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would you subscribe to Microsoft Office I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update Microsoft's office 2013 is now available for download but this time around there are several versions of office and some go by the name of office 365 and require a yearly subscription microsoft made this a bit confusing so here's the breakdown if you just want a copy of office for the home it comes with Word Excel PowerPoint and OneNote and that's a one-time fee of one hundred and forty dollars but you only get that from one computer in the house and you don't get outlook publisher and access Microsoft would rather you choose a subscription model for a hundred dollars a year that price has the complete set of Office programs and users get updates when available the subscription is called office 365 and it can be installed on five computers instead of one subscribers also get 20 gigs of storage space online and an hour of free Skype calls every month microsoft executives say that in 10 years they see everyone subscribing and treating office is more of a service the new office was designed to play nice with touchscreens streamlining many common tasks to require only a couple of clicks be sure to read our full review to see if the new office is a good fit for your needs the reports were true Apple said it would offer a fourth-generation iPad with 128 gigs of storage starting februari 5th the Wi-Fi only version will cost eight hundred dollars and a cellular version will cost nine hundred and thirty dollars it's just a minor update giving the tablet double the storage capacity that would be better for business users who load up the tablet with large files and it's coming out right before the new microsoft surface pro tablet hit stores facebook updated its mobile iOS app adding voicemail and video recording options as well as updates to nearby listings facebook added these options to the android app last week this Sunday you can watch the superbowl from your computer cbssports com will be streaming the game as well as the halftime show and you can pull up the commercials NFL com is also live streaming the game for free and verizon subscribers can watch the game from their app or android mobile device using the free NFL mobile app we're keeping our eye on opentable a service for online restaurant reservations because it just bought foodspotting for 10 million dollars foodspotting is a website and app for people to share photos of their meals and speaking of food you can dine like a top chef with the iphone app called find eat drink culinary professionals rate their favorite places to eat drink and grocery shop all over the globe so you can find a gem in your neighborhood or while you're traveling on vacation that's your tech news update for more details you can head to the blog cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey