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Google says it's preparing to challenge Microsoft in the corporate market by offering more accessible business programs than Microsoft's highly popular Office suite of productivity software. However, Microsoft executives say they're not worried ... about Google stealing the software giant's enterprise customers any day soon. They're apparently responding to a recent interview in which Google vice president Amit Singh said his company intends to lure business users away from Microsoft Office. To do that, Singh indicated that Google will offer business software that is easier to use than Microsoft' ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader Jim H. writes: " Dear Dennis, I'm trying to download the free eBooks online your website (such as the Windows 8 Guide eBook , the PC Maintenance Handbook , and the Windows 7 Pocket Guide , etc), but I'm having trouble. When I ... click on the orange 'Request Now' button to download the book, it is asking me for my name, a business email address, my company name, etc. Why do I have to enter all this information? How do I download the free eBooks? " My response: The answer to this is two-fold, and I'll try and break it down. Note that I've also ... (view more)

It appears Google may not be fully into the "spirit of giving" this holiday season. The search giant has announced its intention, as part of its business plan for 2013, to take 90 per cent of current Office users away from Microsoft. In a recent Q ... ... (view more)

Foxit Office Suite 5.3.1.0606 Foxit Office Suite includes not one, not two, but four free office productivity programs that run beautifully on a Windows computer. The suite includes the popular Foxit Reader, Kingsoft Writer, Presentations, and ... Spreadsheets. These four applications allow you to read PDF files and create documents, presentations, and spreadsheets absolutely free. http://www.foxitsoftware.com SmartClose 1.3 SmartClose allows you to establish an automatic process for closing down all running programs on your Windows computer. It can also be used to open all of your favorite ... (view more)

Microsoft is reportedly working on bringing its Office software to the Android and Apple mobile platforms. The reported plan would involve offering a free viewing app for users, and light editing tools for subscribers. At the moment, Office ... functionality on mobile devices varies widely. Handsets running Windows Phone have a limited range of viewing and editing tools, while Microsoft's Surface tablet comes with Office pre-installed. Now, a combination of leaked screenshots and a press release from Microsoft's subsidiary in the Czech Republic make it clear that Office is coming to devices ... (view more)

Pricing has been announced for a new version of Microsoft Office 365 tailored specifically to university students, staff, and scholars. Microsoft says the software is available as a four-year subscription for $79.99. That works out to about $1.67 ... per month. Microsoft also says any student who continues their education beyond four years (say, by entering a graduate program) can renew their subscription to the software for four more years at the same price. Documents Automatically Saved to the Cloud Office 365 University automatically saves its documents to Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage ... (view more)

Office 2010 Trial Extender 1.0.0.6 Microsoft Office 2010 normally needs to be activated after 30 days, or else it stops working. Corporate users are allowed to "rearm" the Office suite five times, allowing them a total of 180 days for evaluating the ... product before they must buy it or stop using it. But private users are not given this same privilege. This free software tool allows anyone to "rearm" the Office suite of software five times. Just re-apply before the 30 days trial expires. Note: the software may sometimes warn that the Office suite has already been rearmed ... (view more)

Microsoft Office 2013 Home Premium Preview Be one of the first to try Microsoft's new Office suite of programs and you can discover some of what's coming in the future. Previews of the Home, Small Business, and Enterprise versions of Office are all ... available for download. To get the software and use it, your computer must be running either Windows 7 or Windows 8. http://www.microsoft.com Microsoft Sysinternals Suite The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities from Microsoft have now been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file is available for downloading, and contains all the ... (view more)

One of the most visible new additions to Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system (OS) is expanded touchscreen functionality. But it's not just Windows that is getting the touchscreen overhaul, as the firm's Office software is also being ... updated to better accommodate navigation using fingers and styluses. Microsoft recently showed off these new features in a preview of its next version of Office. Touchscreens Supported by Word, PowerPoint, Excel The first thing that stands out about the new Office is the added ability to navigate any program with a touchscreen display. For example, the ... (view more)

MailStore Home 7.0.4.7637 With the free software called MailStore Home you can backup all your emails in a single central archive, even if you receive them on several different computers, in different email programs, or in a variety of mailboxes. Do ... this backing up either on your PC or on a USB drive. With MailStore Home, you need never lose your emails again, no matter what happens to your computer. As an added bonus, you can also search through all of your emails quickly and easily for the one email or conversational thread that you want. http://www.mailstore.com SSuite Office Personal ... (view more)