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On Monday at its Build conference in Seattle, Microsoft announced a host of software products and updates related to buzzy technologies like machine learning and mixed reality. But the company also ...

JavaScript isn't replacing Office macros anytime soon, but the Office Web apps (and the SharePoint-based enterprise equivalents) are improving regularly. For users that means simple but useful ...

In the well-established Office Ready-Fire-Aim tradition, Microsoft adds two new “features” that beg to be abused. Details appeared at Build, and the bad guys already have their keyboards primed. Once ...

The questions plaguing users of Microsoft Excel—JavaScript support, slow Mac development cycles, the lack of Easter eggs—all apparently come down to one thing: prioritizing developer resources. The ...