Microsoft Office 2013 review

Microsoft has so much going on this year, it’s difficult to conceive how it could also deliver a new version of its office suite. Office is a vast behemoth. Each of its many applications are stuffed full of features, developed after years of constant upgrades; adding anything of note must…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 7:00 pm

Hands on with Just.me’s unified messaging app for the iPhone

There’s certainly no shortage of smartphone apps that enable you to engage in conversations and share digital media with other people, but I couldn’t help impatiently awaiting the arrival of Just.me’s iPhone app during the past few months. The app finally launched this week, but in private beta, so…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 7:00 pm

Windows 8 and Xbox: How to realize their hidden synergy

The gaming PC and the living room game console have never been close friends. So PC gamers play their PC games, console gamers play their console games, and never the twain shall meet. Or is everything changing? Windows 8 helps tear down the wall that’s been built between these two Windows…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft reportedly testing Outlook application for Windows RT

Microsoft is reportedly testing an Outlook RT edition of its popular email client. ZDNet reports that the company has finished and is testing a version of Outlook for Windows RT, the operating system used on Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet. At present Windows RT ships with Office 2013 RT Home & A…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 2:00 pm

This company went Gmail because it’s “cool” — then discovered a surprising thing

Google, to borrow a turn of phrase from a bow-tied time traveler of some renown, is cool. At least, that’s what Bill Schechtman, IT Director for Quixote Studios, says, on his reasoning for moving the company’s 200-plus employees from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Google Apps. "Google is just cooler. We have…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 2:00 pm

Dutch survive crisis with tradition of compromise

The Netherlands is the world’s second largest agricultural exporter’ after the United States. AMSTERDAM: In the U.S., tax hikes have been the subject of partisan warfare that brought the country to the very edge of a "fiscal cliff." In southern Europe, spending cuts have led to mass protests and labor…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 9:00 am

Microsoft revenue up, aided by Windows unit sales, though profit declines

Microsoft reported a drop in profit for the second quarter of its fiscal year, though revenue increased, thanks partly to a 24 percent jump in sales from its Windows division. Microsoft’s revenue increased 2.7 percent to US$21.46 billion in the quarter, which ended 31 December. Net income shrunk to $6.38 billion, or $0.76 CEO Steve…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 9:00 am

How to check who’s been reading your Gmail

Davey Winder reveals how to check for Gmail snoopers and to protect your account With 350 million users, Microsoft’s Hotmail remains one of the big three players in webmail, along with Yahoo and Gmail. Unlike the last two, though, Microsoft doesn’t make it easy to see whether and when your Now…

Posted on: January 25, 2013 9:00 am

Just.me messaging app beta begins

Has its sights set on social-networking giants as well as traditional forms of messaging By MARK JONES Published: 25 January, 2013 READ MORE: US | Applications

Posted on: January 25, 2013 9:00 am

KnowledgeLake Acknowledges Top 50 Influencers of Microsoft SharePoint

KnowledgeLake drives independent research study to reveal leading experts with the most impact on Microsoft’s revolutionary platform. List of top Microsoft SharePoint Influencers includes: Microsoft, partners, competitors, industry analysts, journalists, solution providers, consultants and bloggers. St. Louis, Missouri (PRWEB) January 24, 2013 KnowledgeLake’s Influencer50 report recognizes the leading experts that have earned…

Posted on: January 24, 2013 7:00 pm

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