office 2008
RSS office 2008Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Versions of Office are affected by this flaw, including Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), and Office 2003 SP2 and SP3. Office applications have received critical patches from Microsoft this month. Affected software includes Office XP SP3, Office 2003... [13 Aug 2008]
Gov't spends £18m on comms surveillance
News The figures were not recorded in Hansard, but were confirmed to be correct by the Home Office yesterday. A Home Office spokesperson on Wednesday declined to specify which ISPs and telcos had received the grants but said it was a "mixture" of... [07 Aug 2008]
Borders books becomes a podcaster
News Borders said its main focus for 2008 has been on beefing up its online offering by investing in the back office technology to support it.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Bookseller Borders has launched an audio podcast series in an attempt to compete... [05 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]
Inbox: Vista, Bletchley Park and Cuil
Comment It may be a delight for users who only want to use office and Internet Explorer but for anyone who wants to actually do anything else that is useful and productive then Vista is a nightmare. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most... [31 Jul 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment Speaking to silicon.com at his TfL office, Pavitt - recently voted one of the UK's top CIOs - says: "I was in a slight dilemma whether to completely retire or to do [the] typical CIO [thing] and become an allegedly qualified consultant and... [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]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The largest loss in January 2008 saw an "inadequately protected" laptop containing the names, dates of birth, addresses, offences, and - in a fifth of cases - national insurance numbers, of 14,000 fine defaulters go missing from a "secured... [25 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]
PAYE system not ready for rollout
News The suspension of the system comes as a report from the National Audit Office revealed HMRC had spent £552m on IT transformation between 2006 and March 2008. The launch of a computer system to handle all PAYE tax claims has been suspended because... [21 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the draft Communications Data... [15 Jul 2008]
London travellers hit by Oyster outage
News These cards can be replaced free of charge at any London Underground office. Travellers in London were forced to pay full price fares on Saturday as the computer system for the Oyster travel smartcard encountered technical problems during the morning. [14 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 vulnerability only affects the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Office Access 2000, 2002 and 2003. The ActiveX control, which allows a user to view an Access report snapshot without having the standard or run-time versions... [08 Jul 2008]
Foreign Office tech overspend leads to project trimming
News The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has overspent on two IT projects which has forced it to rethink some of its development plans. The funding figures were revealed in a written answer to parliament by foreign office minister Meg Munn. [07 Jul 2008]
