Microsoft is betting high on cloud computing and it's recent release of Office 365 certifies this, Microsoft has now opened it's gates for free account registrations at outlook.com - so hurry-up and go grab yourname@outlook.com before anyone else does.

Based on now Microsoft universal Metro UI interface the free web-mail service looks snappy and elegant.

Microsoft started poking Google almost a year ago promoting their Office 365 offering, the company has now revealed the brand new Office 2013 for Home, small businesses and enterprise users.

The new release focuses mainly on the cloud features and integration with newer Windows 8 metro UI, the user-interface is designed to work optimally with touch, stylus and mouse/keyboard across new Windows devices. The new Office is also tightly integrated with social features catering to new scenarios in reading, note-taking, meetings and communications.

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