http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/includes.apps.like.office.for.mac.syncmate/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/office2008biz.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Several companies have begun offering Black Friday software discounts, joining others promoting hardware deals. Microsoft has notably introduced discounts on Office for Mac 2008, cutting the prices of the Home and Student Edition by $20, and the Business Edition Upgrade by $40. The complete Business Edition is temporarily $50 cheaper.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/includes.apps.like.office.for.mac.syncmate/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/also.makes.tweaks.to.specific.features/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/office2008biz.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has posted a fresh update for Office 2008 for Mac, v12.2.3. The patch primarily addresses stability problems, such as one affecting the entire suite which could result in application crashes after a program was opened. Several unique crash scenarios have been fixed in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Document Connection. Security has also been upgraded, closing a hole which could be used t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/also.makes.tweaks.to.specific.features/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/microsoft.unveils.free.office.starter.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/microsoftoffice2010-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft this week said that it would venture into free productivity apps with a Starter Edition of Office 2010 for Windows. The special version will be free to use but will have feature-reduced versions of Excel and Word as well as ads that run in a sidebar with the app window. It will only come with a new PC rather than come as a download, but it will have an option to download a more complet... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/microsoft.unveils.free.office.starter.2010/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/app.now.enables.editing.of.doc.and.xls.files/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/docssml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DataViz has launched the latest version of its Documents To Go app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Following through with the company's earlier promises, v2.0 adds full support for creating and editing Excel documents. The previous release limited users to just viewing the spreadsheet content.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/app.now.enables.editing.of.doc.and.xls.files/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/part.of.simplified.office.lineup/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/office2008biz.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has announced a reorganization of its Office 2008 for Mac product lineup. The software now comes in just two main editions: Home & Student, and Business. The latter is new, adding a series of differences on top of the regular releases of Word, Excel, Entourage and PowerPoint.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/part.of.simplified.office.lineup/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/court.says.ms.can.sell.word.until.appeal.is.done/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/gavel-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The US federal Court of Appeals today granted Microsoft a temporary stay on an injunction that would have banned sales of Word until the conclusion of an appeal against the successful lawsuit filed by Canadian firm i4i. Originally, the developer would have had to stop sales on October 10th and would have forced Microsoft to shut down sales of virtually all copies of Office unless it could plead i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/court.says.ms.can.sell.word.until.appeal.is.done/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/samsung.redesigns.netbooks.with.new.software/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/samsungn130.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Along with its X series updates, Samsung at the IFA show launched two new netbook updates. The N130 and N140 have the same rounded aesthetic as the new full-size notebooks and also bring basic productivity apps to a category that normally comes with little software. Both have a stripped-down version of Microsoft Office and streamlined backups to Microsoft's SkyDrive service, which can hold as mu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/samsung.redesigns.netbooks.with.new.software/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/quickscript.goes.beta/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/quickscript.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Axiotron has released the public beta version of Quickscript, a handwriting recognition application which can convert handwritten text and characters into digital type. The application recognizes 26 different languages including English, Korean, Japanese, and Arabic and can detect both printed and cursive writing. The program enables users to write in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Pages, TextEd... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/quickscript.goes.beta/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/19/microsoft.office.on.mobile/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/microsoftoffice2010.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Although Microsoft has not disclosed any plans to bring its Office software to the iPhone as a native app, the company is working on a suite of Office Web applications that will support both desktop and mobile browsers, according to Ars Technica. The web-based tools will include Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/19/microsoft.office.on.mobile/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/13/new.office.for.mac.planned/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0811/officemac-blackfriday-24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft on Thursday announced plans to release a new version of Office for Mac sometime late in 2010. The update will feature a new application, Outlook for Mac, that will serve as a replacement for Entourage. The company is also set to include Visual Basic support once again, after the feature was removed from the Office 2008 release.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/13/new.office.for.mac.planned/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:50:00 GMT