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Microsoft Office 2010 Public Beta Now Available Online

Friday 20 November 2009 12:37 pm

Be the first in Hong Kong to play with the newest Office 2010 features.

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Microsoft Hong Kong announced today the release of Office 2010 Public Beta for free download right here. So, now you have yourself the new Windows 7, and you’re going to want to make your Office suite of software look just as good. This preview will run on your PC until October 31, 2010 when Microsoft will ask you to fork over real money for the final release.

While Google Docs has a huge headstart, cloud computing hasn’t really taken Hong Kong by storm (yet), and so Microsoft still has good marketshare. If this new version of Office can give users all the new social media bells and whistles that cloud computing productivity suites have, then they could still be in the game at least until the Google Chrome OS comes out.

There are several new features in Office 2010, but the big one is Outlook Social Connector which brings communications history, business collaboration and social network feeds directly into Outlook, with support for Windows Live and SharePoint Server. This feature brings business and social networking to the work force. Does that mean we’re going to be even less productive? Let the boss decide.

Cubicle Jockeys already spend a large portion of their day in Outlook, with Microsoft saying that most people receive over 93 e-mail messages per day (does that count spam too?) Outlook Social Connector lets them connect with people faster, without switching programs or changing their routines. For developers, Outlook Social Connector SDK was also released to help them easily build connectors to third-party social networks. Professional network LinkedIn will be the first site to provide a connector for Outlook Social Connector early next year.

Office Mobile 2010 is also now available in beta, making the Office experience across the PC, phone and browser a reality. Office Mobile 2010 includes mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and new SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010, and is available worldwide in Windows Marketplace for Mobile for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones.

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7 Responses to “Microsoft Office 2010 Public Beta Now Available Online”

  1. By the way, Windows Mobile Marketplace is no longer limited to 6.5 phones. It can be installed on any 6.0 or 6.1 phone now.

    lowlight @ HCW at 3:52 pm on November 20th, 2009

  2. Is Google fighting Microsoft? They also released the Chome OS today.

    Harry at 7:30 pm on November 20th, 2009

  3. I personally tend to favour SSuite Office’s free office suites. Their software also don’t need to run on Java or .NET, like so many open source office suites, so it makes their software very small and efficient.

    http://www.ssuitesoft.com

    Vanja at 7:35 pm on November 21st, 2009

  4. More companies are making their way to make some innovations that will satisfy the needs of their subscribers. Kudos to google and microsoft.

    Lea at 11:03 am on November 22nd, 2009

  5. Microsoft software has always been very good. There is no need to change to anything else.

    George at 5:11 pm on November 26th, 2009

  6. This is such a great news! Amazing microsoft innovation.

    Yhannie at 9:00 am on February 23rd, 2010

  7. Wow! That’s a really neat anwsre!

    Sanne at 6:46 am on April 12th, 2011





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