Technologizer

Microsoft Opens Up the Office 2010 Beta

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

At its PDC developer shindig in Los Angeles, Microsoft is announcing that it’s putting Office 2010, which isn’t due to ship until the first half of next year, into a public beta. You can download the whole beta right here, and if you’re an Office user and are curious what’ll be new in Office 2010, [...]

Office 2010 Goes Public Next Month

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Microsoft is planning to release a public test version of Office 2010 next month, reports Cnet’s Ina Fried. The company’s technical betas of the suite and its Web-based version have been open to only a relatively small pool of testers, so the upcoming release will be the first time that anyone with an interest in [...]

Office 2010 Goes Free, Gets Ads

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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When Microsoft Office 2010 shows up sometime next year, the most basic version will have an appealing price: $0. Microsoft has announced that it’ll work with PC manufacturers to put something called Office 2010 Starter Edition on new machines. The new version will replace the venerable-but-languishing Microsoft Works, and will provide reduced-functionality versions of Word [...]

Five Killer Microsoft Word Tricks

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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Microsoft Word: I can’t think of another application I’d like to have re-written to meet my needs. I’ll kvetch some more another time. Today, I have five tricks to fire up the way you use Word. Tabs for Word. Cool! You know how quickly you got used to opening multiple tabs in browsers? It’s a smart way [...]

Microsoft Office’s Slow Road to the Web: First Hands-On Look

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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Last October, Microsoft casually dropped a bombshell at its PDC event: It was working on a new version of Microsoft Office that would include browser-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. The Web version of Office is part of the suite later officially dubbed Office 2010, which won’t arrive until next year. But it [...]

Outlook is Coming to the Mac in 2010

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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The business unit within Microsoft responsible for Mac apps (which Microsoft likes to call the MacBU) is as old as the Mac itself, and it’s never behaved like it had been fully assimilated into the Redmondian Borg. Office for the Mac has long been a distinctly different product from its Windows counterpart–sometimes for better, sometimes [...]

5Words for Wednesday, August 12th 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS. Microsoft Office for Nokia phones. Knol is looking pretty sad. Hands on with Zune HD. Hey, what is Facebook Light? Unknown Apple product diner shoot. How to end music piracy. Nokia dumping Symbian for Linux? iPhone keyboard vs. Android keyboard.

5Words for Monday, July 13th 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Special all-Office-2010 section: Office 2o10 hits BitTorrent. (Surprise!) Scoble: Office back from dead. Still waiting on Web apps. Amazing disappearing Office 2010 site. Computerworld likes the Technical Preview. Ed Bott’s impressions so far. Paul Thurrott: lots to say. Special no-Office-2010 section: Windows 7 for businesses: September. Windows 7 and touch input. “Seamless XP” in Windows 7. Most companies skipping Windows 7? Has Microsoft turned the corner? Chrome OS: [...]

Office 2010: The Technologizer First Look

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, Microsoft is announcing that it’s distributing a Technical Preview version of its upcoming Office 2010 suite to tens of thousands of testers. It won’t be a public beta that’s open to everyone who wants a sneak peek; that will come later this year, and the final [...]

Office 2007 Service Pack Boosts Performance

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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Service Packs are usually limited to fixing bugs, but Microsoft has added some major pep to Office 2007 with Service Pack 2 (SP2). Microsoft says that SP2 is a “major performance enhancement,” and anecdotally, that is what I’m hearing from Office users. Office 2007 SP2 became available yesterday, and will be available via Microsoft Update in [...]

The Next Microsoft Office Gets a Little More Official

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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Up until now, we haven’t known much about Microsoft’s plans for the next version of Microsoft Office except that they involve Web-based versions of the major Office apps, and that the suite wouldn’t show up in 2009. Today, the company announced more news about the upgrade, including its name (Office 2010) and general timing (technical [...]

5Words for April 15th, 2009

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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My taxes? Filed. Whew! You? More about Zune HD. Maybe. eBay: we’re spinning off Skype. Net neutrality? Now now, please! Amazon.com: a third of e-commerce. AT&T wants more iPhone exclusivity. Microsoft patches up Office holes. Philips: Two dimensions are enough. I’m afraid to use ATMs. Miss Circuit City? Just wait.

5Words for April 2nd, 2009

Thursday, April 2, 2009

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1Word? That was a gag! Microsoft Office…for the iPhone? Lemme touch the Palm Pre! $1000 Sony camcorder has GPS. SlideShare’s prank: funny, cruel, both? Sorry, unauthorized iPhone app stores. More on Android tethering apps. Conficker could still be dangerous. Disney’s Iger on Internet TV. XM/Sirius merger’s loose ends. Stolen iPhone? It calls cops! Hands-on with Nintendo DSi.

Microsoft Considering Office for iPhone?

Thursday, April 2, 2009

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Microsoft Business Division president Stephen Elop raised hopes for a version of Office for iPhones during a talk at the Web 2.0 Expo. He says the company has took notice of the rise in demand among smartphone users to edit MS Office documents. When asked however directly if it meant the company was indeed developing [...]

The Ten Worst Microsoft Product Names of All Time

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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[NOTE: I wrote this piece for my pals at PC World, who kindly agreed to let me publish it here, too.] If Microsoft had invented the iPod, it would have been called the Microsoft I-pod Pro 2005 Human Ear Professional Edition. The cult-hit video that makes that assertion may have been a joke, but it rings [...]

5Words for March 4th, 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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San Francisco’s too rainy today: Apple layoffs? Supposedly not true. Will Washington prohibit iPhone exclusivity? Windows 7 for Netbooks: dicey? Disney might take on iTunes. Nvidia reaps Mac desktop windfall. IE: Nukable from Windows 7. Hackers mock Apple’s Safari browser. Office 14 beta? Fairly soon. Obscure, good Microsoft Web services. Sprint’s Treo Pro: March 15th. Julius Genachowski tapped for FCC. California legislator: blur Google Earth!