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• In Pictures: Microsoft Office 'lite' for touchscreens

  As part of the beta release program for Windows 10, Microsoft has released free touchscreen versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word through the Windows Store.

• CASE STUDY: Farmer co-operative expands with data visualisation

  A Kiwi firm more proud of its heritage is difficult to come across.

• Hortonworks brings Hadoop 2.0 to Windows

  The Hadoop specialist has announced the general availability of Hortonworks Data Platform 2.0 for Windows, which is designed to bring the power of Hadoop 2.0's YARN-based architecture to Windows data centers.

• Microsoft dumps upgrade pricing for Office 2010

  Microsoft today disclosed retail prices for Office 2010, and said it has no plans to offer "upgrade" editions -- the discounted versions for users who already have an earlier edition on their PCs. The move will effectively raise the price for many users who want to migrate from older editions of the popular suite.

• Microsoft aims to deliver low-cost analytic mashups

  SQL Server may be one of the most popular databases today, but Microsoft nevertheless remains a laggard in the business intelligence market. It ranked just fifth among BI vendors last year, according to research firm IDC.

• Pawnbroker empire cashes in on intelligence

  Cash Converters franchises in New Zealand, the UK, South Africa, China, the US and Singapore are considering buying the company’s first business intelligence implementation, which has already been rolled out in Australia.