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News Microsoft's forthcoming Office Web Applications will allow users to create and edit spreadsheets, presentations and Word documents through a browser - but only if there is an active internet connection. [18 Nov 2008]
How CIOs learned to stop worrying and love the iPhone
News That way, no sensitive data actually resides on the device, but users can still open documents and view them with "full fidelity", which is a huge plus for traveling lawyers who need to review documents... [14 Nov 2008]
Interpol hits web drug sellers in nine countries
News In Britain, operation Pangea resulted in the seizure of computers, documents and more than a thousand packs of unlicensed medicines. Authorities in nine countries have raided businesses suspected of supplying medicines... [13 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Cards will only be checked against biometric details on the National Identity Register (NIR) in a "minority of cases" according to Home Office documents, prompting accusations it has been relegated to a "flash and go" card. [07 Nov 2008]
Oasis forms ODF support committee
News As part of this, it will compile a body of ODF interoperability test documents and host multivendor interoperability demonstrations showcasing products that conform. The Organization for the Advancement of Structured... [05 Nov 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News Speaking today at the Biometrics Conference 2008, identity minister Meg Hillier said there was "nothing to stop" drivers' licences or other documents from being designated to work as ID cards.silicon.com's A to Z of... [21 Oct 2008]
£273m in IT projects axed by UK
News Department for Transport m spent on canned projects, including £7.9m on the DVLA's Tracking Vehicles Through the Trade system and the £853,899 DfT electronic documents and records management system. Almost £300m-worth... [20 Oct 2008]
BT to sell off 'secret World War II tunnels'
News The tunnels, which run 100 feet underground below Holborn, in London, also played home to 400 tonnes of sensitive documents from the Public Records Office in 1945 and were later transferred to the Post Office and then... [16 Oct 2008]
Ballmer: 'Windows Cloud' on the horizon?
News In his London speech, Ballmer also reportedly said Microsoft will soon allow "light editing" of Office documents over the web, again according to the IDG report. Microsoft's Office Live Workspace currently allows for... [02 Oct 2008]
Oracle gets collaboration buzz with Beehive
News Once members have been added to the collaboration team, the software will automatically populate their calendar with the team's meetings dates, they will be added to the team's email loop and will be able to share... [23 Sep 2008]
Microsoft's cloud Office lands one million users
News Workspace is the web-based extension of Microsoft Office, allowing users to access and share documents online. The free tool lets users store, work on and collaborate to 1,000 Office documents online and... [04 Sep 2008]
Dell on the verge of a mini breakthrough?
News Mini-laptops have caught on with heavy computer users who want full-access not just to email but to web pages and business documents while on the go outside of their offices. Dell is poised to announce a new mini-laptop... [03 Sep 2008]
Financial advisors digitise docs to please FSA
News Independent financial advisor group Independent Financial Services (IFS) has signed a deal to implement scanners in 100 offices, to keep client documents safe in light of FSA regulation. The Kodak scanners provided by... [01 Sep 2008]
Google ups Search Appliance index
News Google has expanded the capacity of its Search Appliance and made other improvements to the customised server that lets people search their company's documents. The earlier incarnation of the device could index as many... [06 Aug 2008]
'Paper junkies' can't kick printing habit
News Also in the dock are 'hasty printers' who print documents running to numerous pages without checking their length beforehand. Paper junkie office workers are costing their companies up to 10 per cent of their turnover... [05 Aug 2008]
