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  • Microsoft revs up for radical Office refit

    Psst! Want a copy of the just-released Beta 2 build of Office 2007? There's no need to whisper. Microsoft is now offering a "preview" edition of its forthcoming supersuite as a free download.

  • Microsoft pulls early Office 2003 beta

    Microsoft on Wednesday inadvertently provided developers and enterprise customers with early access to the second testing version of the next version of Office.

  • Office 11 beta due next month

    Microsoft will be shipping the second beta version of Office 11 next month, complete with XML tools.

  • Online Photoshop beta due this year

    Adobe Systems has announced that it will ship a beta version of its Photoshop Express online editing tool by the end of this year, with the full product to be complete sometime in 2008.

  • Microsoft ignores Australia in Mac Office deal

    Microsoft has improved on an earlier offer to those who buy Office 2004 for Mac in the US before the new version of Office is released in January but have decided not to extended the offer to Australian customers.

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    The internet has been awash with rumours about Windows 7, with a pre-beta release being handed out to attendees at the Professional Developers Conference in the US this week. But how many Windows 7 versions will there be?

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    Windows Home Server kicks another own goal

    Synchronising data between multiple computers is difficult and dangerous, which is why we get software to do it these days rather than attempting to manage all the file movements ourselves. But making the assumption that the software knows what it's doing can in itself be dangerous.

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    Microsoft says beta testing for Office 12 begins in November. Also, the company gets 120,000 requests a month from people who want to save their Office documents in PDF format, making it one of the most requested features.

  • FAQ: Looking into Office 12

    Here's what you can expect from Microsoft's radical revamp of Office, due next year.

  • Tech executives: Time is of the essence

    Busy? A slew of technologists want to help you manage your time, by overhauling the wall calendar.

  • Windows XP SP2: almost here

    Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) promises serious security fixes, and it's almost here. But you may not want to jump on it too fast. We'll tell you why.

  • New Windows Server, XP versions roll

    Microsoft announced Friday that it had released two high-end operating systems to computer manufacturers.

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  • Microsoft pulls early Office 2003 beta

    The software giant inadvertently provided developers and enterprise customers with early access to the second testing version of the next version of Office.

  • First Take: Outlook 11.0 Beta 1

    If the early version is any indication, Microsoft's next version of Outlook will be prettier, smarter, and more organized than ever before.

  • Microsoft Windows Defender beta 2

    With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free antispyware app with a new name, engine and tools.

  • Images: PowerPoint 2007 beta 2

    The updates to Microsoft's PowerPoint are supposed to make it less of a hassle to dress up slide shows. We take a look.

  • Images: Word 2007 beta 2

    Microsoft hopes that Word 2007 will put more features at your fingertips. We review some of the changes.

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