Microsoft Press Event
Microsoft unveils a new version of Office.
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Aiiden 7/16/2012 6:45:05 PMim exited
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Kent German 7/16/2012 6:45:39 PMHi, everyone. Welcome to CNET's live blog for Microsoft's press event in San Francisco.
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James Martin 7/16/2012 6:45:52 PM
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Jason Parker 7/16/2012 6:45:55 PMHello everyone. Happy upbeat music as we wait for the event to start.
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itechie 7/16/2012 6:46:07 PMIs there going to be a live stream or just a blog?
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Kent German 7/16/2012 6:46:20 PMWe're about 15 minutes way from starting so please stay with us to see what Microsoft has to tell us.
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:46:42 PMA live stream of the event will be available here.
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David Hamilton 7/16/2012 6:46:59 PMWe're going to have a live stream here as well. Looks like it might be starting now.
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James Martin 7/16/2012 6:47:15 PM
1 billion users worldwide
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:47:37 PMMicrosoft flashing some stats up on screen: 56% of people send their first e-mail before they get into the office.
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Kent German 7/16/2012 6:47:38 PMJosh Lowensohn, Jason Parker, and James Martin are at the event to bring us the news.
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:48:05 PMOffice being their office, not Microsoft's Office. Though wouldn't that be funny?
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:48:47 PMWe've got both a tablet and a laptop up on stage for demos by the way.
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James Martin 7/16/2012 6:48:55 PM
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Aiiden 7/16/2012 6:50:06 PMdoes it saw lost signal for everyone?
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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.
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:50:27 PM60% of devices are used for both work and personal purposes, Microsoft says in another slide.
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David Hamilton 7/16/2012 6:50:29 PMSorry, folks. Our video people are working on the live stream.
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:51:45 PMMore than 1 billion people using MSFT Office, says another slide says. "Office users could wrap the earth 32 times."
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James Martin 7/16/2012 6:52:05 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:52:52 PMAnd just a few more minutes to go here everyone. Room looks like it's completely full though.
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Eric Scott 7/16/2012 6:53:12 PMLike Microsoft, release it before they are ready. Deal with glitches and bugs later.
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Jason Parker 7/16/2012 6:53:28 PMThere are only a couple more people trickling in...
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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
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Pat 7/16/2012 6:55:41 PMAny eta on the live stream or will it only start working when the presentation kicks off?
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James Martin 7/16/2012 6:57:02 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 7/16/2012 6:57:22 PMWe got a schedule ahead of the show that says the press conference itself is only slated to run about 45 minutes.
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David Hamilton 7/16/2012 6:59:03 PMFolks: Stay tuned on our live stream. We plan to have it up when the event starts.
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Amber Largent 7/16/2012 6:59:47 PMIs it just me or have they been late for the last few announcements?