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Google buys start-up adept at Microsoft Office files

2010-03-05T13:17:12Z

<div><p>Google on Friday said it has bought start-up DocVerse in a move that escalates the Internet giant's battle with Microsoft in the arena of applications being offered online as services.</p><p>DocVerse is "a small, nimble team of talented developers who share our vision, and they've enabled true collaboration right within Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring
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The Benefits of Using Dragon Naturally Speaking

2010-02-22T21:28:38Z

The Benefits of Using Dragon Naturally Speaking<br><br>There are many benefits associated with using the Dragon Naturally Speaking software package. This software package allows you to simply use a headset microphone combination device so that you may talk verbally and actually watch the words that you speak instantly appear on your computer screen. This software is easy to use and quit...

Court upholds ruling against Microsoft in patent case

2010-02-23T12:18:16Z

<div><p>A US court of appeals barred Microsoft on Tuesday from selling certain versions of its popular Word program and ordered it to pay 290 million dollars in a patent dispute with a Canadian company.</p><p>The US Court of Appeals for the F...

The Smartphone - A Mobile Office

2010-02-23T16:06:48Z

Just a few years ago we were carrying around those big, heavy lumps of plastic. If you walked down any sidewalk in any city, all you would see was the antennae sticking up as people valiantly tried to talk as they walked. Thankfully, it wasn`t long before cell phones became smaller, neater and with a much improved signal. Then came sms messaging, picture messaging, then video calling and now we have a range of cell phones that act as a mobile office, these are smartphones.<br>&a...

Using Remote Access to Improve Your it System

2010-02-23T16:36:56Z

Remote access is becoming more and more widely used by businesses as it has slowly become a necessity for so many. Software solutions can now be hosted remotely and delivered from off-site locations with the increasing scope and range of high-speed Internet services.<br><br>This allows businesses to do more outsourcing and save a lot of money by easily and quickly sharing applications with all of their offices around the globe. Virtual meetings are quickly rising i...

Microsoft CFO to leave, look for bigger job

2010-02-24T00:59:26Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is to leave the company at the end of the year, indicating that he is looking for a bigger job at another company.</p><p>Liddell, 51, has been CFO at the world's ...

Los Angeles OKs plan to use Google Web services

2010-02-24T13:32:42Z

<div><p>City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services, a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office software from rival Microsoft Corp.</p><p>The Council voted unanimously for the $7.2 mi...

Microsoft Certification - Add One to Your Resume

2010-02-25T14:08:29Z

Add Microsoft Certification to your resume and see how it helps your career path. Microsoft has created numerous targeted certification programs. These certification programs do not just offer a new career option to those who are looking for a career, but also offer skills enhancement knowledge to those who are employed in various career fields.<br><br>So let us start our discussion with how ...

Microsoft says Office for Mac will have Outlook

2010-02-25T20:45:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Microsoft says next version of Office for Mac on track for holiday 2010, will include Outlook</div><div><p>Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will include Outlook, a popular e-mail and calendar program that's ubiquitous on its Windows computers, in the next version of its Office suite for Apple Inc.'...

Microsoft Blocked From Selling Word

2010-02-25T20:47:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Patent dispute halts sale of popular software</div><div><p> In a shockwave likely to be felt in Redmond, Washington, a U.S. District court has ruled that Microsoft infringed on a patent when it developed its popular Word software and has blocked Microsoft from further sales of t...

Microsofties' side project seeks new Office ideas

2010-02-25T21:07:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Unofficial Office suggestions site seeks the next best idea since Microsoft killed Clippy</div><div><p>Have a gripe about Office? A couple of guys at Microsoft Corp. want to hear it directly.</p><p>"Make Office Better" is an unofficial project launched by an Office product planner and a Windows software tester at Microsof...

Microsoft Office coming to Nokia smartphones

2010-02-25T21:03:27Z

<div><p>Microsoft and Nokia, in a challenge to Research in Motion's Blackberry, announced Wednesday that Microsoft Office software will be available on smartphones made by the Finnish compan...

Microsoft Office coming to Nokia cellphones

2010-02-25T21:11:08Z

<div><p>Microsoft and Nokia announced an agreement on Wednesday to make Microsoft Office software available on smartphones made by the Finnish company.</p><p>The software and cellphone giants said that starting next year, Nokia would includ...

Microsoft Office coming to Nokia mobiles

2010-02-25T21:15:56Z

MICROSOFT OFFICE COMING TO NOKIA SMARTPHONES

2009-08-14T07:02:35Z

Microsoft business division president Stephen Elop(L) and Nokia's executive vice president for Devices Kai Kai Oistamo announce a global alliance to design, develop and market mobile productivity solutions at a press eventon August 12, 2009, in

Microsoft teams up with Nokia

2009-08-14T07:02:31Z

epa01821716 (FILE) Nokia cell phones on display at the 46th IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, Germany, 06 September 2006. Microsoft, the worlds largest software maker, and Nokia, the biggest mobile phone maker globally, announced a partnership 12 August 2009 that...

10 Programs You Should Download Right Now

2010-02-25T22:26:02Z

For this article, I thought I would go ahead and list ten programs you should download right now. Everyone enjoys downloading new software. It can be exciting coming across new and interesting programs. I have tried hundreds of different software programs. Some of them were amazing, some of them were horrible. Over the years though I have developed a list of some of my favorites and often recommend these programs to friends and family. I should note though that many websites that carry articl...

Do You Need Dreamweaver in Order to Learn Web Design?

2010-02-26T00:27:07Z

Adobe's Dreamweaver has been in commercial use for over ten years now, while other's have come and gone Dreamweaver's development and popularity has continued.<br><br>As a piece of software it is widely used in professional web design circles, but nevertheless many designers openly discourage its use when writing in forums and blogs.<br&a...

Google woos IT managers with old-tech billboards

2010-02-26T01:03:13Z

<div><p>Google on Monday resorted to old-time outdoor billboards in its quest to convince business IT managers to use software applications that the Internet titan offers as services online.</p><p>Messages that will change each work day for four weeks debuted on billboards along major commute routes in Boston,