Microsoft Office: Mac 2011 Shipping in October

Which office suite do you use the most?

Finally a new version of Microsoft Office is coming out for the Mac in a couple of months. If you buy the current Office package now you can upgrade to this new version for free. The prices are quite reasonable as compared to what they used to charge for Office but still way more than iWork, Open Office and Google Docs.

So if you or your company lives within Microsoft and the only way you can use a Mac is if you succumb to using Office, we can think of worse deaths but we’re interested to find out which office suite you use and if these new features for Office: Mac 2011 will get you to buy it?

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Windows Phone 7 Comes Loaded and Ready for Xbox 360 Gameplay

Microsoft gambles big on Xbox phone.

You have to wonder what’s going on at Sony. They make phones and they make handheld music devices and they make portable game devices and we’re sure they’ve seen the iPhone by now – but only rumors and shushed sounds on a potential PS game/phone device. But look who’s beaten then to the table?

This Fall when Windows Phone 7 ships from Microsoft its going to have a whole integration with its Xbox platform and now you can see what its going to look like.

Engadget broke the story today on the launch games: Castlevania, Halo: Waypoint, Star Wars, Crackdown, and Guitar Hero, alongside a handful of newer properties like the ultra-cute ilomilo, produced in-house by Microsoft Game Studios.

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Microsoft Slims Down and Styles Up the Xbox 360 2.0 in Hong Kong

Will you Kinect with the new Xbox 360?

It was a hot sticky Sunday afternoon, as we discovered not everyone is in line for an iPad, as hundreds of gamers came out in force to buy the new Xbox 360 console this past weekend.

The special first day sale took place in the Atrium of Langham Place Mall in Mong Kok and gamers had been queuing up since the mall opened its doors that morning for a chance to be among the first 200 people in Hong Kong to own the new Microsoft console.

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The New Microsoft Office 2010 Lands In Hong Kong

Microsoft has some big balls to launch the new Office suite.

Yesterday, Microsoft Hong Kong officially launched MS Office 2010 their latest installment of their widely used office tools suite. Neonpunch was at the official launch event that was held at the Hong Kong Air Cadet West Kowloon Helipad (it’s very near Elements).

Yes, we were outside in the heat, on one of the hottest and humid days in Hong Kong to watch Raymond Lam (林峯) fly in on a helicopter to kick-off the launch of MS Office 2010! Because nothing says “Office” more than being outside in the humidity, with helicoptors, big inflatable balls and Raymond Lam.

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