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It’s official Office 2010 is in stock here at SoftwareMedia.com and we have already began shipping orders. The highly anticipated release from Microsoft is a very worth upgrade from Office 2007. We have been working with Office 2010 for the past couple of weeks here at the office, and we have experienced first hand all [...]
Next month Microsoft is scheduled to release Office 2010. We decided to check out the trial versions available, and try it out ourselves. Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting some of the new features available in the Office suite. Today we will be taking a look at what’s new in Word 2010. [...]
Microsoft Office 2010 has been in beta for some time. It’s also been free to try out for some time. In a press release from Microsoft, senior vice president of the Microsoft Business Division, Chris Capossela said, “Office 2010 is the premiere productivity solution across PCs, mobile phones and browsers.” Office 2010 definitely gives more [...]
Ina Fried over at CNET’s Beyond Binary blog posted a tip about a “technology guarantee” for Microsoft Office 2010. Cut straight to the chase, Ina reports how Microsoft may be offering a tech guarantee (later purchases of a product about to head for the grave are given a free upgrade to the inevitable new product [...]
Not too long ago, a judge gave Microsoft 60 days to halt sales for Microsoft Word 2007. And since Microsoft Office 2007 also contains that same Word program, it only seems logical that the injunction applies there too. The order came down due to patent infringement — a Toronto-based developer’s custom XML tagging patent. The [...]
Microsoft Office 2010 beta has just opened its doors to the public today. Although it doesn’t quite look like the Office beta site has been linked up (as I’m writing this blog post now), you could also go directly through the Microsoft site. A few reviews of Office 2010 for browsing: ZDNet UK ZDNet PCWorld [...]
Easter eggs are amusing features or displays in an application, left behind by the developers for users to find. They are sometimes as simple as a funny message, or as elaborate as an entire flight simulator game, such as could be played way back in Excel ’97. Here are some of my favorite recent Easter [...]
Seriously. Who owns, personally owns, all the software they need?Nevermind want. No one does. No one I know at least. Adobe, Microsoft, Corel all rock. Of course. They’re great. But they might as well be Pretty Pony Design Software, as far as my home computer endeavors are concerned. Thank god for freeware. There is some pretty [...]
Adding to our last post about customers switching to Google Apps, CNET News has just reported that Los Angeles is ready to make the switch. The city, like many government agencies, has had security concerns over making the switch. The concerns were brought to light “after the poor e-mail practices of an employee at Twitter [...]