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Download Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 v14.3.4

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, making the software available as a subscription offering with Office 365 support. In addition to the Office 365 enhancement, tons of fixes are mentioned in the release notes. The update fixes an issue that caused an incorrect name to be suggested w...

8 May 2013
04:00 GMT

No Microsoft Office for iOS This Year

The iOS installment of Microsoft Office is not coming until late 2014, according to a new rumor. People familiar with the project say both iOS and Android will get Office next year. Sources have informed ZDnet that Microsoft’s roadmap for fall 2014 includes “what’s listed as iOS/Android support for...

11 April 2013
02:43 GMT

Download Quickoffice – Google Apps for iPhone 6.0.1

Quickoffice Inc. has released an iPhone-compatible version of the company’s productivity suite meant to create, edit, and view Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on iOS platforms. Quickoffice is designed for Google Apps users to offer access to all their files stored in Google Drive. The free solution...

3 April 2013
08:41 GMT

Download Microsoft Office 2011 v14.3.2 / Office 2008 v12.3.6

Microsoft has released new updates for Office 2011 and Office 2008 on the Mac, patching a number of vulnerabilities to enhance the security of the software. A new version of Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition is also available with new features. The latest updates to Office 2011 and Office 2008 for Mac fix critical...

13 March 2013
06:45 GMT

Microsoft to Release Critical Windows, Internet Explorer Updates

Microsoft will release seven different bulletins on Patch Tuesday, planning to fix vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and Silverlight. There are four different bulletins labeled as critical and concerning bugs in each of the aforementioned products, while three more important updates will be relea...

8 March 2013
00:54 GMT

Microsoft Office Blue: New Updates Might Be Released Every Quarter

Redmond-based technology giant Microsoft is planning to release Office updates every quarter, in a schedule that reminds of Blue, the upcoming Windows 8 upgrade that could bring important improvements on a regular basis. Kurt DelBene, president of Microsoft's Office division, said during the Morgan Stanley Tech...

4 March 2013
02:17 GMT

Microsoft Confirms That More Service Packs Are Coming (for Office)

Microsoft won’t launch any other service packs for the Windows platform, but it seems like the company may stick to this way of updating its software a little longer. According to a report by ZDNet, Microsoft is preparing a new service pack for the Office productivity suite, as the company has started sending ...

15 February 2013
03:26 GMT

Microsoft Office in the Future: Android, iOS, Linux and Metro Versions

Microsoft has recently launched the new Office 2013, so the company can now fully focus on its plans to bring the productivity suite on a number of new platforms. And according to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft is pretty busy these days as it’s trying to push the Office productivity package well b...

7 February 2013
04:24 GMT

Native Microsoft Office Suite on Linux by 2014, Maybe

Microsoft is seriously considering the release of their Office suite on the Linux platform by 2014, or at least this is the rumor. According to an unknown source cited by Michael Larabel on phoronix.com, Microsoft is seriously analyzing the possibility of launching their Office suite for the Linux platform. This in...

5 February 2013
13:58 GMT

Microsoft Promises an Office Version with Metro Interface

Office 2013 is offered for free on the newly released Windows RT and is now up for grabs for Windows 8 adopters too, but in both cases it uses the desktop UI to provide access to its top-notch productivity tools. But since Windows 8 and Windows RT rely so much on the Metro/Modern user interface, the Redmond-based te...

4 February 2013
01:34 GMT

Bing Apps Now Available in Microsoft’s Office Store

Microsoft's Office 2013 and Office 365 Home Premium products are now available for purchase worldwide, just as announced a few days ago, and it seems that users can already take advantage of some new features for them. To be more precise, Microsoft has made available for download Bing Apps for Office, which ar...

1 February 2013
05:39 GMT

Microsoft Office 2013 Preview to Go Dark Today

The preview version of Microsoft’s very own Office 2013 will expire today, so users who are still running it have no other option than to remove the software and go back to an older release. While in Windows 8’s case consumers can purchase a product key and stick with the operating system, there’s ...

15 January 2013
14:01 GMT

Outlook 2013 Drops Support for .DOC and .XLS Formats

The new Office 2013 productivity suite will be released in early 2013 and together with it, Microsoft is also introducing the upgraded Outlook 2013 solution. The app will obviously come with a wide array of improvements, but Microsoft has also decided to remove several old features, such as support for .DOC and .XLS...

20 December 2012
12:01 GMT

Microsoft Leaks Office for iPhone and iPad References

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft has mistakenly confirmed plans to roll out a mobile version of its Office productivity suite for Apple’s iOS platforms, including iPhone and iPad. The leak reportedly occurred via Microsoft’s Support site in Romania, but all that remains on the web is a bunch of screen...

11 December 2012
02:49 GMT

German City Wants to Switch to Microsoft Office from Openoffice

The Document Foundation has made a big deal in the past about how a lot of cities have adopted the LibreOffice suit, but it seem that it can also work the other way. Up until a few years ago, Microsoft was reigning supreme when it came to the implementation of its solutions with the city local authorities. This tre...

20 November 2012
09:24 GMT

iPad Meets MS Office 2013 at SharePoint Conference Today

Software solutions provider harmon.ie is creating the first social collaboration solution on Windows 8 and the iPad for typical business users, building on the newly-updated SharePoint 2013. With harmon.ie Connect now being able to support Microsoft Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013, business users can now access Shar...

12 November 2012
15:41 GMT

Man Faces 45 Years in Prison for Selling Pirated Windows XP

Microsoft’s anti-piracy efforts continue with a new report from Atlanta, Michigan where a 48-year-old man faces a maximum of 45 years in prison because he sold pirated Microsoft software. According to a report by CIO.com, Bruce Alan Edward distributed counterfeit software worth more than $1.2 million (€94...

9 November 2012
04:25 GMT

MS Office for iPhone and iPad Confirmed

Word is out that Microsoft will be releasing its Office suite for mobile platforms early next year, starting with iOS. The productivity software will be available as separate apps that allow document viewing and editing (via subscription) on the move. Several sources privy to Microsoft’s plans are telling The ...

7 November 2012
09:29 GMT

Google Extends Microsoft Office Support Due to Customer Complaints

Google announced on October 1 that it would drop support for older Microsoft Office formats in its Apps service, but the Mountain View-based company is apparently reconsidering the decision due to consumer complaints. Google initially planned to phase out old file formats employed by Office 97-2003, including DOC, X...

11 October 2012
16:11 GMT

Oldie but Goldie: The 1992 Microsoft Word 5.0 Doesn’t Know the Term “Internet”

Microsoft will soon launch the new Office 2013, the one that will come with a subscription program and plenty of advanced goodies, but only a few of us actually remember the first iterations of the Office suite. How many of you know Microsoft Word 5.0? It was a terrific product, although it now seems that some of th...

4 October 2012
15:31 GMT

Microsoft Updates the Old-Fashioned Office WordArt

WordArt is one of the most popular Office features, and since Office 2013 is such a major overhaul for the entire suite, Microsoft decided to work on this tool as well. The new Publisher comes with plenty of effects that can be applied to any text in your document, each of them sporting several customization options...

4 October 2012
03:20 GMT

Download Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 with Retina Display Update

Microsoft today announced that its Office for Mac 2011 suite now supports Retina display for all built-in applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. This is obviously a great addition for many Mac OS X users out there, as many complained that the whole Office suite looks blurry on the new Retina Ma...

20 September 2012
04:09 GMT

Buy Microsoft Office 2010 and Get Office 2013 Free for One Year

Besides Windows 8, Microsoft will debut several other products this fall, including the Office 2013 suite. This will include Office 365 Small Business Premium and Office 365 Home Premium, both of which will be available with a subscription-based service. Since Office 2010 will soon reach the end of its lifetime, Mic...

18 September 2012
08:14 GMT

Oldie But Goldie: Bill Gates Talks About Networks and Microsoft Excel in 1987

Many great things happened in 1987 when it comes to the Redmond-based software giant. Aside from the fact that it recorded total sales of $345,890,000, Microsoft also launched Excel, a product that's still on the market as part of the extremely popular Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft officially announced the ...

17 September 2012
05:04 GMT

Microsoft Office Will Help Windows Tablets Overtake Android in 2015

Microsoft's tablets equipped with a freeware copy of the Office suite will get so popular that they will overtake Android's market share in 2015, says Taiwan-based analyst firm TrendForce. Still, they won't manage to get too close to the current leader of the market, the iPad. The prediction was made ...

17 September 2012
04:47 GMT

Microsoft Office 2013 Preview Was Downloaded by “Millions”

Back in July, Microsoft officially rolled out the first preview version of the brand new Office 2013, thus allowing every interested user to have a look at the refreshed suite. Well, Microsoft's campaign apparently enjoyed a great success, as millions of people downloaded and tried Office 2013 since mid-July. T...

14 September 2012
08:17 GMT

Microsoft Hires 1,000 New Workers in China, Prepares Mobile Attack

Microsoft executives announced on Thursday that more than 1,000 new employees would join the Chinese division of the company in the next fiscal year, as part of their efforts to fight Apple and Google in the mobile market. China is one of the countries that survived the economic recession with minimum losses, mostly...

13 September 2012
05:31 GMT

MS Office App CloudOn Beefs Up on Notifications - for iPad

CloudOn, the solution that brings Microsoft Office to your iPad and links it to the cloud, has been updated with new notifications for emails sent with attachments or shared links.Featuring a built-in Adobe Reader and File Viewer, CloudOn lets you open and view almost any kind of file. It facilitates emailing files t...

1 September 2012
10:58 GMT

Open XML SDK 2.5 CTP for Microsoft Office Now Available

This week, Microsoft made available for download a Community Technology Preview of its Open XML SDK 2.5 for Microsoft Office, intended for feature evaluation purposes. Built on top of the System.IO.Packaging API, the Open XML SDK 2.5 was designed to provide strongly typed part classes that enable manipulation of Op...

26 July 2012
10:03 GMT

Apple Approves “Microsoft Word 2012” in the App Store

A developer whose entire portfolio could be ripped off has seen yet another one of its applications approved in the App Store. This time, it’s a piece of software that aims to trick users into thinking they’re downloading Microsoft Word for iOS. At $9.99 (7.99 EUR) it’s safe to say this “solu...

18 June 2012
09:48 GMT

Office for iPad Arrives November 10th, Says The Daily

Following a BGR report citing a source who has seen the iPad version of Office for iPad, The Daily now confirms that “Microsoft will launch Office for iPad on Nov. 10.” The first digital newspaper exclusive to the iPad, The Daily, is a news service in the United States and Australia, owned by News Corpor...

31 May 2012
10:52 GMT

Microsoft Office for iPad and Android to Arrive in November

Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to make available new versions of its Office productivity suite, one set to arrive on Apple’s iPad, while the other is expected to hit Google’s Android tablets. A few months ago, the company was rumored to plan the release of an iPad-specific flavor of Office, but it d...

24 May 2012
03:28 GMT

Microsoft Patches 23 Vulnerabilities in May 2012 Security Update

On Tuesday, May 8th, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft issued a new security update for its users, addressing 23 vulnerabilities in various products. Seven bulletins were included in the update, three of which are rated Critical, while the other four are rendered Important. Following the Advanced Notificatio...

9 May 2012
03:51 GMT

Microsoft’s Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook Gets Updated

A new flavor of Microsoft’s Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook is now available for download, namely version 1.1. This is a command-line program meant to check Outlook Calendars for problems, but it requires the calendar to reside on a Microsoft Exchange Server. With this tool, an Outlook profile is opened, a...

4 May 2012
08:29 GMT

Seven Bulletins in Microsoft’s May 2012 Security Update

Next week, Microsoft will begin the roll-out of a new security update to users of its products, as part of the usual set of improvements that it is delivering each and every month. The new set of enhancements will be pushed out to users on May 8, 2012 and will include a number of seven bulletins, addressing various ...

4 May 2012
07:52 GMT

Microsoft Details Mac OS X Malware That Exploits Office Vulnerability

Malware that targets Mac OS X machines is becoming widespread and most major companies have come to realize that Apple products are not as safe from malicious viruses as they were once. As expected, Microsoft also came forward to provide an example of a Mac OS X threat. This particular malware, identified as Exploit...

1 May 2012
05:56 GMT

Microsoft Pulls AutoUpdate for Office SP2 Mac

After releasing Office 2011 Service Pack 2 for Mac users earlier this week, Microsoft began noticing reports from customers who were experiencing problems with the update. The company has since decided to stop distributing SP2 through AutoUpdate.In a blog post over at Office: mac, Microsoft states that, “On Apr...

21 April 2012
14:41 GMT

Microsoft to Patch Six Vulnerabilities with April 2012 Security Update

On April 10th, 2012, Microsoft will deliver a new software update for its products as part of the usual monthly update rollout. A total number of six bulletins will be included in the update, four of which are rated critical, and which are meant to patch several security holes that were discovered in various produ...

7 April 2012
05:57 GMT

Here’s Microsoft’s Office for iPad

Microsoft’s iOS development team in charge with porting Office to the iPad is apparently done with the project and, according to one report, they’re prepping the binary for submission to the App Store. The Daily cites unnamed sources as saying that “that the app will soon be submitted to Apple for ...

21 February 2012
09:09 GMT

Microsoft Makes Changes to Its Office Offerings for Students

Microsoft has just made a series of changes to the way in which its Microsoft Office products are made available for students all around the world. The main change here is the fact that, as of February 1st, 2012, the Office Academic SKU was replaced with the new Office University SKU. The new Office University 2...

13 February 2012
07:38 GMT

Microsoft Kicks Off “Office 15” Technical Preview

“Office 15”, the next generation of Microsoft’s productivity suite, has just begun its public journey. On January 30th, 2012, Microsoft announced the beginning of the Office 15 Technical Preview Program. This is an important milestone for the software’s development team, which should be foll...

31 January 2012
03:53 GMT

OnLive Desktop Available for Download, Puts MS Office on Your iPad

OnLive Desktop, the service that provides a seamless cloud-based PC desktop experience on your iPad, is now available to download.The software is said to deliver a high-performance PC experience, regardless of the content. It puts Microsoft Office apps on your iPad (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), and lets you transfer...

13 January 2012
09:49 GMT

Free MS Office iPad Alternative Gone from the App Store

A company called CloudOn recently released a productivity suite for iPad users setting the Apple blogosphere on fire with its nifty office features, but it appears that the software has now been removed from the App Store. At first it wasn’t clear who pulled the app and, most importantly, why. Initial reaction...

4 January 2012
08:17 GMT

pptPlex and Search Commands Now Available for Microsoft Office

Two new utilities are now available for Microsoft’s Office Suite, expanding the capabilities that users were previously able to enjoy with them, namely pptPlex and Search Commands.Just as its name suggests, the former is aimed at bringing enhancements to PowerPoint, mainly through enabling users zoom in and ou...

16 December 2011
11:08 GMT

Microsoft Releases iOS Word Processor for iPad - OneNote

Previously available only to iPhone users, Microsoft’s OneNote is now a native iPad application featuring a two-pane UI, a tab view feature, quick note creation, tables in notebooks, and WiFi syncing.According to the iTunes Preview description, “Microsoft OneNote for iPad is a note-taking app for capturin...

13 December 2011
04:41 GMT

MS Office Coming to iPad, OS X Lion

Sources quoted by The Daily say Microsoft is readying an iPad version of their hot-selling Office suite, and later for OS X Lion. Apple already offers proprietary productivity apps in a suite called iWork - available for both platforms.The sources in question reportedly said the Redmond giant was actively working on ...

30 November 2011
05:30 GMT

Google Goes After Microsoft with Cloud Connect for Office

Google has been going after Microsoft's lucrative enterprise customers for quite a while now. Google Apps can be a good alternative to a number of Microsoft products in many cases and it adds the big advantages of the cloud platform. Still, there are plenty of reasons why Office or stand-alone software in gene...

24 February 2011
13:34 GMT

Microsoft Launches First Major Update to Office for Mac 2011

Microsoft has released Office for Mac 2011 14.0.1 Update improving the security, stability, compatibility, and performance of the productivity suite. According to the makers of the Windows operating system, the update specifically includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents o...

10 November 2010
09:40 GMT

Apple Issues Update for Windows Users: MobileMe Control Panel 1.6.3

Apple  has updated the MobileMe Control Panel for Windows users, adding support for Microsoft Outlook 2007, or 2010 (32-bit) with the new MobileMe Calendar. The update is available for free download either from Apple’s Support Downloads section, via the Mac OS X built-in Software Update mechanism, or from ...

1 October 2010
05:02 GMT

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Gets a Face-Lift

Microsoft Dynamics is a complete package of well-known enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, suitable for almost any kind of business.It includes familiar Microsoft software, so that everyone can use it, thus eliminating the need for adopting new solutions.This way, ...

22 September 2010
03:49 GMT


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