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Microsoft has brushed offApple's move to give away its software, claiming the iWork productivity suite from its rival was "lightweight" and "has never gotten much traction".

The reaction came a day afterApple unveiled its new line of iPadsand announcedmuch of its software and upgrades would be free, including iWork, which competes with Microsoft's top-selling Office suite.

"Since iWork has never gotten much traction, and was already priced like an afterthought, it's hardly that surprising or significant a move," Microsoft corporate vice president Frank Shaw said on the company's blog.

"So, when I see Apple drop the price of their struggling, lightweight productivity apps, I don't see a shot across our bow, I see an attempt to play catch up. I think they, like others, are waking up to the fact that we've built a better solution for people everywhere ... People who want a single, simple, affordable device with the power and flexibility to enhance and support their whole day."

Shaw also defended Microsoft's Surface, the tablet introduced a year ago which had little impact in the market and forced the firm totake a huge $1 billion write-downbefore revamping the device last month.

"Surface and Surface 2 both include Office, the world's most popular, most powerful productivity software for free and are priced below both the iPad 2 and iPad Air respectively," he said.

"Microsoft understands how people work better than anyone else on the planet. We created the personal computing revolution by giving people around the world a low-cost, powerful, easy-to-use device that helped them accomplish an unbelievable array of tasks."

Shaw said Surface "is the most productive tablet you can buy today" because of its Office suite, "more precise" inputs such as a keyboard and trackpad, and "the ability to use apps and documents side by side".

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Qandidate.com, the provider of free recruitment software is pleased to announce they have reached the 2,000 customer milestone within a little more than 7 months after the initial launch earlier this year.

Its a momentous day here at Qandidate.com. Our dashboards are showing growth numbers, month after month and since the launch we have released several new versions of Qandidate.com and introduced new customer engagement programs, explains Remy Verhoeven, CEO en Co-founder of Qandidate.com. These new numbers are the result of hard work, with a small and dedicated team in a market which has always been dominated by enterprise software vendors, lacking innovation.

Qandidate.com is dedicated designed to the needs of SMBs and offers an alternative to Outlook and Excel. The SMB market has still the lowest adoption numbers for professional recruitment software, but is responsible for the majority of jobs. We appreciate its a big step for customers to move from Outlook and Excel to professional recruitment tools, but once customers understand the limitation of their current way of working we offer a free recruitment system, designed to their needs and requirements.

Designed with the support of recruiters, Qandidate.com gives companies a refreshingly easy to use free recruitment system, just as intuitive as social media tools as Facebook and LinkedIn. Were actively listening to our customers and users for input, so we can continue to build and deliver the most enjoyable and easy to use recruitment platform for SMBs, says Verhoeven.

The new customer and user numbers strengthen Qandidate.coms position as the provider with the highest accelerated growth in the recruitment space. Qandidate.com was initially launched in the UK and Netherlands, but the team is welcoming new customers from all over the globe. For next year the team is planning to add additional languages to support this growing global customer base.

Qandidate.com is the free online recruitment software for those companies who want to maximize their recruitment efforts. Designed for in-house recruitment, Qandidate.com offers customers an alternative to Outlook and Excel by providing a refreshingly easy-to-use online recruitment system. Qandidate.com provides all the information and tools companies need to create an effortless recruiting process. Customers can track and manage their applicants anytime, anywhere. All for free! Qandidate.com is one of the initiatives born in the labs of VONQ and supports more than 2,000 businesses.

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Apple Inc on Tuesday offered free upgrades for life on its operating system and business software, and unveiled thinner iPads and faster Mac computers ahead of a competitive holiday shopping season.

The debut of the one-pound iPad Air and MacBook Pro with sharper 'retina' display repeats a pattern of recent launches with improvements in existing lines rather than totally new products, and Apple shares fell 0.3 percent for the day.

Apple said upgrades to its Mac operating system and iWork software suite, which compete with Microsoft Corp's Excel, Word and other applications, will now be offered for all MacBooks and Mac computers.

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That brings Apple's model of free system software upgrades on phones and tablets to the computer market, where Apple is still the underdog to Microsoft's Windows.

Apple may be trying to safeguard its grip on mobile software as Microsoft revs up its Windows-powered Surface Pro, which runs applications, such as Word or Excel, that are the standard for business customers, analysts said.

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"We are turning the industry on its ear, but this is not why we're doing it," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook told media and technology executives at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center.

"We want our customers to have our latest software."

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