Earlier this week, Microsoft launched Office 365 Home Premium, their new consumer cloud-based software suite with much fanfare. The service allows users to install copies of Office on up to five PCs and Macs for $99.99 a year. Of course, Windows owners were able to get new versions of Office 2013 this week as part …

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If you haven’t bought your Windows 8 upgrade to your older Windows PC yet, today might be the day to do so. You have just a few hours to get the downloadable upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99 for people who have a Windows XP, Vista and 7 PC. People who bought a new …

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The launch of Office 2013 and the new Office 365 is a big deal for Microsoft. How big? Big enough for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to make a rare post on the company blog to talk up the launch of the new software suite, and Office 365 Home Premium in particular. Ballmer’s blog post points …

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Microsoft has been making efforts to show that the company is more concerned about the online privacy of its users than other companies. For example, it set “Do Not Track” as the default configuration on Internet Explorer 10 and has taken some heat from that decision from online ad companies. Today, Microsoft announced the results …

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Microsoft’s Windows Azure division has now officially launched a new service that will allow business customers a way to stream video to a wide variety of hardware and platforms. It’s called Windows Azure Media Services and while its been in development for some time today is the first day it is available for general use. …

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Microsoft has stated that starting February 1, 2013, the Windows 8 upgrade edition will be offered for $119.99 USD and Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be offered for $199.99 USD in the U.S. Windows 8 products will be sold at the following prices: The Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be available online and …

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Microsoft Office 2013 has just been added to the Home Use Program, which enables employees of certain companies very cheap access to Office software for home use. With the appropriate business email address and a code from your employer, who must enable HUP through Software Assurance, you can purchase a copy of Office 2013 Professional …

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Microsoft has been moving toward using cloud-based services more and more, for both its consumer and business customers. Today, the company announced new updates for its enterprise users, which it has covered under its “Cloud OS” branding. Today’s press release announced that it has launched System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, which allows IT workers …

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A few days ago, there were reports that Microsoft was going to make us wait until March 31st to launch Office 2013. Today, a new report suggests that Microsoft’s latest version of the office productivity suite will be made available to the general public in just a few weeks. Specifically, ZDNet.com reports that, according to …

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Microsoft didn’t have a full exhibit booth at CES 2013, but the company did indicate that it would be holding closed meetings with its partners and even some journalists at the Las Vegas trade show this week. As it turns out, those meetings included some hands-on time with the upcoming Surface Pro tablet which Microsoft …

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