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A new version of Microsoft Office for Mac is due in a couple of weeks. Here are our impressions after testing the release candidate for a month or so.
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Microsoft has pushed back the release of Office 2008 for Mac, from the second half of this year to next January because it wasn't satisifed with the product.
Microsoft has boosted the size of inboxes for Windows Live Hotmail users, offering a standard 5GB of storage and 10GB for paid MSN Premium and Hotmail Plus accounts.
After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing.
Expect to hear new details about the future of Apple's Mac OS X and Web business next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference and we think there might be a new iPhone, too.
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