The CSIRO is turning to the public to design the body of its mobile telepresence museum robot. Entrants to the ‘Body of the Bot (pdf)’ competition must provide a sketch of the robot’s body, according to specific requirements. For example, it must be suited to a museum environment but can…

Computerworld – Microsoft today announced that it will start selling Windows 8 on Friday, Oct. 26, a little more than three months from now. New PCs equipped with the operating system will go on sale the same day, said Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc in a post to the company’s blog. Shortly before…

In a press event held Monday to introduce its next version of Office, Microsoft finally appeared to be embracing the BYOD movement. Several keynote speakers introduced Windows 8 with Office 2013–with apps such as OneNote; SkyDrive enabling cloud services; and social collaboration via SharePoint and Lync. Cloud and social were central…

We know that Microsoft Office 2013 emphasizes cloud integration with new Office 365 subscriptions for home users, a greater focus on touchscreens, and Office on Demand virtualization, but what about the things we don’t know? Microsoft is keeping quiet about several key issues, including pricing, release dates, and whether the Microsoft recently…

The next version of Microsoft Office, unveiled on Monday, is a dramatic departure from the software that millions of users have come to know, built for the cloud and for touch-based computing and packed with features that make it more social and, Microsoft hopes, more intuitive to use than past…

Different typing experience, Metro-esque eye candy Office 15 has just gone live, at least in its Preview iteration. You can download the preview for free as of today and install it on up to five computers you own. It’s a redesign of Office 2010 that many are still using today and It’s…

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Today Microsoft unveiled a set of previews for Office 2013, and we wrote about some new features in the blogging capabilities featured in Word 2013, and what that might mean for Windows Live Writer. A number of you pointed out that the ability to create blog posts from within Word What is…

Computerworld – With the upcoming release of Office 2013, Microsoft is putting a lot of focus on the cloud. Industry analysts say that’s exactly what Microsoft needs to do to compete head-to-head with Google and its cloud-based office apps. "In terms of competition, migrating Office to the cloud is critical," said…

Verizon Enterprise Solutions and ZipitWireless are looking to keep old-school paging in the past. Zipit, a provider of wireless connectivityfor mobile devices, has introduced an application called Zipit Confirm thatlets doctors and clinicians connect using secure messaging. The app includesthe ability to make voice over IP (VOIP) calls, a feature…