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ISO rejects latest OOXML appeals
News The International Organization for Standardization has thrown out four appeals against its ratification of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format. Andy Updegrove, whose ConsortiumInfo blog provides commentary on various standardisation... [19 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Office applications have received critical patches from Microsoft this month. Three critical vulnerabilities also lie in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, which could allow an attacker to completely control a system. [13 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's Midori not ready for tasting?
News That said, up to this point, every update to Office and Windows has been some type of incremental improvement, not a ground-up rewrite. Back in 2000, the company had an effort called NetDocs that many thought might replace Office with an online... [06 Aug 2008]
Apple releases patch for critical flaw
News Apple's update also fixes a QuickLook bug where loading a malicious Microsoft Office file could lead to "arbitrary code execution". Apple released a security update yesterday to users of its Tiger and Leopard operating systems to address a critical... [01 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News While the Home Office claims that "high tech checks" render the blank ePassports useless, privacy experts say they could be used to fool everyday ID checks, for limited travel abroad or be fitted with cloned chips. [29 Jul 2008]
Leeds Council puts faith in Microsoft
News The initial work will see LCC use Microsoft Exchange and Office Communication Server to integrate email, instant messenger and voice communications. Leeds City Council (LCC) is hoping to save money and develop new public services through a long... [28 Jul 2008]
Telegraph spreads the news on Google Apps
News With each user licence costing £25, TMG estimates that over the next three years it will spend a fifth of what it would have done for similar office software from Microsoft. Cheesbrough said another benefit is that users have the same experience... [23 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Secondly, the high licensing and training costs for Microsoft Office will push us to evaluate alternative options. CIOs are split on the controversial issue of adopting more open source software in corporate IT. [21 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Gartner said the increase in use of cloud-based office software, such as Google Apps or salesforce.com, means online security services will be necessary to protect mobile IT users accessing business data and services outside the corporate network. [17 Jul 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News For $15 per month per person, the business productivity suite offers an Outlook-integrated Exchange Online for email and calendars, Office SharePoint Online collaboration, messaging via Office Communications Online, and Office Live Meeting video... [09 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News The ActiveX control, which allows a user to view an Access report snapshot without having the standard or run-time versions of Microsoft Office Access, ships with the standalone Snapshot Viewer and with all supported versions of Microsoft Office... [08 Jul 2008]
Kangaroo web TV faces competition scrutiny
News The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says the joint venture could create an excessive concentration of video content. The Gates era ends for Microsoft Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era Kangaroo, the proposed online on-demand video joint... [30 Jun 2008]
OOXML - Microsoft admits to standards naivety
News Microsoft has admitted that, despite being one of the dominant names in IT for more than 30 years, it had little or no experience of software standards until the company was mid-way through the process of getting Office Open XML approved by the... [24 Jun 2008]
Open source group fights OOXML standard
News A group of UK open-source advocates is seeking donations so it can continue its fight against the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format. At the end of April, the UK Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) applied for a judicial... [23 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News It is important to remember that this incident relates to the criminal theft of a security-protected PC from a locked and alarmed office. M is for Microsoft The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's... [18 Jun 2008]
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