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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It’s Finally Time to “Kinect” with Your XBox 360

Microsoft’s motion-sensing video game gadget is now ready to launch.

We get one holiday and the video game world explodes. We’ll try and catch you up on what you may have missed yesterday.

At the E3 Expo, Microsoft unveiled “Kinect“, the motion-sensing game system that plugs into Xbox and allows hands-free games and controlling the console with voice commands. It will begin selling in November 4, before the crucial holiday season, hoping to lure new and casual players to the Xbox and steal a march on rivals Nintendo Co Ltd and Sony Corp.

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Is the HP Slate an iPad Alternative?

The upcoming device is a prime contender for tablet-king title.

Now that you’ve seen (and some of you held) the Apple iPad, let’s look at one of the Microsoft alternatives: HP Slate.

Since CES 2010, HP and Microsoft have been leaking out bits and pieces of the new Slate tablet that is gearing up for a roll-out later this year.

And we’re sure from what you see from the video below, you’ll agree: the HP Slate looks tablet-tastic.

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