Once upon a time it was all about Microsoft. When you thought about technology companies, mentioned enterprise software or even talked about an operating system, Microsoft was the name that was on the tip of everyone’s tongue. With the recent rise from the ashes of Apple Inc., times have changed a little and suddenly the Redmond company don’t have it all their own way. It is worth noting though, that the company is still producing quality software which mixes innovation with functionality and that doesn’t look like it is about to change anytime soon with the latest announcement from the Office team.

If you aren’t familiar with ‘OnLive’, they are predominantly a company who offer a cloud-based gaming experience where the games are stored on remote servers and delivered to users through an internet connection.

The release of the Apple iPad in April 2010 brought about a major change in the way consumers went about their computing business. We started off with personal computers, laptops and netbooks. We even had personal digital assistants which came with a big ugly stylus and made us look like a bit of a snob when using them in public. All of these came with distinct advantages, but none of them quite fulfilled the need of people who wanted to do a bit of everything on the go.

Microsoft is reportedly working on bringing a version of its hugely successful Office suite to apple’s iPad, according to The Daily. Set to go head to head with Apple’s own iWork suite of productivity apps, Office would bring Microsoft’s Word, Excel and PowerPoint to the tablet that is undoubtedly number one in its field.

While Black Friday is done and dusted, it is time for Cyber Monday. For those unaware of the term, Cyber Monday is a term used for the Monday that follows Black Friday. It is a one-day online shopping event where companies lower prices (and hence, profits) in order to gain more revenue. Generally speaking, Cyber Monday deals aren’t as good as Black Friday’s, but they are still something every consumer electronics/gadgets enthusiast should look into. Since we’re a technology blog, we’ll be covering different Cyber Monday deals throughout the day. In this post, we’ve listed Cyber Monday deals on Microsoft products which you can check out after the break!

We’re only a few short hours away before the entire United States is gripped by the excitement and downright fear of Black Friday.

If there’s one thing we all seem to enjoy doing, it’s looking into the future and making weird and wonderful predictions about what the future will be like, and how our world will be changed dramatically by the technology around us.

Microsoft has just released the first Service Pack for Office 2010, the newest version of the most popular productivity suite in the world. As with other service packs, Office 2010 SP1 doesn’t include significant new features but it does improve all of the built-in applications, such as Word, Excel and Outlook.

If you have been reading the Windows 8 coverage at all, you probably already know about the Metro UI of the Windows 8, flattened and tiled look, which has its basis in the Windows Phone 7.

Realizing the importance of the increasing market share which the iPhone platform currently posses, Microsoft today has released OneNote app for iPhone and iPod touch. This is the fourth app which has come out of Microsoft for the iPhone/iOS platform, the other three being Bing for iPhone, Seadragon Mobile, and Microsoft Tag.

Here’s yet another opportunity to grab a fully licensed Microsoft product for free, with absolutely no strings attached! Redmond Pie is giving away x1 fully licensed copy of the recently released Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011. You can be of any age to enter and yes its open for everyone around the world.

I don’t know if this is first for a Microsoft Mac product but after announcing general availability of Office for Mac 2011 yesterday, Microsoft today has released the final RTM bits of Office for Mac 2011 for their MSDN and TechNet subscribers.

Microsoft today has announced retail availability of Office 2011 for Mac. Used on more than 1 billion Macs and PCs worldwide, Microsoft Office is the most-trusted productivity suite, and it helps you do even more with your Mac, your way.

Redmond Pie in association with Microsoft has organized this huge giveaway to celebrate the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. This giveaway packs x1 genuine Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business (US $280), x1 Flip Ultra HD Camcorder (US $200), x1 Seagate 1TB FreeAgent External HDD (US $109). This brings the total to $589 worth of free goodies from Microsoft Store that you don’t want to miss. !

We informed everyone earlier about the availability of Microsoft Office 2010 on MSDN and TechNet on the 22nd of this month (April). Today is that day! and you can download the RTM version of Office 2010 now from MSDN and TechNet as we speak.

In a surprise move, Microsoft and Facebook today has announced Docs.com – a social word-processing platform from where you can share your Office documents on Facebook with other people. The idea behind the whole thing is to let people share their Office documents on Facebook, it is really that simple. Editing and creating documents is now a piece of cake.

Microsoft has announced that they have reached RTM (Release to Manufacturing) stage for Office 2010 and that it will be available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers on 22nd of April. The official launch of Office 2010 will be hosted in New York City on 12th May including many other virtual events, and it will be available in every retail store in the US in June.

The Release Candidate (RC) bits of Office 2010 along with Office Web Applications are now available for technical beta participants via Microsoft Connect. Microsoft at the moment is in the process of sending out invites for Office 2010 RC program, so if you have received one then you can now immediately download and evaluate Office 2010 RC Build 14.0.4734.1000 before the public availability. Office 2010 RC is available in both 32 and 64-bit flavors.

A new Build 14.0.4730.1007 of Office 2010 has been leaked by WZOR, a site infamously known for many leaked builds of Windows 7 during its testing stages. While the stuff which is new to this build is not known yet, but a new EULAID:O14_RTM_VL.1_RTM_EN, shown in “Microsoft Software License Terms” indicates that Office 2010 may probably have internally entered RTM branch.

Microsoft today on Day 2 of Professional Developers Conference (PDC09) has released Office Mobile 2010 Beta for Windows phones running Windows Mobile 6.5. Those of you with Windows phones, capable of running Windows Mobile OS can download and install Office Mobile 2010 from Windows Marketplace for Windows Mobile.