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Apple offers money off Microsoft Office

News The 'Office Bonus' offer, which runs until the end of January next year, gives shoppers 50 per cent off Microsoft Office for Mac when they buy a new Apple desktop or laptop. Apple has quietly launched an offer to give Mac buyers money off Microsoft...

24 November 2005, 8:56

Microsoft reveals Office 2007 details

News Microsoft offered further details on the next version of Office on Wednesday, announcing plans for a new home version as well as new server-based products and a new high-end enterprise edition of the desktop suite.

16 February 2006, 10:30

Microsoft puts price tag on Office beta

News Microsoft plans next week to charge a nominal fee for Office 2007 Beta 2 downloads, in a move that runs counter to the practice held by most software companies. Consumers who download the 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 will be charged $1.50...

31 July 2006, 10:08

Home Office laptop 'sold on eBay'

News The Home Office is investigating the apparent sale of one of its laptops, along with an encrypted data disc, on eBay. Home Office disc underneath the keyboard. Underneath the keyboard in the laptop was a CD labelled 'Home Office: Private and

Tags: keyboard, laptop, disc, encrypted

29 February 2008, 9:06

Images: Microsoft Office, then and now

News Similarly, you can preview changes to images and charts by hovering over styles in Office 2007's new graphical galleries. Now: Undone An arrow icon within Office 2007 software represents the Undo feature, now perched in the upper-left corner of the...

25 January 2007, 10:47

Microsoft moves Office online

News To start with, Microsoft is launching hosted versions of its Exchange email and calendar program, its SharePoint portal software and Office Communications Server, its product for handling corporate instant messaging and telephony.

1 October 2007, 9:52

Microsoft flexes its muscles with Office 12

News The software, which will be built into Windows Vista when the new operating system ships in the second half of next year, will be used extensively in Office 12 as well as in future versions of BizTalk and the company's Dynamics packaged...

15 September 2005, 9:38

IBM brains capture a PC's soul

News Researchers at IBM are testing software that would let you carry your home or office desktop around on an iPod or similar portable device so you can run it on any PC. The virtual computer user environment setup is called Soulpad, and you install it...

16 August 2005, 8:36

Google's Street View faces privacy concerns

News The Information Commissioner's Office has said it has concerns about Google's Street View and thinks the company could be breaching data-protection law. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) told CNET.co.uk's sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Monday...

Tags: face, privacy, international, street

9 July 2008, 9:03

Photos: iPods mount up in Tube's lost property

News Transport for London's (TfL) lost property office covers two entire floors beneath Baker Street Tube station and stores any items left on the Underground, on London's buses, in black cabs and on the Docklands Light Railway.

5 December 2006, 10:30

Google opens London GooglePlex for phone push

News The new office, which occupies two floors of Belgrave House in the Victoria area of London, now plays home to 200 Googlers. The Victoria office is Google's second home in the UK. Google has officially unveiled its London GooglePlex, promising it...

18 November 2005, 9:05

Laser printers danger to health, says study

News Office laser printers are as unhealthy as cigarettes, according to an Australian professor, who is now calling for regulations to limit printer emissions. Office workers who are breathing easy since smoking was banned in public places in the UK can...

2 August 2007, 9:42

Canon warns people not to photocopy arses

News Photocopier supplier Canon is warning customers to take better care of their office equipment during the Christmas period, claiming that the festive season traditionally leads to a 25 per cent hike in service calls due to incidents such as the...

24 November 2005, 9:07

Photos: New York gets a mini Googleplex

News Following a year of speculation, Google has finally opened its new office in the Big Apple at 111 Eighth Avenue, in the heart of the Chelsea neighbourhood in Manhattan, New York. New York is home to Google's largest advertising sales office.

3 October 2006, 10:08

Microsoft looks to Vista at WinHEC

News The show should see the release of the long-awaited public test version of Vista, as well as Beta 2 versions of Longhorn Server and Office 2007. The Vista and Office updates mean that's different this year for the PC companies, accessory providers...

23 May 2006, 10:20