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  • Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat

    A US appeals court has upheld a ruling that Microsoft's Office software infringes on a Guatemalan inventor's technology, lawyers for the inventor said Friday in the US.

  • Microsoft announces Office 2007 pricing, details

    Microsoft on Wednesday offered further details on the next version of Office, announcing plans for a new home version as well as new server-based products and a new high-end enterprise edition of the desktop suite.

  • Microsoft readies Office overhaul

    Microsoft this week plans to deliver the first test release of a new version of its Office software intended to rejuvenate sales and stave off competitors.

  • How open is the new Office?

    Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.

  • Microsoft Office 11.0: Coming soon?

    While details on the newest version of Microsoft Office are still sketchy, we got a good first look at what to expect from Microsoft's most popular application package.

Blogs (27)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Office no place for power users

    While elements of Microsoft's Office suite have been in use for more than 20 years, the company now appears unpleasantly convinced that nobody really has any idea how to use the product.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Don't bother upgrading to Entourage 2008

    If you're considering an upgrade to Entourage 2008, think again -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't bothered to add some vital functions that are critical to making Apple Mac systems welcome on any Exchange network.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    New Year's resolution: Don't forget the format

    Pretty much anyone who has been in storage management for more than five minutes knows that it's not enough to simply back everything up and hope for the best.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Can digital certs fend off Trojan attacks?

    Special Minister of State Gary Nairn this week released a paper titled 'Responsive Government - A New Service Agenda', which details how e-government services will be 'improved' over the next four years.

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    Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?

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  • SAP to release 'Mendocino' for testing

    Next week customers can begin testing software that links Microsoft's e-mail and calendar programs with SAP's back-office business applications, the companies said.

  • Fighting Office with open source

    Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

  • How to Install Microsoft Office 2007

    Here's what you should know before you invite the new Office onto your hard drive.

  • Gates on launching Zune, spiffing up Office

    Microsoft's chairman looks ahead to how the music player might morph and tells why changes in Office 2007 are "such a big deal."

  • What's new and different in Outlook 2007

    While it doesn't bring the same jaw-dropping interface changes that accompany other modules in the Office 2007 suite, Outlook 2007 does provide a number of new and very useful features, and the interface does change a bit to accommodate some of these new features.

Reviews (683)

  • Microsoft to limit access to Office 11

    The next version of Microsoft's Office software will run only on the latest releases of the company's operating systems, leaving older OS users in the dark.

  • Microsoft Office 12.0 pre-Beta 1

    Microsoft Office 12.0 pre-Beta 1 drastically revamps the interface layouts of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.

  • Office remodel to help disabled users

    Microsoft plans to make the next version of Office more accessible to people with disabilities, a move that could help sales to companies doing government work.

  • Microsoft Office System 2003

    While Microsoft Office System is the most complete suite on the block, there's no compelling reason for everyone to upgrade.

  • Microsoft readies Office overhaul

    Microsoft this week plans to deliver the first test release of a new version of its Office software intended to rejuvenate sales and stave off competitors.

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