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This Camouflaged Binder Pillow Is Comfier Than Napping on a Keyboard

The 'Zzz... Zzz...' label is probably a dead giveaway, but if you lived life to the fullest last night and just can't keep your eyes open at work, this camouflaged binder pillow will provide a few precious moments of shuteye at your desk. Created by the geniuses at Donkey Creative Lab, the pillow will set you back just £17, and with a bit of liquid paper and a Sharpie you can easily relabel it to a more convincing 'TPS reports' or just NOT 'Zzz... Zzz...' [Donkey Creative Lab via 7Gadgets] Read More >>

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Do You Actually Need Word Anymore?

Google Drive now automatically syncs your files for offline editing, breaking the final stronghold of the traditional Office app. So, the time has come to ask the question: Do we really need anything but Google Docs anymore? Read More >>

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Blag Yourself Six Months of Free Microsoft Office With This Quick Hack

Microsoft's Office suite is a necessary evil for many of us. While we'd love to say we never need Word, PowerPoint, or sodding Excel, chances are you do, and quite often. Now a handy little hack lets you bag Office 365 free for a whole six months. Read More >>

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Beautiful Collapsable Cubicles Are an Office Rat’s Dream Come True

The cubicle is a horrid monster of office design. While it might be functional, it's never pretty to section off your office into endless false walls, resigning workers into their own little pockets of a giant ice cube tray. The designers at Taylor and Miller Architecture and Urban Design have a beautiful solution that even packs in some extra features. Read More >>

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This Coin-Firing Cardboard Pistol Turns Pocket Change into Ammo

Tweaking the design of his bizarre pump-action Oreo gun, Joerg Sprave has built a smaller version designed to take office warfare to the next level (if the next level is a long two-hour talk with human resources). Made only using stuff you'd find around the office—like cardboard, glue, staples, and rubber bands—the pump-gun is able to fire euro coins, or M5 washers. Read More >>

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Steelcase Gesture: A Smartphone-Friendly Office Chair

Finally acknowledging that very few people actually sit in an office chair the way it was designed to be used, Steelcase has created a new chair that caters to all the wacky poses we strike when using various devices. So while the new Gesture can still be used with a traditional keyboard and monitor setup, it's also just as comfy for use with phones and tablets too. Read More >>

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Error Message Sticky Notes For When You Really Need Someone’s Attention

Years and years of personal computer use has conditioned humanity to feel a sense a dread, of worry, and stress, whenever they see a warning message. So if you need to leave someone a note that they absolutely can't ignore, what better way than with a pack of fake Windows error message sticky notes? Read More >>

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MS Office 2013 Locked to One Computer, Even If It’s Nicked or Broken

This year's regeneration of Microsoft's Office tools will be locked to one computer. Once you've used your special activation password thing to activate it on one computer, that's it. No transfers, no hard drive upgrades, no shuffling it onto the laptop. Read More >>

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Office 365 Home Premium: This Is as Good as Word Gets

You're never going to love Office, because it's Office — it's the thing you use to make money and do things you actually enjoy. But that doesn't mean it can't be (relatively) painless, affordable, and smart. Starting today, it is. Read More >>

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The New Microsoft Office Is Here—And You Rent It

Office—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the old frenemies—are out of beta and ready to buy. Sort of: you buy the newest version of Office like you buy Netflix or Spotify, with a subscription. And it makes a hell of a lot of sense. Read More >>

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This Is the Dream Home Office I Wish I Had

Don't you wish your office cubicle was like this? A nice wooden desk and a comfortable chair in a peaceful, fresh garden, just a few steps away from your kitchen and bedroom. I can imagine working there, sipping some lemonade on a perfect spring day, going to the big chair by the fountain to read something or have a cat nap from time to time. Read More >>

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9 Insanely Clever Sticky Notes

When you're trapped in a boring nine-to-five job you'll embrace anything that helps make the work week slightly less awful. Colourful staplers, video games on your calculator, and sticky notes shaped like anything and everything but a boring yellow square. Here's some of the best. Read More >>

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Highly Productive Gifts for the Workaholic

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But maybe Jack doesn't care. Maybe Jack is already a dull boy and is chiefly concerned with his workflow efficiency. Read More >>

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Memopads and Desk Organisers Were Meant To Be Together

Before you get too excited about this brilliant desk accessory that provides a place to jot notes while organising your various writing implements, you need to know it has a very dark secret: it's expensive. Like unjustifiably crazy expensive for what is essentially a stack of paper. Read More >>

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Report: Microsoft Office Is Finally Coming to iOS and Android in Early 2013

The Verge is reporting that Microsoft Office is finally coming out for Android and iOS early next year. Like, for real this time. Apparently, it's coming to iOS first in February or March, and will be available for Android soon thereafter in May. Read More >>