The major shift Microsoft is pushing with this round of its widely used office tools is the ability to use them via cloud computing.

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Previewing ideas he will set out in full with a speech on Tuesday to the independent Resolution Foundation - whose work is devoted to diagnosing the problems affecting low to middle income earners - Mr Boles proposes a philosophical shift that should guide the next round of spending cuts due for 2013 or 2014.

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The company said its new round-the clock service was to "support shift workers and the night-time economy".

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