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Office 2010 News

I guess it's official. The upcoming Office 14 will named Office 2010.

How will you pronounce it?

• Office Two-Thousand-Ten, or
• Office Twenty-Ten

The second pronunciation has one less syllable.

Also: Microsoft promises public beta of Office 2010.

Microsoft has denied rumours that it will not run a public beta programme for its forthcoming Office 2010 suite. A company spokesperson said that Microsoft will follow its regular development pattern, and allow the public to get their hands on working beta copies of the office applications package.

"Although we are not disclosing a date for the public beta, there definitely will be one. This development cycle for Office is no different than in years past, " the spokesperson said.

"In the third quarter of this year, Office 2010 will enter technical preview, which is an invite-only programme, and this will be followed by a public beta where millions can try out Office."

I wish they'd hurry up so I can get started on my book revisions.