Office Suites

British Student Crowned Excel World Champion

A British schoolgirl is the new Microsoft Excel world champion, triumphing at the finals in San Diego

13 years ago

Google Looks To Boost Gmail With ‘Interventions’

As Microsoft berates Google's Gmail, Google is getting more aggressive with a new tool to bring in non-Gmail users

13 years ago

AMI Report Reveals MS Office 365 Interest Among SMBs

The benefits of Office 365 to the small and medium business sector has been revealed by an AMI report

13 years ago

July Patch Tuesday Brings 22 Bug Fixes From Microsoft

Microsoft will release four bulletins next week for vulnerabilities in Windows and the Office productivity suite

13 years ago

Office 365 Opens Another Front In Microsoft Google Battle

Microsoft Office 365 has Google Apps in its sights but analysts are not yet convinced it poses a threat, says…

13 years ago

Microsoft Launches Cloud Suite, Office 365

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has hosted the official launch of Office 365 in New York City

13 years ago

Microsoft Office 365: A Challenge For Google Apps

Office 365's Exchange support, and Google Apps' reliance on Gmail and the Internet may decide many users, says Wayne Rash

13 years ago

Microsoft Office Still Rules With Readers

Despite the rise of the cloud, readers still want Microsoft Office. Next, tell us about your storage needs

13 years ago

Microsoft Open To $300m Claim As Court Appeal Fails

US court rejects Microsoft's appeal in an IP suit with i4i, makes it vulnerable to a $300 million judgement

13 years ago

Microsoft Preps 16 Security Fixes For Patch Tuesday

Microsoft will release 16 bulletins next week for 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Excel, IE and SQL Server

13 years ago

Microsoft Preps Office 365 For Late June

Microsoft is said to be readying its cloud suite, Office 365, for an official launch later this month

13 years ago

Cloud Is Vicious Battleground For Microsoft And Google

Microsoft and Google vie savagely for business-cloud clients but analysts view the market as a dead heat

13 years ago

Twitter Plans London Base Despite Injunction Concerns

Twitter plans to open an office in London, despite concerns about British injunction law

13 years ago

Microsoft Office 365 Beta: First Look

It is still a beta, but Microsoft's cloud version of Office has impressive management capabilities

13 years ago

Oracle Shifts OpenOffice.org To Full Open Source

Oracle has said it will turn the OpenOffice.org office suite into a fully community-based project

13 years ago

Google Docs Gets Discussion Feature

Collaboration powered by comment streams and integrated email - it's Google Wave reborn within Docs

13 years ago

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Fixes Windows, Office

Microsoft's latest round of patches includes only one 'critical' bug and several 'important' flaws

13 years ago

New Assault On MS Office From Google Appsperience

Google has taken another shot at Microsoft's Office with the Appsperience channel programme and Cloud Connect

13 years ago

Whistleblower Sticks Label Firm With Licence Payment

A label-making company has paid out nearly £25,000 after a whistleblower told the BSA of unlicensed software

13 years ago

Microsoft Ends Office Anti-Piracy Programme

Microsoft has quietly pulled the plug on its Office Genuine Advantage programme, hinting at new anti-piracy measures on the way

13 years ago

Google’s Cloud Connect Challenges Microsoft Office

Microsoft faces competition from Google Cloud Connect's attempts to draw Office users into its collaboration cloud

13 years ago

Microsoft Targets Enterprise Comms With Lync 2010

Microsoft has formally launched its Lync 2010 unified communications platform for large or small businesses

14 years ago

Businesses Delaying Office 2010 Migration

A new survey has revealed that business concerns over the complexity of migrating to Windows Office 2010 software is leading…

14 years ago

Microsoft Exec Criticises New Gmail Feature

A Microsoft Office executive has had a little dig at Google's new Gmail feature that allows users sort their email…

14 years ago

Office for Mac 2011: Review

Office for Mac 2011 marks the return of Outlook for Mac and Visual Basic for Applications to the Apple desktop…

14 years ago

Updates For Hotmail And MS Office Web Apps

Microsoft Office Web Apps and Hotmail introduce new features to attract new users and deter defections to Yahoo and Google

14 years ago

10 Ways Microsoft Could Improve Its Security Response

Over the years, Microsoft has seen plenty of evidence that it needs to improve its response to security alerts. Here's…

14 years ago

Office For Mac Available In Three Flavours

Microsoft plans to release Office for Mac 2011 in late October in three versions

14 years ago

Microsoft Reveals Details Of Office For Mac 2011

Microsoft provided a behind-the-scenes glimpse at some features for the upcoming Office for Mac 2011

14 years ago

Report Claims Office 2010 Sales Lagging 2007

Microsoft Office 2010 sales are lagging behind sales of Office 2007 according to researchers

14 years ago