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ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Microsoft has released details on the Office 2003 lineup. Which components are included in which version, etc. Sounds like the Professional Enterprise edition is going to be the most “improved” over earlier versions of Office, what with rights management and XML stuff built in, but the lineup will be changed from the way XP is packaged so you probably want to check carefully when it’s released, in June.

Newsgator 1.1 is out. (link via Christine)

ZDNet has a Centrino review. I have to say the marketing for the Centrino chips does have me intrigued, but not really intrigued enough to spend the cash for one myself. I am keeping an eye on it for future business purposes though. If they work as good as Intel claims, it’s something to keep in mind for our travelling employees, when they need their current ones replaced.

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