As we bid farewell to Windows XP, Microsoft has released a rather significant update to Windows 8.1. Sure the features may not be revolutionary, but for those of you who use a keyboard and mouse, the update is a big boost to functionality for the platform. The update is available now via Windows update and if …

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  Millions asked for it, and Microsoft is providing it: the old Start Menu is coming back. Kind of. At its Build conference today, Microsoft announced a new Start Menu that looks like a hybrid of the best of Windows 7 and Windows 8. It’s around the same size as the Windows 7 menu, but …

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Office 365 was already the better value, but Office for iPad is the cherry on top that clearly sets it apart from buying the traditional Microsoft Office desktop suite.      Microsoft offers the Office productivity suite either as a one-time purchase for the traditional, standalone collection of desktop tools or through an Office 365 subscription. While …

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Earlier this month, Microsoft revealed some new features that have been, or will be added to its free Outlook Web App. Today, as part of its announcements at the latest Microsoft Exchange Conference in Austin, Texas, the company revealed even more Outlook Web App features that will be added in the coming months in Office 365. In …

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Microsoft’s Office platform has been a cornerstone product for the company as it is the premier productivity suite on the market.  But with Microsoft who was slow to the tablet market and now playing catch-up to the iPad, the company held off on releasing its productivity software for the tablet with the hopes of using …

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While Microsoft has, understandably, reminded the general public for years that its support and updates for Windows XP will end on April 8th, there is another software product that will soon stop getting patches after that deadline is reached: Office 2003. Today, Microsoft has a new post on its Office blog, along with a humorous infographic that …

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Microsoft teases a new, less expensive Office 365 subscription for individuals, and delivers Mac users a free OneNote app. This spring, Microsoft is launching Office 365 Personal, a single-user version of the cloud-enabled productivity software suite for consumers that like to fly solo.   “It’s designed for an individual, allows for one PC or Mac …

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Two of Microsoft’s family of Outlook email apps got some new features this week, and one of them will add yet another function in the near future. The Outlook 2013 stand-alone app now has a compact version of its email message header while the Outlook Web App now has some improvements to its text editor. The Outlook 2013 …

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On March 8, Microsoft will begin notifying Windows XP users via a pop-up notification that April 8 will mark the end of Microsoft support for Windows XP. Windows XP users still running the Home or Professional versions of the product and who have been getting their updates to XP via Windows Update will get a …

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