Microsoft may have released Office for Mac 2011 back in October of last year, however there likely someone who is still on the fence about whether or not they need to make the purchase. And assuming you fit into that category you will probably be happy to hear that there is now a 30 day more »

For those who are asking what would be the future of the dictionary, the answer is right on the App Store and it goes by the app name – Word Lens. If this is not the coolest app that ever hit the App Store since its inception, it should at least be the coolest iPhone more »

It’s been a long time coming, and today Microsoft has finally announced that Office for Mac 2011 finally has a firm release date. The next version of the ubiquitous office suite will hit stores on October 26. The new version brings the Mac suite in line with the Windows version, adding in the ribbon interface. more »

Microsoft filed a writ of certiorari in hopes the US Supreme Court will review their appeal against i4i. According to the courts, Microsoft infringed on i4i patent 5787449, a patent that defines a “system and method for the separate manipulation of the architecture and content of a document, particularly for data representation and transformations.” The more »

Microsoft has taken to YouTube and offered up an Office for Mac 2011 teaser video. Overall its nicely done, though most of what we are looking at has been shown off before. That said, its 1 minute and 16 seconds of Office for Mac including some footage of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MSN Messenger. more »

Somewhat overshadowed by the Apple takeover on the web yesterday, the Windows Live blog announced the launch of the Office Live, Windows’ response to document storage, editing, and collaboration on the internet. Office Live actually has a lot of very cool features that will no doubt give Google Docs a run for its money. First more »

A couple of months ago, the tech community got wind of a patent infringement allegation from a Toronto based company i4i against Microsoft. The basic accusations consisted Microsoft Word’s handling of .xml, .docx, and .docm files were infringing upon a certain XML handling algorithm i4i had patented. However, the buzz died within a few minutes more »

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 »

A few weeks ago we learned that Microsoft was to halt the sale of Word, one of its most popular applications. The ban of Word came from a patent dispute with the Canadian company i4i that holds the patent for “custom XML.” The suit saw Microsoft having to pay damages and halt the sale of more »

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