “wait and see” plan of action. While such more »
Microsoft Office 2010 slated for June launch: battle over what to hold back from web app
A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed Office 2010 will launch in June of 2010. One of the new directions for Office 2010 will be a web apps component, allowing users to access a limited Word or Excel experience online and is expected to be free. Microsoft sounds concerned about walking the fine line between usability and more »
Office 2010 beta open to the public
With Windows 7 now out in the wild for almost a month, Microsoft has time to unleash another beta product on us for testing. This beta comes in the form of Microsoft Office 2010. The Office 2010 beta will feature everything minus the online version, which is currently being tested within Microsoft. Somewhat surprising for more »
MS Office 2010 to be available in beta by November
A public beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 is being released next month. This is another way to build momentum for the release of the productivity software after July’s limited preview of the programs. Features of the new MS Office include screenshot captures, background removal tools, Jump Lists, numerous templates and web based Office applications. more »
Microsoft introduces Starter version of Office 2010
Microsoft really seems to enjoy putting out multiple versions of products. There’s Vista and Windows 7, each with a large number of versions, two SKUs for the Xbox 360 (recently down from three, excluding limited-edition versions). Not content with those, Microsoft had decided to announce Office Starter 2010. To be fair, however, Office Starter is more »
Microsoft Office comes to Linux – MS begrudgingly bends
Your cheap little Linux netbook just got a boost in credibility, or will get a boost when Microsoft drops the web app version of Office 2010 next year. To date, Linux netbooks or anything else running the OS had to rely on non-Microsoft programs to read, edit and save in the familiar .doc, .ppt and more »
