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The Writing on the Tablet

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 29 at 2:03 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on taking notes on tablets.

eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT

The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.

Working in Word, Excel, PowerPoint on an iPad

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 11 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt reviews an app that brings the full, genuine Windows versions of the key Office productivity apps — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — to the iPad.

Microsoft Office on iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 28, 2011 at 3:37 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions about technology, including opening Office files on the iPad.

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Microsoft: The $71 Billion Cloud Underdog

Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on December 20, 2011 at 12:31 pm PT

If I say “cloud computing,” what companies come to mind? Amazon’s Web Services? Google’s cloud-based collaboration tools, Google Apps? How about Microsoft?

Exclusive: Microsoft Strategy Exec Hank Vigil to Depart, Will Remain Advisor

Kara Swisher in News on July 1, 2011 at 2:31 pm PT

Microsoft’s SVP of Strategy and Partnership Hank Vigil will be leaving the software giant to focus on investing in and advising for early-stage start-up companies. But the 25-year company veteran will also become a “strategic adviser” to Microsoft. That’s probably a good idea, since Vigil is one of the company’s most visible and well-liked execs in the tech community, especially in Silicon Valley.

RSA Explains How It Was Hacked

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 4, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

The security company RSA has described in detail how it came under the “extremely sophisticated attack” it first disclosed last month. Still unclear is what data was taken, and how seriously its products may or may not have been affected.

DocVerse–Now Google Cloud Connect–Head Shan Sinha Talks About Web-Based Biz Apps

Kara Swisher in News on January 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Shan Sinha headed the start-up DocVerse, which was acquired by Google in March for a reported $25 million to $30 million. Since then, he’s has been ferreting away on scaling up DocVerse’s product, which allows users of Microsoft Office documents to collaborate in real time on the Web, for the search giant. Its new name: Google Cloud Connect.