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Microsoft Outlook makes friends with MySpace
If you use both Outlook and MySpace, you are part of an interesting demographic. But you are also in luck. Read more »
Office 2010 hits the release candidate stage
Microsoft has provided some early testers with a near-final "release candidate" version of Office 2010 as the software maker works to make the suite broadly available in June. Read more »
Microsoft adds Office, Windows rental option
Although there are plenty of places that rent out time on Windows-based computers, doing so had never been strictly, speaking, legitimate. Read more »
Microsoft seeks another hearing in i4i case
Microsoft filed another appeal on Friday in its patent dispute with i4i, but also said that it will comply with the injunction against Office that is set to go into effect on Monday. Read more »
Microsoft sets Office 2010 pricing
Microsoft has announced pricing for Office 2010, with the biggest change being the fact that buyers can pay less by forgoing the full boxed copy in favour of a card with only a product key code. Read more »
Microsoft loses Word patent appeal, will change code
Microsoft has lost an appeal in a patent case that will force it to alter Microsoft Word to avoid an injunction on sales of the product. Read more »
Microsoft fixes Office 2003 bug with patch
Microsoft says it has a fix for a bug that was keeping Office 2003 users from being able to access some rights-managed files. Read more »
Bug keeps some Office users from their files
Some users of an older version of Microsoft Office may find that their protected documents are now not only protected, but completely inaccessible. Read more »
Office 2010 beta available for developers
The beta of Office 2010, expected this week, is now available to developers who are part of Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet developer programs. Read more »
Office 2010 beta leaks early
Those who can't wait until next week for the beta of Office 2010 can apparently find the code already on torrent web sites. Read more »
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Hands-on programming: Extract plain text from documents with Syncfusion's components
The author recently tried Syncfusion's Essential DocIO and Essential PDF to help him extract text from documents that he downloaded from the internet. Here's the code that he wrote to get the plain text from the document. Read more »
Take the pain out of meetings
We've all experienced the soul-deadening boring meeting. In fact, unless someone is dedicated to making it otherwise, the boring meeting is a corporate staple. Be the first one on your block to end the meeting pain, by following these tips. Read more »
Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET
In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »
Extract high quality MapPoint images using VB.NET
Extracting a quality MapPoint image requires some programmatic footwork via Microsoft Office Document Imaging and the .NET Framework. Read more »
Easily navigate XML with VB.NET and XPath
The .NET platform includes full XPath support, so developers can easily combine .NET and XML to locate necessary information. Here's how it works. Read more »
Use Microsoft Office in Linux? You can now!
The majority of administrators and users who are reluctant to switch to Linux blame the lack of applications. That excuse no longer holds water now that CodeWeaver has found a way for Linux to run Microsoft Office. Read more »
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Google Apps adopted by 3,000 firms every day
Google Apps has "over 10 million active users" and every day, 3,000 new businesses are signing up, according to Matthew Glotzbach, product management director of Google Enterprise. Read more »
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