The New Microsoft Office - Office suites. Editor's note: This review has been updated with new information regarding stand-alone licenses. I really like the new Microsoft Office 2013, even knowing there are several free productivity suites available out there. I wouldn't blame you for asking why you would pay for it when you could get a comparable set of office tools from Google Docs and several other services for a lot less or even free. But after using Office 365 Home Premium on both a tablet and a desktop PC for the last few days, I can tell you that there are plenty of reasons to trade up.
A note about nomenclature: there are an enormous number of versions of the Microsoft Office suite available across the home and business categories. You can purchase and download standalone versions with either Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 ($139) or Microsoft Office Home and Business 2013 ($219). Update: Microsoft announced on March 6, 2013 it has changed the license for stand-alone versions of Office 2013. Say goodbye to BIOS — and hello to UEFI! By Woody Leonhard If you’ve ever struggled with your PC’s BIOS — or been knee-capped by a rootkit that assailed the BIOS — you undoubtedly wondered why this archaic part of every PC wasn’t scrapped long ago.
Well, be of good cheer: Windows 8 will finally pull the PC industry out of the BIOS generation and into a far more capable — and controversial — alternative, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. To best understand where we’re headed, it’s helpful to look at where we’ve been. An integral part of every PC, the Basic Input/Output System spans the entire history of the personal computer — more than 30 years. Get our unique weekly Newsletter with tips and techniques, how to's and critical updates on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows XP, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google, etc.
This book is for people who have a Windows 8 based tablet and aren't quite sure how to do everything with it. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is essentially the next generation of BIOS. Figure 1. Windows 8. Windows 8 Review. Windows 7 - Common Tasks.