Now Microsoft Office for Apple iPad, may launch by Nov 10.

The much awaited Microsoft Office productivity suite for Apple iPad will launch on November 10 this year, according to a report of The Daily. So far, Apple iPad users have been using the Apple’s iLife set of apps which are equivalent solution for the Microsoft Office suite. However, folks who require using MS Office day [...]

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate now available to download

Windows Server 2012 Ahead of the highly anticipated release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 Release Preview today, the company has posted the server edition of its next-generation operating system. Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8, an upgrade from the previous Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft’s Release Candidate of Windows Server 2012 includes [...]

Chrome Takes Over Internet Explorer.

This might be the start of a new chapter in the browser wars. Indeed!! Over the weekend, Google Chrome routed more Internet traffic than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which long has held its spot as the most-used Web browser in the world, according to data from StatCounter , an Internet monitor. Google’s Chrome web browser just passed Microsoft’sInternet Explorer to become [...]

Windows 8 will support USB 3.0, reveals Microsoft:

  Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 will boast “robust” support for USB 3.0 devices, though it will continue to support old USB specifications. Microsoft’s Dennis Flanagan, the director of program management for its Devices and Networking group, explained the engineering work Microsoft is undertaking to support USB 3.0 on the company’s blog. The USB standard is more [...]

As Google Acquires Motorola Mobility, RIM & Nokia shares Rise.

  Motorola Mobility shares jumped more than 58% on Monday to better than $38.50 per share after Google announced that it would pay $40 per share in cash for the mobile phone giant. Shares of Google initially fell by 3% in the pre-market on the news, but have since rallied to around even during early [...]

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 (video)

We’re live from Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky’s keynote at D9, and there’s something rather exciting on stage — a pair of experimental Windows 8 dev boards running an OS that looks very much like Windows Phone 7′s Metro UI. All Things D actually sat down with the man earlier today and got a sneak peek at what [...]

Windows 8 (unveiled) :

——-(via engadget)——– 6:46PM And we’re in! Hoping for a real-deal Windows 8 demo, but who knows what the future may hold. Seriously, anyone? 6:49PM Crazy loud music in here. The party is officially on. 6:52PM Oh, snap! Is that a pair of Windows 8-based tablets up there on stage? Dollars to donuts we’ll get a demo here shortly… [...]

Microsoft officially launches cloud-based Office 365

Microsoft as today cut the ribbon on the official release of its cloud-based productivity suite, Office 365. Aimed at businesses rather than individuals, the service comprises Exchange Online (for email and calendars), SharePoint Online (for online collaboration), Lync Online (for text, audio and video messaging and conferencing), plus browser-based versions of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in addition [...]

Google’s Social Search :

Google will roll out its somewhat controversial Social Search feature to 19 more languages next week, the company has announced on its official blog. Launched back in October 2009, Social Search is a feature that combines regular search results with publicly available data created by your friends’ social media activities. Your “friends” are quite loosely defined and [...]

Nokia just wrote an Ovi-tuary.

Nokia’s Ovi Store, Ovi Maps, and Ovi everything else will soon be getting a name change. The Finnish company has announced that it’s “evolving” its software brand identity by renaming its service offerings to Nokia services, starting with new devices in July and August. This transition is expected to last into 2012 and was pretty much inevitable [...]