Microsoft unveils pricing for Office 2013 and Office 365

Microsoft has certainly been keeping busy this month with its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. While we still don’t have a concrete release date for the upcoming Office 2013 suite, the Redmond-based company has now announced the official pricing.According to the press release, standalone versions of the software in the suite will be available for activation on a single machine. Along with this, the entire suite will also be available in the form of different packages, depending on the needs of the users. Office Home and Student 2013 containing Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, will cost $139 (roughly Rs. 7500), Office Home and Business 2013 – which contains all the previous software, along with Outlook – will cost $219 (roughly Rs. 11840) and the high end Professional package containing all the previous software and adds Access and Publisher to the list, will cost $399 (roughly Rs. 21560). Click here for full story