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Office 2013 – is the end near for Windows Live Writer?

Kurt Del Bene is onstage now in San Francisco, debuting “Office 15”, or more correctly, Office 2013. While he’s talking, we jumped the gun and downloaded the Office 365 Home Premium Preview, and noticed a new feature in the …

Office 2013 announcement expected at Microsoft event today

Today at noon PDT, Microsoft is webcasting "news from Microsoft", and while they’re not saying anything more than that Steve Ballmer will be there, it is widely expected that we’ll be able to be getting our hands on "Office 15", …

Exclusive: A first look at the “Agave” apps for Office 2013

Agave apps for OfficeBack in March this year, we reported that Microsoft was readying a Office web extensions platform called “Agaves”, which allows developers to create an area within Office applications that lets webpages interact with documents and augment content with extra features.…

Will Microsoft lift the Cone of Silence beginning Monday?

cone of silenceThe latest rumors have Microsoft unveiling Office 15, the Metro inspired but desktop version of their cash cow productivity suite, on Monday, July 16th.   But even with recent announcements about a new Microsoft Windows 8 tablet, the Surface, and …

SkyDrive desktop app gets minor update; new logo officially unveiled

SkyDrive logoFollowing the appearance of the SkyDrive desktop app on the Windows Store yesterday, the SkyDrive team has announced on the official blog that they have released a minor update to the SkyDrive desktop app for Windows, now carrying a …

New SkyDrive app appears in Windows 8 Store, offers Win32 app through the store

skydrive appsSharp eyes over at WPCentral noticed this morning that a new SkyDrive Windows 8 Metro Style app has appeared in the Windows 8 Store, one that turns out to be just a link to download the SkyDrive desktop app.  Joining …

Facebook offers Microsoft Security Essentials, McAfee to all users

facebook securityIn a blog post today, Facebook Security announced that it is widening the scope of programs to help its nearly 1 billion users combat malware.  Up until now, Facebook would notify users of possible malware infections, and offer them …

Do you back up your files?

file historyFile backup solutions have been in the news recently, as the news filtered out last week that it’s the end of the road for Windows Home Server, but that there are a number of improvements coming for Windows 8 …

The end of the road for Windows Home Server

18457Microsoft announced today its plans for Windows Server 2012, announcing four editions, and our old friend Windows Home Server did not make the cut.  The editions, Windows Server 2012 Datacenter, Standard, Essentials, and Foundation, are a much simpler set …

Will a $40 upgrade price get Windows 8 to take off?

windows-8-logoToday, our old friend Brandon LeBlanc took to the Windows Team blog to announce pricing for upgrade versions of Windows 8, and while they’re not quite in the free or $29 upgrade class of an Apple upgrade, they’re quite …