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Some Linux and Mac users need Office 2010 licence to run Web Apps
Microsoft has an unexpected ‘Gotcha’ for business customers running Linux or Mac OS – they’ll need to buy an Office licence to legally use Office Web Apps...
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‘Product Key Cards’ are Office 2010’s hidden catch
Microsoft is offering substantial discounts for its disc-free Product Card Keys compared to the boxed retail editions of Office 2010, but there’s a catch for the unwary...
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Office 2010 hits RTM, ready for launch next month
Microsoft signs off the code for its next-gen Office suite, which will introduce online Web Apps in an effort to catch up to Google and co.
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Adobe CS5 is (almost) here – but is it worth it?
Adobe’s fifth-gen CS family sports new features and new apps but with single-app upgrades from $340 and full packages costing from $1,000 to $4,300, will you step up or stay put?
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Australia gets Windows 7 Family Pack for $249
The Windows 7 Family Pack, containing three licences for Windows 7 Home Premium, will go on sale in Australia tomorrow for $249.
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Windows 7 Family Pack for Australia is a “possibility”, concedes Microsoft
Microsoft Australia’s Windows 7 chief responds to consumer anger over its decision not to offer the discount three-licence Windows 7 Family Pack available in other countries.
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Microsoft: “No Windows 7 Family Pack for Australia”
Windows 7 launches next week, but don’t go looking for the three-licence Family Pack edition – Microsoft has confirmed this won’t be offered to its Australian customers.
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Countdown: Windows 7 to RTM in the next two weeks
Microsoft outlines the timetable for when developers, PC builders and businesses will get the final code for Windows 7, with August 6th as the last possible date for RTM.
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Microsoft confirms Windows 7 Family Pack
While staying mum on pricing, Microsoft has revealed that a ‘family pack’ edition of Windows 7 will allow Home Premium to be installed on three PCs.
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Microsoft set to release Windows 7 this month
With Windows 7 set to be finalised this week, business customers will get the fresh-baked OS by the end of this month – almost three months before its public debut.
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Free upgrades from Vista to Windows 7 begin June 26th
From next month Microsoft will offer a free copy of Windows 7 to buyers of new PCs running Vista, and in some cases XP.
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Windows 7 to be “more expensive” than Vista, XP
Dell has seen Microsoft’s price list for Windows 7 and the PC manufacturer isn’t happy, warning that over-pricing will cruel consumer demand for OS upgrades and new PCs.
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Experts to Microsoft: set your Windows patches free!
There’s a growing call for Microsoft to drop its Windows Genuine Activation process so that every Windows user can keep their PC completely up to date.
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Aussie Tivo users outraged over $200 fee
Users are outraged over the high price of a TiVo upgrade -- that users get free in the USA.
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Kernel developers oppose GPLv3
tux.jpg Linux creator Linus Torvalds has come out against the proposed GPLv3 free software licence, along with other kernel developers. One of the key bones of contention? DRM.
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