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  • Microsoft Money goes online

    Microsoft, via a newsgroup posting from one of its enthusiasts, has announced it would no longer update its Money product each year and, more importantly, it will stop selling the product at retail stores.

  • Medicare shuffles VoIP calls nationally

    Health agency Medicare Australia has recently started trialling a call centre solution based on internet protocol (IP) telephony that allows calls to be routed to regional offices during peak periods.

  • Microsoft gears up Web apps for big business

    Microsoft detailed on Tuesday its road map and pricing for Web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses.

  • Google Docs gets limited PDF support

    Google Docs, the online office suite from the search giant, now has some limited but still useful support for PDF files.

  • Windows users: Patch now or turn off Bluetooth

    Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday release included a critical fix affecting all Windows Vista and XP systems, which could allow attackers to wirelessly steal confidential information from laptops by exploiting a flaw in the Bluetooth stack.

Blogs (8)

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Don't bother upgrading to Entourage 2008

    If you're considering an upgrade to Entourage 2008, think again -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't bothered to add some vital functions that are critical to making Apple Mac systems welcome on any Exchange network.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    New Year's resolution: Don't forget the format

    Pretty much anyone who has been in storage management for more than five minutes knows that it's not enough to simply back everything up and hope for the best.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    APEC and OOXML - both pointless and annoying

    The eyes of the world were on Australia this week as the APEC summit got underway in Sydney, and what they've seen is a city being held under virtual martial law — major roads blocked off, police cars outnumbering taxis and snipers openly hanging out on roof tops.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    No open and shut case for Office migration

    Office 2007 continues to be the focus of discussion here at Big Deal, but the most recent crop of reactions to my postings have shifted from the possible nuisance value of interface changes to the potential upside for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to the desktop suite crown.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Office vision still unclear

    As you'd expect given Microsoft Office's near-ubiquitous position in the modern workplace, my comments on the company's plans for the recently delayed 2007 release stirred up a few readers.

Features and Case Studies (58)

  • Photos: Optus's new home

    Optus staff are steadily moving into the telecommunications giant's brand new eight hectare campus in Sydney's North Ryde, and if appearances are anything to go by, the old North Sydney headquarters will soon be forgotten.

  • Fighting Office with open source

    Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

  • Google Docs & Spreadsheets: 5 things you probably didn't know you could do

    Google's product experts share their favourite features that often don't get the limelight or that people simply don't know about.

  • Boost collaboration with Office 2003's SharePoint Services

    Though it is not cheap, perhaps the single best reason to make the leap to Office 2003 is the integration with Windows SharePoint Services.

  • Despite open-source ideology, QUT embraces Microsoft integration

    Organisations considering a change of productivity suites may do well to follow the example of Queensland University of Technology, which has taken a cautious approach to Microsoft Office 2007 and instead focused on sprucing up its back-end messaging environment.

Videos (10)

  • First Look at Apple's iWork '08

    First Look at iWork '08. iWork '08, which was announced this week at Apple an press event in the US.

  • Buzz Report: Apple, you bore me

    This week on Buzz, Molly snoozes through an Apple press conference and questions Microsoft's attitude towards a recent Windows Vista patch.

  • Review: Apple iMac (20-inch, 2.4GHz)

    Apple's takes it already compelling iMac and beefs up the design and updated the under-the-hood components. The result is the best-looking PC on the market, that also compares very favorably against its Windows-based competition.

  • Apple updates iMacs, iLife

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at a press event at his company's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters to discuss new Apple products, including thinner iMacs and new iLife and iWork software. CNET's Molly Wood breaks down all the new releases.

  • Tech Shakedown: Windows Vista forces reboots

    ZDNet executive editor David Berlind discovers a reboot feature in Microsoft's Vista operating system that he doesn't like. The feature forces users to reboot their PCs with only a short warning before it happens.

Reviews (115)

  • OpenOffice.org 2.4.0

    OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft's Office application suite. It is fantastic if you need basic office applications — such as a word processor or spreadsheet — at no cost. However, large organisations and power users may be disappointed by its lack of features and support.

  • Samsung CLX-6210FX

    The Samsung CLX-6210 Colour Laser MFD offers great feature set at a very reasonable price, but duplex printing is slow.

  • WordPerfect Office X4

    Many free and inexpensive office suites are available for download or for use in a web browser. So what's the advantage of paying a pretty penny for a desktop office suite? Corel's WordPerfect Office X4 offers a strong software package that comes closest to the breadth and depth of features found in Microsoft Office.

  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (Special Media Edition)

    Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives.

  • Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac: a first look

    A new version of Microsoft Office for Mac is due in a couple of weeks. Here are our impressions after testing the release candidate for a month or so.

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