Office Suites

Steve Ballmer’s Departure From Microsoft Isn’t News, But Timing Is

Microsoft quietly drops Office 2010 upgrade

You'd think Microsoft would make more noise about this, given it has bug fixes.

Apache OpenOffice now comes with a handy sidebar

OpenOffice 4.0 beats the feature overload issue by devoting room on the side of documents for feature controls

Open-Xchange to double development team, speed up feature rollout

The new developers will help speed up the development of new features

Microsoft Makes Data Mining Self-Service With BI for Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 lands in US iPhone App Store

Office Mobile is only available for iPhone, iPad users can use Office Web Apps for now, Microsoft said

Australia mulls requiring OpenDocument Format compatibility

Australia would follow a number of European countries in mandating support for open standards

Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days

The suite is meant to eventually compete with Google Docs, its developer said

No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention

Improvements to Gmail, Drive, Plus and Hangouts are relevant for Apps customers

Microsoft to boost Office Web Apps features

The browser-based version of Office will get real-time co-authoring and other enhancements in the coming year