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Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News It follows an earlier admission by a Home Office spokesperson that the information would be of little use in tackling organised crime, as serious criminals will be able to disguise their communications. [04 Sep 2008]
Microsoft's cloud Office lands one million users
News One million customers have signed up to Microsoft's Office Live Workspace online collaboration tool, six months after its beta launch. Workspace is the web-based extension of Microsoft Office, allowing users to access and share documents online. [04 Sep 2008]
Five iPhone apps for business
News Sybase iAnywhere Mobile Office The database giant's iAnywhere software connects users to company email server, based on Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange platforms. Since the launch of Apple's App Store, a steady stream of business-oriented... [04 Sep 2008]
Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn
News Will it take the Apple approach of bundling it with other application downloads as with Safari in iTunes or Sun's bundling of Java downloads with Open Office. Tor Odland, head of communications for rival browser Opera thinks the brand's possible... [02 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News The head of the Serious Fraud Office digital forensics unit Keith Foggon cautioned that the ability to remotely wipe the iPhone and other smart phones used by enterprises could be exploited by lawbreakers.iPhone take two: All the coverage diams... [02 Sep 2008]
Liverpool midwives cull paper with 3G laptops
News The midwives will be furnished with Dell D430 laptops sporting a Vodafone datacard for mobile broadband access and running Nortel's Secure Portable Office (SPO) to create a secure virtual desktop environment.silicon.com Public Sector [27 Aug 2008]
ISO rejects latest OOXML appeals
News Andy Updegrove, whose ConsortiumInfo blog provides commentary on various standardisation processes, noted the text of the final version of OOXML has still not been released, and pointed out that text would be "substantially different" from the... [19 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Three critical vulnerabilities also lie in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, which could allow an attacker to completely control a system. Security Bulletin MS08-044 gives details of five critical vulnerabilities in Office filters that could allow... [13 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's Midori not ready for tasting?
News Back in 2000, the company had an effort called NetDocs that many thought might replace Office with an online productivity suite. That said, up to this point, every update to Office and Windows has been some type of incremental improvement, not a... [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". An exploit code that could allow someone to attack the DNS was available in various places on the internet on 23 July. [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]
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