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/09/11/20/quarkpromotecom.for.small.businesses/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/office2008biz.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: To help U.S college and graduate students dealing with heavy educational-based costs, Microsoft's MacBU has announced a special deal for the Office 2008 for Mac, dropping the price by over 70 percent. Office 2008 Business Edition provides a series of different applications to help support all areas of education, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Entourage 2008, and Document Connection f... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/quarkpromotecom.for.small.businesses/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/30/videohub.40.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/off1.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, known as MacBU, has launched a new promotion for students, with discounted prices on Office 2008 Home and Student Edition for Mac. TeamViewerís online communication and collaboration software is now available in six different languages. Blackmagic Design has released Videohub 4.0, a software update for its Videohub routers that allow users to connect and a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/30/videohub.40.update/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/19/dealnn.garmin.gps/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/dealnn/_img/MacNN_DealNN.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Today's DealNN deals include a wide selection of items from GPS units to iPods. For today only (12/19/09) Newegg.com has reduced the price on the Garmin StreetPilot c330 GPS unit from $199.99 to $79.99. The 120GB iPod classic is priced at $219.97 with free shipping at Amazon.com. Two deals on Transcend memory products are currently featured at TigerDirect.com: the 8GB JetFlash flash drive is $1... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/19/dealnn.garmin.gps/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/21/big.mean.folder.easybatch/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />StoryMill 3.2 ($45) provides a series of tools that help writers manage the creative process from the beginning of a story to its end. Users can track, tag and filter characters, scenes, locations and research. StoryMill also offers options for managing information including Smart Views, which allow writers to organize ideas in a project according to selected criteria. StoryMill 3.2 introduces a P... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/21/big.mean.folder.easybatch/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/16/spellex.ships.macmedica/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0809/macmedica-foroffice2008-16.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Spellex has announced MacMedica, a medical and pharmaceutical spellchecker for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. The software verifies the spelling of medical terminology, and provides various options whenever a mistake is detected. It works side-by-side with the Standard English dictionary, allowing a user to search both concurrently.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/16/spellex.ships.macmedica/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/28/solver.report.by.mactopia/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/solver-update-28.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft says it is working on briging Solver functionality to its latest Excel 2008 release, after removing the functionality that was available in its previous Excel 2004 version. Solver enables linear programming within Excel, useful for capacities, minimums and maximums and scheduling loads; it is commonly used in both business and higher education applications. The company said it had to rem... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/28/solver.report.by.mactopia/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/25/ms.open.xml.converter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/24-office-xml-converter.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In addition to its latest Office 2004 XML update and Office 2008 stability update, Microsoft on Tuesday quietly (and finally) released its much-anticipated Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, which allows users to convert Open XML files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows. The software allows them to open, edit, and save the files in earlier versions of Offi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/25/ms.open.xml.converter/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/14/f.look.openoffice.3.beta/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/14-open-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft Office may be the most popular office suite in the world, but not everyone needs or wants to use it. Some people object to its cost, while others feel that it doesn't offer the features they need. If you don't want to use Office on Windows, you can choose from plenty of alternatives, including the free OpenOffice suite. Until recently though, Mac users have had far fewer options, limite... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/14/f.look.openoffice.3.beta/ Wed, 14 May 2008 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/13/office.2008.triples.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/ms_080204_officesm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft is selling copies of Office 2008 for Mac to the order of three times the rate of the former 2004 version, a trend which it hopes to continue once Visual Basic functionality is restored in a future version. CNET reports that while Microsoft will not share exact sales numbers, it says that they are the highest in the unit's 19-year history. Microsoft gave partial credit to Apple for the mi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/13/office.2008.triples.sales/ Tue, 13 May 2008 21:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/parallels.with.expression/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/5-parallels-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft is reportedly strengthening its relationship with Parallels, and will offer Parallels Desktop for Mac for users who purchase a Microsoft Expression Professional Subscription. According to InfoWorld, this allows customers to run the full studio suite, rather than just Expression Media 2, which ships mid-May, which is also bundled with future versions of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Speci... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/parallels.with.expression/ Wed, 07 May 2008 20:40:00 GMT