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Microsoft introduces Office Starter 2010
Ad-supported version to replace Microsoft Works 9 October 2009 10:00 GMT
Microsoft has announced that it's dumping its Office-lite software, Microsoft Works, in favour of an ad-supported "Office Starter 2010". The idea is that PC makers will install the full version of Office on computers they sell, but that users will be subject to advertising...
Office 2010 Web Apps go live...
...well for some anyway 17 September 2009 18:45 GMT
Microsoft has started opening up its Office 2010 Web Apps on Thursday with a select handful of Technical Preview invites via Windows Live SkyDrive.

"SkyDrive customers will be invited to try out a technical preview of the online versions of Microsoft Office...
Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition announced
Available now for £440 16 September 2009 17:40 GMT
Microsoft has announced the launch of “Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition” an updated offering in the Office 2008 for Mac product line.

As well as the Business Edition, the only other product in the simplified range is "Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student".
Microsoft Office 2010 leaks to Bittorrent
First version that uses the "beta" tag 9 September 2009 15:39 GMT
Microsoft Office 2010 is due next year, but a version has already leaked out to Bittorrent websites. It's the first that uses the term "beta", indicating that development of the software may be further along than previously believed.

The release, which is lablled...
Microsoft to kill Entourage for Mac, new features coming 2010
In the meantime new version out next month 13 August 2009 17:05 GMT
Microsoft has announced new details of its Outlook 2008 package and said that it will be ditching Entourage when the application suite is updated late next year.

Going on the back of earlier predictions by Pocket-lint over the launch of an update to the Mac...
Nokia teams with Microsoft Office
Word and Excel expected to come to Symbian OS 12 August 2009 4:14 GMT
Microsoft is to announce on Wednesday that it is working with Nokia to create a mobile version of Office for the Symbian OS platform.

The new companies have called a press briefing for 3pm GMT on Wednesday titled "Microsoft and Nokia Alliance Announcement."
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 released
Promises to be faster, and more reliable 20 July 2009 20:57 GMT
While Microsoft has confirmed that it won't be bringing Office 2010 to the Mac at the same time as the PC version, that hasn't stopped the company launching Service Pack 2 for Office 2008 for Mac.

The new 182.6MB update that takes 268MB of your hard drive is,...
Microsoft Office 2010: What you need to know
What's new, what you get and how it will help you work 14 July 2009 2:11 GMT
Wondering what the new Microsoft Office 2010 will bring? Well Microsoft has released a host of screen shots from the new Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel to give us an understanding of what to expect as well as detailing a bit more information as to what the new products...
No Microsoft Office 2010 for Mac users
New version unlikely to come till 2011 13 July 2009 21:14 GMT
Apple Mac users shouldn't expect to get any of the new features being touted in Microsoft's Office 2010 in the near future the company has said.

Microsoft has said that the new office suite, announced on Monday, will go on sale in the first half of 2010 for...
Microsoft Office 2010 enters technical preview
Web apps will be free 13 July 2009 15:48 GMT
Way back in October 2007 Microsoft announced that it would be bringing its suite of office applications online, and we've not heard much from the company on the subject since, with the exception of a beta of Live Office Workspace earlier this year.

Well, today...
VIDEO: Office 2010: The Movie part deux
From the makers of Office 2003 and Office 2007 9 July 2009 22:22 GMT
We've already seen one cheese ball trailer from Microsoft for its yet to be announced Office 2010 suite, however that hasn't stopped them employing "the voice of cinema" once again for another all out bash at trying to impress office types.

With classic one...
Microsoft dumps Money
Software sales end as market changes 11 June 2009 17:39 GMT
Microsoft is to end sales - and within a few years, online support - for its Money software.

Microsoft explains the reasoning as follows: "The category of personal financial-management software has changed considerably in the 17 years since Money was first...
VIDEO: Office 2010 The Movie
"Countdown to the beginning of awesome" 12 May 2009 10:08 GMT
What if Microsoft Office... was a summer blockbuster action movie? What indeed. Press play to find out.
Vodafone to offer Microsoft's "Online Services"
Bundled with voice and data plans 26 February 2009 12:33 GMT
Microsoft and Vodafone have announced that Vodafone will offer businesses a "single communications and collaboration solution composed of fixed and mobile voice and data, customer equipment and handsets, and Microsoft Online Services".

This team-up will mean...
Google starts reseller program for Apps
"We believe strongly that all companies will adopt SaaS to one degree or another" 14 January 2009 16:18 GMT
Google has announced a program that will see technology solution providers selling its cloud-based Google Apps to businesses around the world.

In direct competition to Microsoft's Office, authorised resellers will be able to sell, customise and support Google...
Apple launches iWork into the cloud
Macworld 2009: iWork.com announced as free beta 6 January 2009 18:16 GMT
As was reported was likely to happen, Apple has launched some of its software into the cloud.

At the Apple keynote at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco Philip W. Schiller senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple has announced that iWork.com...
Apple announces iWork 09
Macworld 2009: Productivity software gets updated 6 January 2009 18:05 GMT
At the Apple keynote at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, has announced a new version of iWork for 2009.

iWork 09 joins iLife 09 in updating Apple's fairly cheap and cheerful...
FileMaker launches Bento 2
Database software gets an update 14 October 2008 16:48 GMT
FileMaker has announced the availability of Bento 2, the new version of its "wildly popular" personal database software.

For the first time, Bento 2 now links Apple Mail messages and RSS feeds to contacts, events, projects, and other information stored in Bento....
Microsoft Equipt to launch in the UK
Over here and over-priced 14 October 2008 15:09 GMT
Microsoft's new consumer-aimed software bundle, called, Equipt is to see a launch in the UK.

The bundle, part of Microsoft's Software as a Service strategy, combines productivity, online and security tools and will go on sale in Britain on 20 October.
OpenOffice 3 released
Now Mac OS X compatible 13 October 2008 12:40 GMT
Following 3 years of "continuous improvement", OpenOffice.org has now been released as the "landmark" version 3.0, with a host of new features.

The release includes the basic components of the open source productivity software, which include word processor,...
Microsoft Live Office Workspace hits a million
Six month milestone for cloud computing service 5 September 2008 12:39 GMT
Microsoft has announced that 6 months after release, the beta of Microsoft Office Live Workspace has reached the one-million-customer sign-up milestone.

Office Live Workspace beta is the free, web-based extension of Microsoft Office that lets people access their...
Microsoft launches Equipt subscription software for consumers
$70 a year for value bundle of basic programs 2 July 2008 16:34 GMT
Microsoft has unveiled "Equipt", an all-in-one security and productivity software subscription service for consumers.

With one installation, Microsoft says the service delivers anti-malware protection technology, features to simplify PC management and improve...
Adobe Acrobat.com launches into beta
"Personal workspace in the clouds" 2 June 2008 9:47 GMT
Adobe has announced Acrobat.com, a suite of services available as public beta for free sign up, that is the company's "cloud computing" solution.

Claiming to put communication, productivity, and collaboration tools right within a web browser, Adobe says Acrobat.com...
Microsoft says Office 2008 for Mac fastest selling ever
As SP1 released 13 May 2008 17:25 GMT
Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit has announced that Office 2008, which was launched at the Macworld Expo 2008, has sold faster than any previous version of Office for Mac in the past 19 years.

This news comes as the Unit releases Service Pack 1 (SP1) that...
OpenOffice 3 beta released
But not for production use just yet 9 May 2008 11:27 GMT
The OpenOffice.org community has announce that the public beta release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now available.

Not recommended for production use at this stage, it is being made available to allow a broad user base to test and evaluate the next major version.