Topic: Microsoft Office

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Google Apps makes gains on Microsoft Office

Google Apps was long seen as too lightweight to be a competitor to Microsoft Office. But Google Apps has added features and maintained a low price over the years, and now the cloud software suite is starting to tempt companies away from Microsoft Office.

Opinion: Number of long-term unemployed older workers quintupled. The help hasn't.

Older jobless workers have a higher rate of long-term unemployment than any other group. And employer policies end up discriminating against them. Yet workers age 50 and up comprise nearly a third of the US workforce. Policymakers must help this key demographic find good jobs.

Switching from a Mac to a PC: Five lessons from an Apple fanboy

The Internet is filled with testimonials of people ditching their PC for a hip new Mac. Where once they trudged through stodgy spreadsheets, they now write screenplays and edit flashy videos (if the ads are to be believed). But there's almost no material documenting the opposite experience. Most of the personal switching-to-Windows stories are many years out of date and center around now-obsolete "But you can't play games and none of your software will work!" arguments.

So, here are the top five things an Apple fanboy learned from two months using Windows.

iPad 3 rumors: A guide to what's likely, unlikely, and totally bonkers

Apple will unveil its latest tablet on Wednesday, so the iPad 3 rumor mill is churning at full speed. Here's a quick list of iPad 3 rumors with a guide for why you should (or shouldn't) believe them.

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Windows 8: Is Microsoft really ditching the Windows Start button?

Seen the latest Windows 8 draft? The Start button, a fixture in Windows since 1995, got the axe as Microsoft attempts major OS overhaul.

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Can media piracy be stopped?

Media piracy is rampant in emerging economies. A new study looks at how it can be controlled.

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Retirement plans can be confusing: How should you save?

Retirement plans (question 5) and deciding whether to invest in retirement or pay down debt (question 2) feature in today's Reader Mailbag.

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Apple announces iPad

Steve Jobs rolls out the iPad – part iPhone, part laptop

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Google Docs file storage tiptoes toward 'GDrive'

On Tuesday, Google announced that its free Docs service would begin allowing users to upload files of any type, up to 250 MB apiece, and up to 1 gigabyte total.

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Windows 7: Review roundup

Survey of Windows 7 reviews from across the Web

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Microsoft, Nokia will bring Office apps to cellphones

Office 2010 test opens; free Web versions later

The latest update to the popular productivity package takes a shot at Google, offering free web-based companion versions of Word and Excel.

With new Web services, more companies are working in the ‘cloud’

Google, Apple, and now Microsoft turn the Internet into a portable filing cabinet for businesses.