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With Windows 7 now out in the wild for almost a month, Microsoft has time to unleash another beta product on us for testing.  This beta comes in the form of Microsoft Office 2010.  The Office 2010 beta will feature everything minus the online version, which is currently being tested… Continue Reading »

Microsoft really seems to enjoy putting out multiple versions of products.  There’s Vista and Windows 7, each with a large number of versions, two SKUs for the Xbox 360 (recently down from three, excluding limited-edition versions).  Not content with those, Microsoft had decided to announce Office Starter 2010.  To be… Continue Reading »

A few weeks ago we learned that Microsoft was to halt the sale of Word, one of its most popular applications.  The ban of Word came from a patent dispute with the Canadian company i4i that holds the patent for “custom XML.”  The suit saw Microsoft having to pay damages… Continue Reading »

There’s been a lot of crazy suits against Microsoft in the past, but there a chance that this one might take the prize for being possibly the most important, if it goes through.  Microsoft has been sued by a Toronto company by the name of i4i who owns a number… Continue Reading »

If you haven’t realized yet: it is on.  The “it” being the battle between Google and Microsoft for control of, well, control of everything.  Today, we’ve got the billboard war. Where does tech bleed out of blogs and in front of the common man?  Billboards.  If you happen to be… Continue Reading »

Download: iPod version (mp4) | Audio version (mp3) Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  Unlike other tech shows, we’ve got a clock that tells us when it’s time to move on to the next topic. This week we cover: Microsoft… Continue Reading »

This week Microsoft released a technical preview of many of the features included in its latest version of MS Office.  While Microsoft was showing off all of Office 2010’s bells and whistles, the company quietly ended support for MS Office 2000 yesterday.  The 2000 version was released June of 1999… Continue Reading »

Did you think Microsoft forgot all that stuff they said about clouds and their products?  Nope.  After the flurry of activity surrounding Office 2010 this morning, here comes the web part.  Microsoft will begin limited testing of the web apps today by invitation.  When the apps are available online, all… Continue Reading »

Microsoft has released its second service pack today for Office 2007.  The service pack will provide a slew of minor updates that will improve functionality for the Office program.  Most of the new features will allow for performance enhancements as well as support for more file formats. You can download… Continue Reading »

It is not surprising that users rely on Pirate Bay to access the programs found in Microsoft Office.  The software costs close to $300 for the standard version while the professional version retails for double that price.  If you are looking for a free and legal alternative, you can find… Continue Reading »