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The ISO is right to back Microsoft's OOXML
Comment Against this background, it is better that a pervasive file format is managed in the safe hands of a standards body. Beyond questions of fitness for purpose, there are bigger concerns about a standards body making decisions that could perpetuate an... [04 Apr 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment But because the HRMC decided it would be too costly to get the contractor to create a new field for the databases, it sent the entire claimants file over, including the bank account details of seven million parents and guardians. [10 Mar 2008]
Leader: Why Vista's going to be a hard sell
Leader It is this rush to get Vista out in a reasonable timescale, after all the false starts, that has forced Microsoft to drop some of the more important features originally promised, such as the WinFS file system. [30 Nov 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Microsoft's new allies
Comment And all this comes just at the time when a fresh battle over Office file formats is brewing. The coming version will use XML, and there have been attempts to persuade the ignorant that this is, in itself, a standardisation of the file formats. [15 Nov 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Searching for search technology
Comment Consider the 'find file' mechanism in Microsoft Windows, or the search facility in any email tool. The scope of a search can always be widened, and provided it can happen efficiently, it will always be preferable to search across multiple file... [26 Aug 2005]
Will IP unify communications?
Comment While heavyweight applications from the likes of Siemens, Nortel and others allow this kind of thing, free applications such as Skype also allow instant messaging, file transfer and conferencing calling, as well as basic one-to-one calling. [18 Feb 2005]
Leader: Collaboration - do it right or not at all
Leader One could question whether, with email, IM, the telephone and basic file-sharing features in office suites, workers need anything more. In the coming weeks we'll explore further aspects of this topic, including Microsoft's play in the space... [17 Jun 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Frog kissing, relationship banking and the decline of TVs and papers
Comment All together this combination makes the Java Desktop System a viable Microsoft Windows alternative, with read and write compatibility to Microsoft file formats. However the strength of interest in what is now a viable Linux on the desktop, coupled... [01 Feb 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Freeing up software
Comment He further proposes that information such as file formats be made public, citing Microsoft Word as an example. It may be that Microsoft would like to change the file formats more often but large customers are increasingly resistant to frequent... [12 Jan 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.09.03
Round-Up Also no stranger to controversy, the RIAA continues its fight against file-swapping.but is the hard line Recording Industry Association of America going soft? This week the hitherto heartless RIAA, which had previously put the frighteners on a 12... [26 Sep 2003]
Web services - challenges for users
Comment Colm Bermingham, project manager at Ireland's tax gathering body the Irish Revenue Commissioners, paints a picture of that central body having to fall in line with the expectation of those they work with - in its case tax payers and the... [19 Jun 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: App server league positions, Citrix improves MetaFrame and StarOffice 6
Comment The number of file types supported has been increased and the use of XML ensures documents take up less disk space. Microsoft Office may dominate the market space for productivity tools but its users are at something of a crossroads. [27 May 2002]
Laptop security: What you need to know
Comment The encrypted file system from Microsoft or even a solution such as PGPdisk can provide substantial and important levels of protection. And most office equipment insurance only covers the hardware lost, not the data itself. [23 Apr 2002]
Forbidden love and Alan Titchmarsh
Comment on the table Graham Cluely, you son of a bitch.each time you run a .exe file. When the worm hits your drive like a Word macro file - that's amore. It's not unreasonable to expect to be able to leave for work in the cold, early morning light, toil... [09 Mar 2002]
Inside Novell: a vendor dossier
Comment Five years ago small companies would buy 5-user licences [of NetWare] for file and print services. For MS DOS read DR DOS, for Windows 3.1 read UnixWare, for Microsoft Office read WordPerfect Office, for Exchange read GroupWare, and for Lan Manager... [06 Feb 2002]
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