Review: Microsoft Office 2011 for the Mac

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Office for the Mac 2011, more than three years in the making, jettisons tons of old classic code, revises the inner workings of the Office system and pretty much unifies Mac and PC interface elements. The result is a leaner, faster and more dynamic suite of office applications. We review each application on the new Office 2011 for the Mac.

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Espial TV Browser set-top box, another way to watch the web on TV

Another entrant in the streaming video solutions market has released an Intel powered set-top solution. Espial  announced the availability of Espial TV Browser powered by Intel set-top box reference platforms based on the Intel Atom processor CE4100 and the recently announced Intel Atom processor CE4200.

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Boxee Box coming to Best Buy and Future Shop on Nov 10

Poised to compete in the streaming video set-top box segment, Boxee has announced that its Boxee Box will begin shipping globally on November 10. Canadians who have been looking forward to this wireless streaming media player can pre-order the $200 device from Best Buy Canada and Future Shop.

Video streaming devices have risen in popularity of late with the redesigned $119 AppleTV as well as GoogleTV boxes making their way into people's wishlists. Boxee manages web-video as well as TV shows and movies and integrates with existing home theatre systems. Boxee began as a media centre software initiative that's been realized into a standalone product with the help of D-Link. Boxee also integrates a social media aspect where users can rate  or recommend shows and programs to their friends. The Boxee Box also comes with a full complement of ports, WiFi, Ethernet and a QWERTY keyboard.

We recently covered a how-to article that focuses on installing the Boxee Beta software onto the older AppleTV since that device has all but been discontinued in favor of the smaller, newer streaming model.

iPad owns 95.5 % of tablet market, new competition to face uphill climb

Its no surprise, really, that Apple's iPad dominates 95% of the tablet computing market as per a report from Strategy Analytics. The iPad, after all, is the only commercially available tablet in the market right now. As we head into the highly competitive holiday buying season, can Apple's iPad sustain its popularity and build on its ecosystem?

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