How goatse.cx went from shock site to webmail service
Owner spent $10,000 to preserve "Internet generation's cultural legacy."
Productivity / Ars Disciplines
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Ars Technicast, Episode 14: Why the Microsoft Surface misses the mark
Sold to the public as the ideal Windows 8 device, the tablet isn't quite that.
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Why I pay extra for "business-class" broadband at home
No data caps, no blocked ports, and better support are pretty darn compelling.
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Working 9 to 5
Office 2013 reaches RTM, general availability planned for Q1 2013
Volume license and MSDN availability starts in November, retail not until 2013.
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Staff Blog
Op-Ed: Prepare for Windows 8 induced user rage
Give an average PC user Windows 8 and Office 2013, and watch frustration reign.
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Feature Story
What "The Chronicles of George" can teach us about technical support
There's bad communication and lots of resentment on BOTH sides of the phone line.
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Modbook Pro reaction has "exceeded expectations," to ship in November
US customers can now preorder the Franken-Mac made into a drawing tablet.
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Bills, bills, bills: manage your accounts like a real pro
From bank accounts to health insurance, bring a little sanity to your inbox.
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Microsoft pushes home users toward Office subscriptions—whether they like it or not
Would you pay $99 a year to use Office at home?
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Touch unfriendly
Office 2013 arriving in November, at least for some
Windows RT's Office preview will be updated shortly after release.
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Army reaches half-million mark in cloud e-mail migration
DISA's DOD Enterprise E-mail service aims to serve over 9 million with Exchange.
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Just don't call it Metro
SkyDrive gets a Windows 8 look-and-feel, Android app coming soon
Also, more than 10 million people are using the Windows 8-inspired Outlook.com.
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You think this is just a game?
Steam moves beyond games, will offer variety of software in September
Non-game apps will debut on Sept. 5, but specific titles aren't yet revealed.
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Staff Blog
Ars staffers exposed: our home office setups
We'll show you ours if you show us yours.
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Ars Technicast, Episode 7—Don't mess with my desk
We talk desk setups, ergonomics, peripherals, and the swoosh of a trackball.
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Microsoft Office lifestyle: making consumers more like enterprisers
Steve Ballmer lives in Office '13, Windows 8. He wants you to be his neighbor.
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Office 2013 preview: the speed read
The executive summary of our exhaustive review of the next generation of Office.
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Dragon PC software now lets your voice control Gmail and Hotmail
New Android app, improved accuracy featured in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.
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The power of two: Use your PC to stream videos to your phone
You can watch anything in your video library on your iOS or Android device.
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Google acquires Sparrow, integrates it into the Gmail team
The OS X and iOS Sparrow clients will get critical updates but no new features.
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How Office 2013's streaming as a service works
Based on Microsoft’s App-V technology, new Office isn’t the usual SaaS, exactly.
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Office 2013 Web Apps: A step forward, but still dependent on the desktop
Updated applications augment, but can't replace, their desktop counterparts.
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First look: PowerPoint 2013
It won't put an end to bad presentations, but PowerPoint 2013 is a step forward.
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Free download
Download Microsoft Office 2013 customer preview now
Are you ready for the next generation of Microsoft Office?
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Why bother? The sad state of Office 2013 touch support
Office 2013 makes concessions to tablet users, but they're far too few.
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