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News (69)

• Aussie organisations shun Office 2010

  No large Australian organisations are known to be planning an Office 2010 migration, and many have not even completed their move to Office 2007.

• US state to favour Microsoft document formats?

  The US state of Massachusetts is set to mandate the use of Microsoft's Office document formats, including Office Open XML, across its agencies.

• CommBank gives Google Apps thumbs down

  update: The Commonwealth Bank of Australia today confirmed it had evaluated Google's hosted office productivity suite and found it wanting.

• The Year Ahead: Will we see Linux on the desktop?

  Windows remains the dominant desktop application, but Linux is making steady progress in its battle to win over mainstream PC users.

• Exorcise your Office XP demons

  Office may be the best-selling office suite on the planet, but that doesn't mean it's the best-performing suite.

Features and Case Studies (37)

• Exorcise your Office XP demons

  Office may be the best-selling office suite on the planet, but that doesn't mean it's the best-performing suite.

• CRM: Microsoft 3.0 vs. RightNow

  We pit veteran on-demand player RightNow Technologies versus Microsoft's latest CRM offering.

• Vertical PDAs: On the road again

  The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two" Palm OS or Pocket PC"but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what's coming up soon.

• Photo gallery: Microsoft Office 2007 beta 1

  This beta refresh reveals the suite's dynamic interface, as well as handy new tools, such as PDF creation.

• Top alternatives to Microsoft Outlook

  If you're using a Microsoft Windows operating system there is also a good chance that you use Office and Outlook as your email client. But is this really a choice?

Reviews (135)

• StarOffice offers IT real choice

  StarOffice might not be ready to totally displace Microsoft Office in the enterprise, but version 6 beta shows the suite has the stuff to loosen Microsoft's iron grip.

• HP Compaq dc7900

  The HP Compaq dc7900 is a solid business offering in the premium desktop space, but the competition is a small step ahead.

• Apple iWork '09

  Intuitive interface design and easy access to useful features make iWork the best office suite choice on the Mac. Though it lacks some of Microsoft Office's advanced options, iWork '09 is an emerging powerhouse in its own right.

• IBM Lotus Symphony 1.2

  While the interface of IBM's free office suite is sexy, its hunger for system resources and lack of features mean that OpenOffice.org 3 is still the best free office suite. Also, watch out for Symphony's lack of OOXML support.

• MSI EX720

  MSI's EX720 isn't a bad laptop, but it certainly strikes as one with too many shortcuts taken. Still at AU$1,649 it's affordable, and if you're budget and technically minded you'll likely get some decent mileage out of this laptop.

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