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• OnLive's train wreck: Office on the iPad

  By Galen Gruman | 07 February, 2012 22:11

  Demos, like appearances, can be deceiving. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, one of the media hits was OnLive Desktop, a service that provisions a Windows 7 desktop environment that includes Microsoft Office 2010 to the iPad over an Internet connection. For many, the idea of being able to run the full Office suite is very appealing, given some of the limitations of the iPad's native office productivity tools such as Apple iWork suite (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers), Quickoffice, and Documents to Go.

• APP OF THE DAY: LogMeIn

  By Hafizah Osman | 10 January, 2012 12:04

  Remotely view, access and control your PCs or Macs from your iOS device over Wi-Fi or 3G

• Opinion: Microsoft Is Going All-In with iOS

  By Tony Bradley | 14 December, 2011 10:00

  Microsoft appears to be fully embracing iOS with a slew of new apps including SkyDrive, Xbox Live, OneNote for iPad, and even an iOS app version of Kinectimals, the popular Xbox 360 Kinect children's' game. It's about time.

• Opinion: Why Microsoft Office on iPad would be awesome ... and not

  By Tony Bradley | 01 December, 2011 02:49

  There is a rumour swirling around that Microsoft is hard at work developing a native iOS app version of its Microsoft Office productivity tools to run on the iPad.

• What completed Skype-Microsoft deal could mean for consumers

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 15 October, 2011 07:49

  Microsoft announced today that it has mostly wrapped up its acquisition of the Internet communications company Skype. The $8.5 billion deal has received approval from the major regulators, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Union, although a few holdouts remain--Russia, Ukraine, Serbia and Taiwan--which are expected to fall into line shortly.

• McLean appointed as Microsoft Australia director of consumer channels group

  By Hafizah Osman | 02 August, 2011 12:05

  David McLean has been appointed director of Microsoft Australia's newly created consumer channels group.

• Office 365: Hands-on look at Microsoft's Cloud services

  By Tony Bradley | 29 June, 2011 03:39

  Microsoft officially launched Office 365 on Tuesday.

• Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 May, 2011 09:48

  Amazon has launched a Mac-specific application download store that will compete with Apple's nearly five-month-old Mac App Store.

• Evernote vs. OneNote: Note-taking apps showdown

  By Michelle Mastin | 01 February, 2012 01:06

  Among the many options for storing information digitally, the biggest players in the note-taking software market are OneNote and Evernote. These applications come in handy for taking notes, making lists, managing projects, storing and organizing information, and sharing it with others.

• Closer look at Microsoft 'Aurora' Small Business Server

  By Tony Bradley | 14 December, 2010 06:53

  Microsoft has been paying more attention lately to the small business audience, as well as the cloud. With the "Aurora" Small Business Server (SBS)--officially named Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Microsoft delivers a solution that brings the two together--bridging local services and the cloud, and granting small businesses affordable access to big business tools.

• The world's worst PowerPoint presentations

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 01 November, 2010 15:08

  Yes, people who think that it's okay to put 100 graphs on one slide do exist. Learn from these examples how not to make PowerPoint slides for your next big meeting.

• Microsoft, get back to work!

  By Tony Bradley | 31 July, 2010 04:13

  Steve Ballmer assured analysts and the world that Microsoft is hard at work developing a Windows 7-based tablet to compete with devices like the Apple iPad.

• Microsoft Office is just what the iPad needs

  By Tony Bradley | 11 May, 2010 04:19

  The iPad is "magic" and all that, but it is not without its flaws and weaknesses--many of which I expect Apple will address with the next incarnation of the tablet device. However, for those looking to use the current generation iPad as a mobile business tool, Microsoft may be the hero with Docs.com.

• What renting Microsoft Windows, Office means to you

  By Eric Lai | 15 January, 2010 04:30

  Microsoft Corp.'s announcement that it would begin renting Windows and Office 2007 left many initially euphoric on the notion that they wouldn't have to shell out several hundred dollars for Office anymore, and then disappointed when it became clear that for most of us that wouldn't be the case.

• Microsoft Office 2010: An intriguing beta

  By Yardena Arar | 19 November, 2009 06:17

  With the release of the Office 2010 beta, the general public finally gets to check out how Microsoft plans to deliver on its promises for the next edition of its flagship productivity suite--namely, close integration with lightweight Web versions of core apps (Excel and PowerPoint Web are the first to debut for consumers via Windows Live, with Word and OneNote available only in the business-oriented SharePoint 2010 server beta), better multimedia support, a subtle interface refresh, and a slew of features designed to make document creation and sharing easier. But there's some news too, most notably support within Outlook for tracking feeds from social networks.

• Microsoft sacrifices Office to save Windows

  By Michael Scalisi | 17 July, 2009 03:08

  Microsoft recently announced that its next Office suite will have a free online counterpart. It also just released Silverlight 3.0, which competes directly with Adobe Flash. While each of these products is competitive in its own right, they're collectively part of a strategy by Microsoft to protect the future of Windows.