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	<title>The Loop&#187; Microsoft</title>
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		<title>Microsoft employees love the iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/16/microsoft-employees-love-the-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really, it shouldn&#8217;t be a big surprise that Microsoft employees love the iPhone, right? Everyone seems to appreciate the design and functionality of Apple&#8217;s iPhone. What may be surprising is that 10 percent of Microsoft&#8217;s worldwide workforce accessed their email using an iPhone.
One Microsoft worker said he knows several colleagues who try to disguise their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft delays Messenger A/V support until March 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/12/23/microsoft-delays-messenger-av-support-until-march-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/12/23/microsoft-delays-messenger-av-support-until-march-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft on Tuesday posted on its blog that A/V support expected in 2009 for Messenger would be delayed until March 2010.

Eric Wilfrid, general manager for the Macintosh Business Unit, said on the blog that &#8220;progress has been slower than expected due to the challenge of connecting to the most current A/V code running on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft offers 70% off Office for Mac for college students</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/11/20/microsoft-offers-70-off-office-for-mac-for-college-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/11/20/microsoft-offers-70-off-office-for-mac-for-college-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) is offering U.S. college and graduate students a considerable discount if they purchase Office for Mac Business Edition.

According to the company&#8217;s Mactopia Web page, students can get a 70 percent discount on the suite of applications. The business edition includes Entourage, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Messenger.
&#8220;At the MacBU, we&#8217;re committed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft offers holiday deals on Office for Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-offers-holiday-deals-on-office-for-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-offers-holiday-deals-on-office-for-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s MacBU on Tuesday said it is offering a few deals on Office for Mac over the holidays.

According to the company you can save:

$20 on Office 2008 for Mac Home &#038; Student Edition
$50 on Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition 
$40 on Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition Upgrade

The holiday prices are effective November 17 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Line dancers take over the Microsoft Store</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/11/17/line-dancers-take-over-the-microsoft-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/11/17/line-dancers-take-over-the-microsoft-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that Microsoft blatantly copied the Apple retail store strategy, but Microsoft wasn&#8217;t content with stealing something that worked, they felt the need to add to it.

So what did the brain trust in Redmond come up with? Line dancing. That&#8217;s it, let&#8217;s take a perfectly workable retail strategy and throw in line dancing. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft debuts Bing &#8220;Vampire&#8221; commercial</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/10/28/microsoft-debuts-bing-vampire-commercial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/10/28/microsoft-debuts-bing-vampire-commercial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs tonight and noticed that Microsoft released a new TV ad for its Bing search engine.

Microsoft isn&#8217;t exactly known for doing great commercials, but this one is particularly &#8230; strange. Although, I did find the Seinfeld spots amusing.

I&#8217;ll leave it to Fake Steve Jobs to describe &#8220;Bing: [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sidekick user data recovered, says Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/10/15/sidekick-user-data-recovered-says-microsoft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/10/15/sidekick-user-data-recovered-says-microsoft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Servers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft on Thursday confirmed that &#8220;most, if not all&#8221; data from the catastrophic server failure affecting Sidekick users has been recovered.

&#8220;We plan to begin restoring users&#8217; personal data as soon as possible, starting with personal contacts, after we have validated the data and our restoration plan,&#8221; said Roz Ho, vice president Premium Mobile Experiences at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft extends support for Office 2004</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/10/12/microsoft-extends-support-for-office-2004/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/10/12/microsoft-extends-support-for-office-2004/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you use Office 2004 because of its VBA support, you&#8217;ll be glad to hear Microsoft is extending support for the suite of applications until January 10, 2012.

Support for Office 2004 was originally scheduled to end tomorrow. However, since Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) was not supported in Office 2008, the company decided to extend [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/09/21/microsoft-pouching-apple-store-managers-and-sales-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/09/21/microsoft-pouching-apple-store-managers-and-sales-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is beginning to look to Apple for more than just inspiration for its retail stores, the company is now also starting to hire away its retail employees.

People that have spoken to The Loop on condition of anonymity confirm that Microsoft has contacted a number of Apple&#8217;s retail store managers to work in their stores. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>72</slash:comments>
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		<title>MacBU press conference offers Office Business Edition and next version of Office for Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/13/macbu-announces-office-business-edition-and-next-version-of-office-for-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/13/macbu-announces-office-business-edition-and-next-version-of-office-for-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) on Thursday announced Office Business Edition for Mac and confirmed the next version of Office is coming next year during a conference call held for members of the press.

MacBU General Manager Eric Wilfrid said the next major version of Office will offer the core apps  Word, Excel and PowerPoint. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Windows 7 upgrade a nightmare; glad I&#8217;m a Mac user</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/06/windows-7-upgrade-a-nightmare-glad-im-a-mac-user/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/06/windows-7-upgrade-a-nightmare-glad-im-a-mac-user/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next couple of months, Apple and Microsoft will both release upgrades to their operating systems. While they are both considered to be maintenance releases, the upgrade paths are incredibly different.

I hardly know what to say about Microsoft&#8217;s upgrade path to Windows 7. &#8220;Wow&#8221; comes to mind. So does &#8220;are you kidding me?&#8221;
Look at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s MacBU to hold special press conference next week</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/04/microsofts-macbu-to-hold-special-press-conference-next-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/08/04/microsofts-macbu-to-hold-special-press-conference-next-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Macintosh Business Unit will hold a special press conference call next Thursday, the company said in an invitation sent to press on Tuesday.

While Microsoft wouldn&#8217;t go in to details on what would be announced, the call will be hosted by Eric Wilfrid, MacBU general manager. The event is only open to invited press and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft, Yahoo deal: Dumb and Dumber</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/30/microsoft-yahoo-deal-dumb-and-dumber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/30/microsoft-yahoo-deal-dumb-and-dumber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft and Yahoo inked a deal on Wednesday that will see the two companies team-up to take on search giant, Google. I see this as a clear win for Google.

Google must be so pleased with this deal. Think about it &#8212; Microsoft and Yahoo will put all of its energy into integrating systems, search, ads, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>13 alternatives to a Microsoft Guru</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/27/13-alternatives-to-a-microsoft-guru/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/27/13-alternatives-to-a-microsoft-guru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, I feel bad. Honestly, I do. 
First you copy everything that Apple does and you fail miserably (don&#8217;t even ask me or I&#8217;ll bring up the Zune) and now you want to copy Apple&#8217;s retail strategy. I took you to task for the earlier today, but I really didn&#8217;t offer any alternatives.

So here are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Seriously Microsoft, a Guru in your retail stores?</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/27/seriously-microsoft-a-guru-in-your-retail-stores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/27/seriously-microsoft-a-guru-in-your-retail-stores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I really need to stop being so surprised at the lengths companies will go to to copy the success of Apple&#8217;s products, culture, and now apparently, even its retail stores.

Leaked documents reported last week by Gizmodo revealed that many of the elements Microsoft would adopt for its new retail initiative closely resembled those of Apple. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft reports earnings: it&#8217;s a bloodbath</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-reports-earnings-its-a-bloodbath/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-reports-earnings-its-a-bloodbath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of worrying about phone calls from Apple concerning its &#8220;Laptop Hunter&#8221; ad campaign, maybe Microsoft executives should worry more about their business.

Microsoft on Thursday announced its fourth quarter and year-end fiscal results. It was messy. The company announced revenue of $13.1 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. That represents a 17 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft caves, changes &#8220;Laptop Hunter&#8221; ads</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-caves-changes-laptop-hunter-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-caves-changes-laptop-hunter-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MacBook Pro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft admitted on Friday that it changed its &#8220;Laptop Hunter&#8221; ads, removing any mention of the price for the MacBook Pro.

&#8220;We slightly adjusted the ads to reflect the updated pricing of the Mac laptop shown in the TV advertisement,&#8221; a Microsoft spokeswoman said in a statement given to AdAge. &#8220;This does not change the focus [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What really happened with Apple and the &#8220;Laptop Hunter&#8221; ads</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/20/what-really-happened-with-apple-and-the-laptop-hunter-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/20/what-really-happened-with-apple-and-the-laptop-hunter-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big deal was made last week about a phone call from Apple legal to Microsoft asking them to stop running its &#8220;Laptop Hunter&#8221; ads. The way it was portrayed was that Apple was feeling the pressure from the ads and was trying to get them pulled. I don&#8217;t think so.

But what really happened? I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft updates Office 2008 for Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/20/microsoft-updates-office-2008-for-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/20/microsoft-updates-office-2008-for-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Macintosh Business Unit on Monday released a major update for Office 2008 for Mac, adding several new features and improving the speed and stability of the applications.

Office for Mac 2008 SP2 is what Microsoft describes as a &#8220;midcycle&#8221; release, or an update timed between the original release of the application suite and when the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft retail: Like putting a junkyard next to a Mercedes dealer</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-retail-like-putting-a-junkyard-next-to-a-mercedes-dealer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-retail-like-putting-a-junkyard-next-to-a-mercedes-dealer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Microsoft has announced they will begin opening retail stores this fall. I actually laughed out loud when I heard the next part&#8211;they will put some of them right next to Apple retail stores.

Why? Isn&#8217;t that like showing how bad you are and giving people the ability to A/B the products? Wouldn&#8217;t you rather locate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Chrome OS &#8220;a textbook example of vaporware&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/10/googles-chrome-os-a-textbook-example-of-vaporware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/10/googles-chrome-os-a-textbook-example-of-vaporware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google on Wednesday announced Chrome OS, a netbook optimized operating system that will be released sometime next year. However you view the news, Daring Fireball&#8217;s John Gruber brings up a good point in his latest article: where is it?

Google announced the OS and everyone went crazy. Is it a threat to Mac OS X? What [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Microsoft releases organization tips video on Office for Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/07/microsoft-releases-organization-tips-video-on-office-for-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/07/07/microsoft-releases-organization-tips-video-on-office-for-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dalrymple</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) has partnered with well-known organizational expert Peter Walsh to release a new, free video for Office users.

Walsh, a regular guest on TLC&#8217;s &#8220;Clean Sweep&#8221; and the &#8220;The Oprah Winfrey Show,&#8221; is taking his organizational skills to the digital realm. According to Microsoft, &#8220;Walsh teaches viewers how Office for Mac&#8230; can [...]]]></description>
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