Office Labs and Live Labs release a new application each

Office Labs has released StickySorter, which helps people collaborate and organize ideas electronically. Live Labs has released Seadragon Ajax, which can bring Deep Zoom right to your own web page or blog.

November 19, 2008 - 07:19PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

StarOffice 9 now available for Mac "for the first time"

We didn't know it was still alive, but Sun's StarOffice 9 is now available for Intel Macs running Mac OS X.

November 18, 2008 - 06:29PM CT - by Jeff Smykil

Office Web to be multiplatform, Silverlight not required

I bet when you heard of Office Web Applications, you were wondering whether you'd be able to use the service on your favorite browser from your favorite operating system. The answer seems to a be a big probably, according to a recently posted Q&A.

November 12, 2008 - 11:35AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft Office will float to the cloud with Office Web

With the upcoming release of Office 14, Microsoft today announced Office Web, a suite of five core Office components that will float up into the clouds.

October 28, 2008 - 02:17PM CT - by David Chartier

Support for Office 2003 SP2 to end in October

Support for Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 will be cut off after October's Patch Tuesday. Security updates released for Office 2003 on Patch Tuesday will be available for both SP2 and SP3.

September 25, 2008 - 10:06AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Office Labs adds Email Prioritizer and Chart Advisor

Microsoft Office Labs has launched two new projects: Email Prioritizer and Chart Advisor. Office Labs now hosts six prototype applications that anyone can testdrive.

September 04, 2008 - 10:30AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Office 14: InfoPath looks for new dev and test team members

Microsoft is looking for Development and Test members for the InfoPath team. The new version of InfoPath will be released along with Office 14, either in late 2009 or early 2010.

September 03, 2008 - 02:12PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft Office Labs releases SpeedLaunch and pptPlex

Microsoft Office Labs has launched two new projects: SpeedLaunch and pptPlex. Office Labs now hosts four prototype applications that anyone can testdrive.

August 18, 2008 - 12:18PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft fixes ActiveX vulnerability in Microsoft Access

This Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an update that fixes the vulnerability in Office Access' Snapshot Viewer. The fix is available for all affected versions of Access: 2000, 2002, and 2003.

August 13, 2008 - 05:48PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft: 120 million Office 2007 licenses now sold

Microsoft last week announced that it had sold 120 million licenses of Office 2007. Compare this to 180 million licenses of Vista, and you've got a lot of questions that need answering.

July 31, 2008 - 02:17PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Google grabs 1.3 million Aussie e-mail users from Microsoft

Google partner SMS Management and Technology has signed an e-mail deal with the NSW Department of Education for $9.5 million. Later this year 1.3 million additional users will be using Gmail instead of Outlook Web Access.

July 30, 2008 - 04:20PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft Office 14 to arrive late 2009/early 2010

Microsoft expects Office 14 to arrive in late 2009 or early 2010, much like it does for Windows 7. It is possible that Microsoft wants to reproduce the Vista-Office 2007 dual launch.

July 30, 2008 - 03:20PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Outlook Connector 12.1 supports Windows Live Calendar sync

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 has been released. The biggest new feature for the software is that it adds supports for syncing with the Windows Live Calender beta.

July 23, 2008 - 02:40PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Users reporting failed Windows and Office validations (Updated)

The problem affecting offline activation has been fixed.

July 18, 2008 - 06:03PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft patches problem between Office 2003 and WSUS 3.0

Just over a week after the issue was discovered, Microsoft has released a patch for a problem involving some machines with Office 2003 installed that are not able to synchronize with a WSUS server. The patch is available for both x86 and x64 flavors of WSUS.

July 10, 2008 - 10:20AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft warns of vulnerability in Office Word 2002 SP3

There have been in the wild attacks on Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3. According to Microsoft, only this version of Word is affected. Currently the only workaround is to use another version of Word or a Word document viewer.

July 09, 2008 - 10:55AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft warns of ActiveX vulnerability in Microsoft Access

Microsoft is warning users of a security vulnerabilty in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. The vulnerability is only present in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Access 2000, Access 2002, and Access 2003.

July 07, 2008 - 03:24PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft Equipt: 3 Office, OneCare licenses for $70/year

Microsoft has announced Equipt, a software bundle consisting of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, and Windows Live tools. The subscription-based Microsoft Equipt will set you back $70, per year, but comes with three licenses.

July 02, 2008 - 11:35AM CT - by Emil Protalinski

New update schedule revealed for Microsoft Office

Microsoft has decided to break up Microsoft Office hotfixes into two types: Cumulative Updates (CUs) released every two months and Critical On-demand (COD) hotfixes released asap in emergency situations. The first CU will be released in August 2008.

July 01, 2008 - 01:45PM CT - by Emil Protalinski

Microsoft: some PCs with Office 2003 can't use WSUS 3.0

Microsoft has published a short security advisory that describes a problem involving some machines with Office 2003 installed that are not able to synchronize with a WSUS server. A workaround is available while the software giant figures out a permanent solution.

July 01, 2008 - 08:44AM CT - by Emil Protalinski