Office 2010 RTM now available for download by Technet, MSDN subscribers

While you won’t be seeing it on retail shelves just yet, Microsoft has flicked the Office 2010 switch on MSDN and Technet. This morning, the beta version was finally replaced with the RTM and both 32 and 64-bit downloads are … Continue reading

Facebook Docs: Facebook gets its own version of Microsoft Web Office

One of the big announcements at Facebook’s f8 developer conference was Facebook Docs, a Facebook-powered version of Microsoft Web Office. Facebook Docs will let users create, upload and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, right on Facebook. It was created … Continue reading

Use Office 2010 to map a local drive letter to your free 25GB Live SkyDrive

Live SkyDrive is an awesome service. 25GB of web storage for free? Yeah, that sounds good to me. Sure, the 50MB per file limit is a little bit of a downside but it’s still a great place to store documents, … Continue reading

OpenOffice.org 3.2 now available for download

OpenOffice.org is a free and open source alternative to Microsoft Office. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation utility, database builder, and math and drawing apps. This week the OpenOffice.org team launched version 3.2 which features a number of … Continue reading

Microsoft Office 2011 beta for Mac OS X leaks; crowd goes wild

A couple of days ago the second beta of Office 2011 for Mac OS X leaked. I didn’t want to report it immediately because it’s always a little bit dangerous to download pre-release software, especially from infamous torrent sites… But … Continue reading

RIM give away BlackBerry server software to bolster small- and medium-sized businesses

You’re probably aware, from the flurry of mobile-centric news, that the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has exposed some great new developments in the world of smartphones. This bit of news, from the creators of the BlackBerry, isn’t exactly ‘sexy’, … Continue reading

Microsoft offers businesses 50% discount on upgrades to Windows 7 or Office 2007

Get it while it’s hot! Office and Windows XP Professional users can now upgrade to the latest and greatest Microsoft software suites with 50% off the retail price. Bear in mind this offer is definitely aimed at businesses as it … Continue reading

10+ great, free Windows programs for your small or home business

Purchasing software for your business can take a pretty big bite out of your budget, but finding programs that you’re actually allowed to use on a home business computer can be tricky. There’s a lot of free software out there, … Continue reading

Who will win the workplace productivity suite war — Microsoft or Google?

In just four months, Microsoft will release Office 2010, and with it changes the entire outlook of Web apps and cloud computing. Driven by the newbie president of Microsoft’s Business Division, Stephen Elop is performing the greatest about-face for the … Continue reading

KeepFocused is a portable Pomodoro Technique timer for Windows

In case you aren’t familiar with it, the Pomodoro Technique is a time management system. The original book by Francesco Cirillo has been extremely popular since its publication in the early 1990s and it’s now available as a free PDF … Continue reading