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Google open sources data-moving tool
News Google uses thousands of data formats for networked messages, and XML is simply too cumbersome to use as an encoding method for it all, Google software engineer Kenton Varda explained in a separate blog post. [11 Jul 2008]
OpenOffice 3.0 beta gets an airing
News The suite will be able to read files created with the Mac-specific version of Microsoft Office 2007 and 2008 and will also support existing read-write functions for other types of Microsoft Office formats. [09 May 2008]
Spammers switching on to YouTube?
News According to MessageLabs, spammers have recently been experimenting with different types of file attachments, including text, image, HTML, ZIP, RAR, RTF and PDF file formats. MessageLabs has claimed that following the first spam campaign involving... [30 Oct 2007]
Apple plugs yet more QuickTimes holes
News The problems lie in the way QuickTime handles a number of formats. The security updates repair problems in the way the software handles QuickTime, Midi, 3GP, Pict and QTIF files, according to the Apple alert. [06 Mar 2007]
Microsoft-backed ODF converter set for launch
News The same group of Microsoft partners will now start work on code to translate file formats between Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation software and the corresponding ODF files, said Jean Paoli, the general manager of... [02 Feb 2007]
Hackers coveting online video - McAfee
News The use of video formats on social-networking sites will attract malware writers, the company claims. As people become more reluctant to open email attachments from anonymous sources, hackers will target users who open media files instead. [04 Dec 2006]
Microsoft's Zune revs up
News Compatibility with a variety of media formats is promised. Microsoft hopes the Zune's ability to share music files via wi-fi will have customers beating a path to its door. Microsoft has announced its Zune digital media player will cost $249.99... [29 Sep 2006]
Google rallies to OpenDocument cause
News Although Microsoft Office document formats are the most widely used, the XML-based OpenDocument Format has emerged as an alternative with backing from IBM, Sun Microsystems and others, as well as high-profile government customers in Massachusetts... [13 Jul 2006]
Microsoft's plans for 'new JPEG' leave users cold
News Reader Peter Simpson added that no matter what the benefits of Windows Media Photo are, he's concerned about Redmond's "strong affinity for proprietary formats encumbered by Digital Restrictions Management". [01 Jun 2006]
Apple struggles to fix critical glitch
News Specially crafted files in certain media formats - including AVI, Flash, JPEG, MPEG4 and QuickTime - could allow an intruder to hijack a vulnerable system, Apple said in an advisory. All of the vulnerabilities exist because of errors in the way the... [15 May 2006]
Gates wows Vegas with Vista keynote
News Along with Vista, Gates is also made his case for HD DVD - one of two competing formats for next-generation DVDs. During his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Gates showed new photo-editing tools and a revamped... [05 Jan 2006]
Trio of Windows flaws opens door to nasties
News The vulnerabilities relate to how the operating system renders the Windows Metafile (WMF) and Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image formats, Microsoft said on Tuesday in its MS05-053 security bulletin. That's because image formats are complicated, and... [09 Nov 2005]
P2P file-sharers shun music for software and games
News Audio formats are now just some 11 per cent of all P2P traffic, with the remaining 27 per cent being dedicated to 'other' content, such as games and software. CacheLogic found that file-sharers prefer Microsoft file formats for sharing videos but... [11 Aug 2005]
Update: Adobe springs for Macromedia in $3.4bn deal
News The formats and standards governing communications methodologies are rapidly changing, and the creators of this information are challenged with how they cost-effectively create, deliver and manage that information," Chizen said. [18 Apr 2005]
Check your kids' computers for file-swapping
News It searches for and identifies virtually any audio or video file, including popular formats like MP3, Microsoft's Windows Media, the AAC files that Apple's iTunes software often uses, or MPEG video. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA... [31 Jan 2005]
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