Bill Detwiler

The updates to Microsoft’s PowerPoint are supposed to make it less of a hassle to dress up slide shows. CNET editors take a look.

Outlook 2007 beta 2: a more convenient tool for communications and time management than its 2003 ancestor?

Microsoft is designing Excel’s next generation to better visualize data, analyze trends. CNET editors take a look.

Microsoft hopes that Word 2007 will put more features at your fingertips. CNET editors review some of the changes.

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Networks and advertisers are experimenting with new blends of content and marketing.

Lego fanatics gather in Southern California to test their brick-building skills.

TechRepublic’s Sonja Thompson (under the guise of her alter ego, “The Schmoozer”) takes you on a virtual tour of The Lounge, an Internet nightclub created by Andrew Littlefield. For more information about The Lounge, check out the following news story: “Check out this News.com story: “Virtual nightclub offers teens alter egos.”

The search giant, known for its employee perks, officially opens the doors on its Oz outpost in Sydney.

At the European Shell Eco-marathon, it’s the best fuel efficiency that wins the race.

Microsoft’s FlexGo program aims to let people pay part of the cost of their computer through an hourly usage charge.

Supermicro’s SuperServer 6015B-8+/T+ is set to launch Tuesday with Intel’s new Dempsey processor.