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Microsoft Excel for Mac -- for business? Potentially, yes. As much as Microsoft and Apple hate to admit it, there is one place the bitter rivals openly cooperate: business process software.

Atlanta (PRESS RELEASE – November 6, 2009) – In a major expansion for customers who use Apple® products, UPS today announced a new application for iPhone® and iPod® touch users that not only ships and tracks packages but also uses built-in GPS features to find the nearest UPS location.

Available at the App Store,sm the new UPS Mobile App for the iPhone enables users to track shipments, create shipments using the My UPS address book, calculate shipping rates and time-in-transit and then find the nearest UPS location.

Sometimes you see something and you really, really hope it's a hoax. Take this story on Slashdot, which confirms if true that Apple has applied for a patent to put advertising into its operating systems.