News tagged with microsoft office

Microsoft adds Facebook to Outlook

Microsoft added Facebook to Outlook on Tuesday, giving users of its popular email program the ability to view status updates, pictures and wall posts from their friends on the social network.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Review: Google all the time on the Chromebook

(AP) -- New laptops running Google's Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are handled by distant computers connected ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Microsoft sets prices for forthcoming Office 2010

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will sell four versions of the forthcoming Office 2010 software, due out in June, for prices ranging from $99 to $499.

Technology / Software

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 1.4 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Patent holder sues smart phone makers over patents

(AP) -- The patent-holding company that won a settlement of more than $600 million from the maker of the BlackBerry said Friday it has sued six other companies in the smart phone industry.

Technology / Business

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Microsoft moving Office online in duel with Google

Microsoft on Monday said that the 2010 version of its popular Office software will feature online collaboration as the technology giant duels "in the cloud" with Internet titan Google.

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created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Microsoft's newest Office goes on sale Tuesday

(AP) -- The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software will be available to consumers and small businesses starting Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Microsofties' side project seeks new Office ideas

(AP) -- Have a gripe about Office? A couple of guys at Microsoft Corp. want to hear it directly.

Technology / Software

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Microsoft takes Office into the 'cloud' (Update)

Microsoft took its Office software into the Internet "cloud" on Tuesday, moving the suite of popular business tools online amid budding competition from Google's Web-based products.

Technology / Software

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Next version of Microsoft Office coming in 2010

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp.'s next version of its Office desktop programs will reach consumers next year, though not likely in conjunction with the Windows 7 operating system.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 1.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Microsoft profit jumps 35 pct but investors shrug

(AP) -- A global rise in computer shipments that helped carry Microsoft Corp.'s net income 35 percent higher in the most recent quarter wasn't enough to satisfy investors who were looking for a bigger boost ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Office 365 goes into public beta

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has released its latest product for business, Office 365, into public beta. The program, which is limited in its participants, allows users to try out the new software in exchange ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog

RI judge tosses patent verdict against Microsoft

(AP) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., the latest move in a six-year legal skirmish.

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Microsoft, Apple make for strange partners on Office package

When Jake Hoelter moves around Microsoft Corp.'s Mountain View, Calif., campus, an Apple MacBook Pro tucked under his arm, the engineer gets The Look from colleagues.

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created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft urges Web learning in case of swine flu

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it can help schools get through swine flu.

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft sales fall; cost cuts please investors

(AP) -- Consumers may be shopping for computers again, but Microsoft Corp. still needs businesses to start doing the same.

Technology / Business

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3