Microsoft launches Office 365 with rates tailored to small business

After stumbling twice with offering productivity applications as a service, Microsoft Corp. is finally giving what those who dream of in a cloud service have always wanted: a full-featured Office 365. The company

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 27th, 2013 Howard Solomon

Microsoft Office coming to iPad despite alternatives

When Microsoft Corp. brings Office to Apple’s mobile devices, will you switch to it from the productivity suite you’re already using? Blogger Eric Eckel is looking forward to Microsoft Office being released on

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 2nd, 2013 Brian Jackson

Microsoft’s Office 15 embraces software-as-a-service model

Small business trial customers of Microsoft Corp.'s new version of widely-used productivity suite are giving the new Web-based delivery approach a thumbs up. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in San Francisco on Monday that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 18th, 2012 Paolo Del Nibletto

First look at Microsoft Office 2013 customer preview

I spent most of my time with Word and Excel on a laptop and on a desktop all-in-one equipped with a touchscreen. As expected, Microsoft is tying Office 2013 and Office 365 tightly

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 16th, 2012 Michael Brown

10 provocative PowerPoint presentation practices

PowerPoint is practically synonymous with presentations. The application has all the tools you need to make a professional-looking slideshow that pops with audio, video, and custom animations. However, some features for designing a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 17th, 2012 Helen Bradley

Microsoft reveals Lion’s share of Office for Mac problems

Microsoft last week confirmed that customers running Office for Mac will experience problems with the suite on Apple's new Lion operating system.The most serious of the bugs crashes Communicator when Office for Mac

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 25th, 2011 Gregg Keizer

No security patch for Mac Office users

Microsoft yesterday told Mac Office users it doesn't yet have a fix for a PowerPoint bug that it patched for Windows customers."Security updates for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Office 2008 for

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 12th, 2011 Gregg Keizer

Microsoft to fix critical bugs in Windows Server, PowerPoint

Microsoft said May 5 that it will patch a critical bug in its Windows server software and two other vulnerabilities in PowerPoint, the presentation maker bundled with Office. After April's record-setting Patch Tuesday

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 8th, 2011 Gregg Keizer

Video Rewind: Steve Jobs’ presentation perfection

As many have noted, perhaps today's model of presentation perfection is high-tech's uber-presenter and the subject of Carmine Gallo's new book (now available): Apple's Steve Jobs. In The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs:

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 18th, 2011 Thomas Wailgum

Microsoft offers workaround to zero-day exploit

Microsoft today confirmed an unpatched vulnerability in Windows just hours after a hacking toolkit published an exploit for the bug. A patch is under construction, but Microsoft does not plan to issue an

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 5th, 2011 Gregg Keizer

Prezi enables

A unique online presentation tool on Thursday began letting users in multiple locations work on the same page at the same time. With Prezi Meeting, up to 10 people can access and edit

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 13th, 2010 Elsa Wenzel

Awesome free apps and where on the Web to get them

What, you're not using Microsoft Speed Launch? It's a free application that lets you instantly launch any application, Web site or document using any word or phrase you choose.The app places a "bulls-eye"

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 14th, 2010 Mike Elgan

9 ways to create snazzy Office 2010 documents

Even if your work is humdrum, your documents shouldn't be. The latest version of Microsoft Office makes it easier than ever to create handsome documents, thanks to some cool new tools for dressing

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 16th, 2010 Yardena Arar

10 Office 2010 features that businesses will love

Although much of the hype around Office 2010 has focused on how the product integrates with other Microsoft technologies such as SharePoint 2010 and Windows 7, most users won't care about those capabilities

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 3rd, 2010 Frank J. Ohlhorst