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Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Preview The next generation of the Microsoft Office system offers a new look and feel across its applications, with dynamic formatting tools and nimbler files.


Excel 12 (beta 1)

Excel 12 (beta 1)

Preview This overhaul to Excel provides new charts to visually analyse complex data; its tools also respond to your behaviour.


PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

Preview PowerPoint 12 reorganises its interface and dresses up presentations with a vast library of templates.


Word 12 (beta 1)

Word 12 (beta 1)

Preview The next generation of Word drops its menu-based interface in favour of a system that hopes to read your mind, adding jazzed-up graphics and shrinking file sizes.


Inside Outlook 12 (beta 1)

Inside Outlook 12 (beta 1)

Photos Microsoft makes a few changes to its venerable email client.


Inside PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

Inside PowerPoint 12 (beta 1)

Photos PowerPoint gets enhanced graphics and a beefed-up library of templates to spice up presentations.


Inside Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Inside Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1)

Photos The next release of Office reveals sweeping changes to the interface, graphics and tools within this productivity suite.


Inside Word 12 (beta 1)

Inside Word 12 (beta 1)

Photos The next edition of Microsoft Word comes with pictures, too.


Outlook 12 (beta 1)

Outlook 12 (beta 1)

Preview Microsoft's desktop email client provides new skills for handling and sharing tasks, as well as a revamped search engine and built-in newsfeeds.


Inside Excel 12 (beta 1)

Inside Excel 12 (beta 1)

Photos Excel 12 is getting a drastic makeover, with XML-based files to boot.


The Search review

The Search review

Review The Search, by Wired co-founder and Industry Standard publisher John Batelle, covers the history and future of the ubiquitous search box, from Altavista through Google's IPO and on to the prospects for Tim Berners-Lee's semantic Web.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Google Desktop 2 review

Google Desktop 2 review

Review Google Desktop 2 does a mixed job of anticipating the content you want, but it provides a handy link to files, applications and frequently accessed Web sites; its search is powerful, too.

Rating: 7.0 Editors' Rating


Wikipedia review

Wikipedia review

Review Wikipedia offers rich and frequently updated information, but you might need to verify some of its facts.

Rating: 6.3 Editors' Rating


Blog! review

Blog! review

Review Five years from now, blogging will be such a commonplace tool that people will marvel we ever had to analyse how we might use it. For now, though, this book is a useful mine of ideas.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Buyer's Guide Corel's WordPerfect 12 and Sun's StarOffice 8 aren't the dominant productivity suite players, but they each bring strong qualities to the field, such as affordability and ease of use. But do they have what it takes to stand up to Microsoft Office? Also, find out what's in store for the next version of Office.



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Google Chrome (beta)

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Google has launched Chrome, an open-source browser that sends a clear challenge to Microsoft in the way it lets users work with applications.

Internet Explorer 8 beta 2: a first look

Internet Explorer 8 beta 2: a first look

IE8 (beta 2) should satisfy Microsoft's loyal browser base, but it's unlikely to lure committed Firefox users back to the fold.

Windows Small Business Server 2008: a first look

Windows Small Business Server 2008: a first look

Microsoft's 2008 bundle of server OS, applications and services for small businesses will ship on 12 November. Here are our impressions of the public preview release, which shows some big changes from the previous version.

Acrobat 9 Pro Extended: a first look

Acrobat 9 Pro Extended: a first look

Adobe's Acrobat 9 document-creation software is adding dynamic features such as animation integration, dynamic maps, 256-bit encryption and improved forms.

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Alternatives to Microsoft Office

Alternatives to Microsoft Office

In the world of productivity suites, you don't need to pay a lot to get the basic tools for reading, writing and arithmetic. Read our reviews and previews to discover what's in each bundle, from the freebies to the full-featured suites.

Ten Top Tech Tomes

Ten Top Tech Tomes

Looking for an alternative kind of holiday reading? Why not brave the bafflement of fellow beach denizens and pack a tech tome in your luggage? At least you'll guarantee some space around you on the sand!

Can GIMP replace Photoshop?

Can GIMP replace Photoshop?

If you just want to do basic image editing, the free GIMP is a viable alternative to Adobe's expensive Photoshop. But professionals will find a number of key features absent from the open-source application, for the moment at least.

Roll your own creative suite

Roll your own creative suite

Adobe's powerhouse Creative Suite 3 isn't for everyone, not least because of the cost. This guide shows how you can put together your own creative package with open-source or free software.

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