Venezuela
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Program exploits Windows 2000 flaw
News A Venezuelan security consultant releases a small program designed to compromise Microsoft Internet Information Service servers that haven't had a recent security hole patched.
Dell 2400MP
Reviews Able to match the brightness, image quality and feature sets of much more expensive models, the Dell 2400MP resets the bar for what you can expect from a mainstream budget projector.
Consumer products a boon to HP profits
News Chief Executive Carly Fiorina says the results show Hewlett-Packard's operations aren't being hampered by distractions imposed by the Compaq merger.
US govt eases restrictions on US telecom firms in Cuba
News The White House announces a shift in policy toward Cuba to allow for greater telecommunications links to the communist country.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Networking technology, Mobile/Wireless, Satellite, Telecommunications, Cell Phone, Cuba, Cable, phone, White House
Microsoft admits to standards ignorance pre-OOXML
News The company has admitted it had no experience or specific personnel dedicated to software standards prior to getting OOXML approved by the ISO.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Microsoft Corp., Specification, India, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007, Sweden, Adobe Systems Inc., U.S.
UK Unix users seek funding to pursue OOXML fight
News The U.K. Unix and Open Systems User Group has lost its legal challenge against the BSI regarding the OOXML format, but will appeal the decision.
Tags: XML, India, Office Open XML, Open Source, U.K., Microsoft Office, ISO, Venezuela, Web, XML
Venezuela and India appeal OOXML ratification
News Joining South Africa and Brazil, the two countries have lodged formal complaints about Microsoft's Office Open XML being ratified as a standard by ISO/IEC.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Office suites, Standards, XML, Appeal, India, Office Open XML, Open Source, International Electrotechnical Commission, technical committee
ISO rejects national bodies' appeals against OOXML
News Microsoft's document format is now almost certain to be formally published as an ISO/IEC standard within the next few weeks.
Tags: XML, Software, Business applications, Appeal, India, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007, antitrust, Microsoft Office, European Commission
Bush talks with international bloggers
News In recognition of Human Rights Day, President Bush speaks in support of using blogs to promote democracy.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Politics, Blogger, Democracy, U.S. Department Of State, Video, Belarus, Burma, Cuba
Venezuela opts for Linux
News The Venezuelan president has decreed that the public administration will switch over to use open source software over the next two years.
Tags: Linux
U.N. report: Economic pressures push outsourcing
News Companies in the United States and Europe will continue to move information technology work offshore even though they don't fully understand the costs and benefits of doing so, according to a report released by the United Nations this week.
Net censorship on the rise
News Survey by OpenNet Initiative finds 25 out of 41 administrations block or filter Internet content, compared to just a few five years ago.
Tags: Web sites, Government
Brazilian ISP cuts access fees to ward off AOL
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Portals pursue overseas audience
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M'sian conglomerate buys "Third World" portal for RM6 mil
News Local conglomerate Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) has agreed to pay RM6.6 million to acquire state-controlled Bank Industri's 59 percent stake in Sibexlink, a local portal set up specially for developing nations.
