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The Ads In Microsoft Office Starter 2010
7:48AM Jesus Diaz | Maybe I jumped the gun too fast yesterday, slamming Microsoft for including advertising in the free Microsoft Office Starter 2010. This is what they look like. More »
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Bloatfest! Microsoft Office Starter 2010 Edition to Have F—king Ads
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | Coming 2010, your next PC will probably be pre-loaded with Microsoft Office Starter 2010. A free version of Office 2010 that will only include Word and Excel, fully capable of exchanging documents with full Office 2010. But there’s a catch: More »
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Microsoft Word Ban Postponed, Stays On Shelves For Now
3:15PM Danny Allen | As pretty much everyone who cares expected, the US Court of Appeals has granted Microsoft’s request to keep selling Word while it appeals i4i’s XML patent lawsuit. In mid-August, a federal jury had ordered Redmond to stop selling Word within 60 days. The alternative: cough up more than $US290 million in damages. More »
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Microsoft Will Launch Outlook For Mac In Late 2010
2:15AM Wilson Rothman | Today Eric Wilfrid, GM of Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit announced a Business Edition of Office for Mac, and promised a new version by Christmas 2010 that would include a bonafide Outlook for Mac. There was no Office for iPhone news. More »
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Judge Orders Permanent Stop Of Microsoft Word Sales
11:53PM Jesus Diaz | This will probably be settled or appealed until it reaches the Supreme Court, but Judge Leonard Davis—of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas—has ordered a permanent injunction against Microsoft Word. More »
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Epic Water Slide Video Is Fake And Promoting Microsoft Office
11:20PM Adam Frucci | Remember that insane water slide jump video? Unsurprisingly, it was a fake viral video. Surprisingly, it was made to promote…Microsoft Office? More »
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10:55PM John Herrman | After Microsoft’s initial announcement, the forthcoming Google-docs-like Office web apps—”Office Web”—kinda fell off the radar. Today, we get confirmation that the online suite will be free, and that Office 2010 will start semi-private testing today. More »
Microsoft Office 2010 Web Apps To Be Free; Testing Starts Today
10:55PM John Herrman | After Microsoft’s initial announcement, the forthcoming Google-docs-like Office web apps—”Office Web”—kinda fell off the radar. Today, we get confirmation that the online suite will be free, and that Office 2010 will start semi-private testing today. More »
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Dell Download Store Selling Microsoft Apps- But Not Cheap
4:14AM Wilson Rothman | Didn’t hear? Dell launched a download store in January. Today they became the only third-party retailer to sell Microsoft downloads. Problem is, they sell Office Home and Student for $US130, where Amazon sells it, in the box, for $US95. [Dell]
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Which Is Worse: Microsoft Office 2007’s Ribbon or Adobe CS4’s Tabs?
9:20AM Jesus Diaz | Which do you hate most, the dumbstastic Adobe Creative Suite 4 tabbed interface or the flabbymoronic Microsoft Office 2007’s ribbon? Ready. Set. Fight! More »
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