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Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk, Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 14:34:00 The latest version of Microsoft's productivity suite brings numerous enhancements, but is it enough to convince users to upgrade? Office 2010 is the latest release of Microsoft's widely used application suite, and the first to ship following the debut of Windows 7....

Several popular Mac OS X apps received significant updates Tuesday—many of them favorites of the Ars staff. Among them are the FTP client Transmit, text editor BBEdit, and the Mac OS X version of Opera's Web browser.First up is Panic, which announced a new major version of its flagship FTP software, Transmit. Transmit 4 boasts improved file transfer speed, as much as 25

Monday saw the release of the eighth edition of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, a sizable examination of malware trends and software vulnerability data, covering the second half of 2009. The 248-page report makes interesting reading, and paints a detailed picture of the malware patterns seen around the world. It also contains information on the efficacy of various strate

In addition to the security bulletins posted on this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft last night released a slew of nonsecurity updates for Windows. The most important update is another stability and reliability update for Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium. Microsoft regularly releases Windows 7 and Windows S

A survey of software developers to learn their opinions of development frameworks has revealed that Microsoft's .NET is much loved, and Ruby On Rails ranks near the bottom in developer satisfaction. Microsoft's ancient MFC framework was deemed to be the worst of the bunch.The survey, by Evans Data Corporation, surveyed developers to ask their opinions of 12 frameworks. They were a

Fans of Red Sweater Software's blog publishing tool MarsEdit got a surprise Tuesday morning with the release of MarsEdit 3. The most significant update to the software is the addition of a rich text editor, though those who fiddle with the HTML for their blog posts got an updated syntax highlighter. A new media manager rounds out this solid update, one that the company hopes w

Although its copyright settlement with publishers is still in legal limbo, Google has announced that it will be starting to sell e-books through an online storefront early this summer. Like Apple and Amazon, Google's store would see it offer up in-print books obtained from publishers, which will retain their ability to set the prices for these works. But there's every reason to

According to the Microsoft Security Response Center, Microsoft will issue two Security Bulletins addressing two vulnerabilities on Tuesday. It will also host a webcast to address customer questions about the bulletins the following day (May 12 at 11:00 am PST, if you're interested).Both of the vulnerabilities are rated "Critical," and they earned their rating through a remote