Service Pack 2
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Excel criticized over ODF interoperability
News Microsoft has come under fire for spreadsheet interoperability issues in its ODF implementation within Office 2007 SP2, but says it is an issue inherent with the standard.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Standards, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Interoperability, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office
Sony Vaio VGN-Z11WN/B
Reviews Beautifully designed and reassuringly robust, the 1.5kg Vaio Z11 marries a decent-sized 13.1in. screen with good portability and integrated 3G/HSDPA. It's not flawless, but if you can afford it, buy it.
Tags: Battery, Mode, Graphics, Notebook, Graphics Subsystem, Brightness Adjustment, VAIO Z11WN/B, Sony Vaio, performance, Wi-Fi
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
Exchange 2007 SP2 paves the way to Exchange 2010
Techguide Exchange 2007 SP2 is out and about. Scott Lowe outlines some of the more exciting changes that have been made to this popular groupware product.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, Exchange 2007 SP2, Service Pack, Scott Lowe, Backup, Service Pack 2, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft expands Vista SP2 testing
News Starting on Thursday, the software maker will make public a test version of the service pack update to Vista.
Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Blu-ray, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 2, performance, desktop search, Microsoft Windows, desktop
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
Testers get near-final Vista SP2
News Microsoft has started private testing of a "release candidate" version of Vista Service Pack 2. The final version is due out by June.
Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Service Pack 2, release candidate, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, public beta
Office, Vista getting new service packs
News The Office 2007 update will come early next year, while Microsoft won't say when Vista SP2 is coming, though it appears nearly ready for outside testers.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, software, Microsoft Windows
Reports: Intel to skip Vista upgrade
News In another blow to the maligned operating system, Intel plans to skip a wide-scale Vista deployment, according to two reports.
Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP, New York Times Co.
Microsoft to release Vista SP2 beta
News Microsoft confirms that it is indeed ready with a test version of the update, which will add native Blu-ray support, faster searching, and improved Bluetooth connectivity.
Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Blu-ray, Microsoft Windows Vista, Beta, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, desktop search, Microsoft Windows, blog
Apple QuickTime update includes 9 security patches
News Apple's patches include both Windows and Mac OS X versions of the popular media player.
Tags: Mac OS, Security, Personal applications, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Apple Mac OS X, Application Termination, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh
Microsoft re-releases security patch for Windows XP
News The security patch first released earlier this month may not have fixed a Bluetooth stack problem that could allow an attacker to take complete control of a computer running the OS.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows, Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., SP3, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Bluetooth, software, blog entry
Upgraders to XP SP3 warned over IE downgrades
News Microsoft says XP users who install Service Pack 3 will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, operating system, SP3, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Developer Network, software
Microsoft reverses decision on Exchange 2007 support
News After notifying customers and partners that Exchange Server 2007 wouldn't be able to run on Windows Server 2008 R2, the Exchange team has reversed its decision.
Tags: E-mail servers, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, blog, general manager, blog posting
Microsoft serves up SP2 for Vista, Server 2008
News Updates include third-party application compatibility, version 4.0 of Windows Search technology, and native recording of data to Blu-ray.
Tags: Business applications, Windows Vista, Citrix Systems Inc., Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Service Pack 2, Server, Microsoft Windows, Automatic Update
