Microsoft Office 2003
53 Stories
Deadline looms for end of XP, Office 2003 support
News Mainstream support for Office 2003 and Windows XP will end Apr. 14, with maintenance available only to users who have signed up for extended support.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Customer support, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Butler Group, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2007, patch management, Microsoft Windows XP
Inveneo Computing Station
Reviews The Inveneo Computing Station delivers reasonably good performance for a low-power PC. It's small, but an untidy assembly means it could be more convenient to handle.
Intel Classmate PC
Reviews Aimed at students in developing countries, the Intel Classmate PC is an intriguing attempt at a low-cost notebook. We love the rugged design, but the small 2GB solid-state hard drive doesn't leave a lot of room for growth.
Zero-day PowerPoint flaw gives rise to attacks
News Hackers are trying to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in the Office software, leading Microsoft to issue a warning and workarounds.
Tags: Hacking, Microsoft Office, windows alerts, Microsoft Corp., Security, Attack, Microsoft Office 2003, SP3, Flaw, Environment
Aussie organizations shun Office 2010
News No large Australian organization is known to be planning an Office 2010 migration, and many have not even completed their move to Office 2007.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Training, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows XP, KPMG Consulting Inc., Microsoft Office, desktop, Benefit, Microsoft Windows
Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Product Reviews Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Firewall, Service Pack, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Automatic Update, PC, firewall
Microsoft backs document-format test tool
News The online tool is intended to ensure that different vendors' implementations of OOXML produce compatible results.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Apache Software Foundation, OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Plug-in, Tool, Interoperability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, software
NComputing X300
Reviews NComputing's X300 provides a cost-effective way to hang up to six terminals off a single desktop PC using low-power, secure, easy to administer and quiet access terminals. It's not for power users, but is well suited to schools, business workgroups, libraries, internet cafés and suchlike.
Microsoft Office 2003 SP2 released
News The service pack is aimed at beefing up security and enhancing application stability.
Tags: Security, Spam and phishing, Microsoft Office
Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Product Reviews Microsoft Windows XP SP2
S'pore: Microsoft dangles rebates, free licenses
News Microsoft has unveiled a slew of discounts and rebates in a bid to woo small and midsize companies on the island-state to upgrade to its latest desktop and server software.
Tags: Business applications
Microsoft fixes 17 flaws in 11 patches; 6 are 'critical'
News Most of the patches deemed "critical" affect Microsoft Office, and include Office for Mac.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft fixes a dozen Office flaws in four patches
News Microsoft has released its March 2008 security bulletin, which includes four bulletins, all deemed critical by Microsoft.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Office
Office 2003 update blocks older file formats
News Latest service pack for productivity suite renders older file formats--including those for Word, Excel, PowerPoint--inaccessible.
Tags: Microsoft Office
Sun to release ODF translator for Microsoft Office
News StarOffice plug-in for Office 2003 translates Word and ODF Writer files; spreadsheet, presentation translators set for April.
Tags: Office suites, Microsoft Office
