Happy New Year everyone, lets hope that 2010 is a great year for the tech industry.
CES has reminded us that some great things are coming out this year from many companies, but of course the focus here is on Microsoft.
This year we can expect to see Natal hit shelves, one of the most interesting [...]

After a rumour appeared saying Office 2010 would be released in June 2010, Ars Technica contacted MS to confirm it, and it is true!
Microsoft expects Office 2010 and related products to be generally available in June 2010.
In the meanwhile, remember that you can get free access to the beta, which you can use for free [...]

Just in time to try out over the holidays, the Microsoft Office 2010 public beta is here!
http://officebeta.microsoft.com/en-us/
Head to that website to download either the 32bit or 64bit version of the next version of Office, and experience the nice changes they have made for yourself.
Personally I have found Outlook to be much more responsive compared to [...]

Right on time, the Visual Studio 2010 beta has been released to the public. You can grab the beta bits (Including the .Net Framework 4.0 beta) from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx. There you can choose from the Professional or Team Suite beta, and find out more about the new features in 2010.
There is a nice list at [...]

Some more screenshots have emerged over at neowin.net from the latest internal Technical Preview of Microsoft Office 2010. Looks like the key thing to notice aside from the dramatic colour change is that Outlook now uses the ribbon in the inbox, bringing that particular part of the Office suite up to date visually.
The beta for [...]