Microsoft Press Event

Microsoft unveils a new version of Office.

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Aiiden 7/16/2012 6:45:05 PM
im exited
Kent German 7/16/2012 6:45:39 PM
Hi, everyone. Welcome to CNET's live blog for Microsoft's press event in San Francisco.
James Martin 7/16/2012 6:45:52 PM
Jason Parker 7/16/2012 6:45:55 PM
Hello everyone. Happy upbeat music as we wait for the event to start.
itechie 7/16/2012 6:46:07 PM
Is there going to be a live stream or just a blog?
Kent German 7/16/2012 6:46:20 PM
We're about 15 minutes way from starting so please stay with us to see what Microsoft has to tell us.
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:46:42 PM
A live stream of the event will be available here.
David Hamilton 7/16/2012 6:46:59 PM
We're going to have a live stream here as well. Looks like it might be starting now.
James Martin 7/16/2012 6:47:15 PM
1 billion users worldwide
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:47:37 PM
Microsoft flashing some stats up on screen: 56% of people send their first e-mail before they get into the office.
Kent German 7/16/2012 6:47:38 PM
Josh Lowensohn, Jason Parker, and James Martin are at the event to bring us the news.
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:48:05 PM
Office being their office, not Microsoft's Office. Though wouldn't that be funny?
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:48:47 PM
We've got both a tablet and a laptop up on stage for demos by the way.
James Martin 7/16/2012 6:48:55 PM
Aiiden 7/16/2012 6:50:06 PM
does it saw lost signal for everyone?
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:50:15 PM
"7 in 10 college students believe it is unnecessary to be in the office regularly" says another. I am dubious of that source.
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:50:27 PM
60% of devices are used for both work and personal purposes, Microsoft says in another slide.
David Hamilton 7/16/2012 6:50:29 PM
Sorry, folks. Our video people are working on the live stream.
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:51:45 PM
More than 1 billion people using MSFT Office, says another slide says. "Office users could wrap the earth 32 times."

"Office users could fill Londons Olympic Stadium 12.5K times"
James Martin 7/16/2012 6:52:05 PM
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:52:52 PM
And just a few more minutes to go here everyone. Room looks like it's completely full though.
Eric Scott 7/16/2012 6:53:12 PM
Like Microsoft, release it before they are ready. Deal with glitches and bugs later.
Jason Parker 7/16/2012 6:53:28 PM
There are only a couple more people trickling in...
Mohammad Hadi Atiq Bangash 7/16/2012 6:54:35 PM
@Josh Lowensohn Nobody would want to miss out on the chance of Microsoft doing something
Pat 7/16/2012 6:55:41 PM
Any eta on the live stream or will it only start working when the presentation kicks off?
James Martin 7/16/2012 6:57:02 PM
Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:57:22 PM
We got a schedule ahead of the show that says the press conference itself is only slated to run about 45 minutes.
David Hamilton 7/16/2012 6:59:03 PM
Folks: Stay tuned on our live stream. We plan to have it up when the event starts.
Amber Largent 7/16/2012 6:59:47 PM
Is it just me or have they been late for the last few announcements?