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Google Docs Aims At Microsoft Office Live

mikesd81 writes "Channel News reports that Google took an important step forward Monday in its rivalry with Microsoft Office Live, reporting that Google Docs will allow users to edit word processing documents offline. Google said users of its Google Docs word processing application can use Google Gears to save and then edit documents without being .. more »


Office 2007 winning converts, survey says

Microsoft's Office 2007 is seeing strong adoption by corporate users that will only pick up steam over the next 12 months, according to a Forrester Research survey released Tuesday... more »


Ray Tracing To Debut in DirectX 11

crazyeyes writes "This is breaking news. Microsoft has not only decided to support ray tracing in DirectX 11, but they will also be basing it on Intel's x86 ray-tracing technology and get this ... it will be out by the end of the year! In this article, we will examine what ray tracing is all about and why it would be superior to the current .. more »


Murdoch's Hacker Speaks Out

This article from a Swiss newspaper recounts the appearance of Christopher Tarnovsky at the European Black Hat conference (link is to a Google translation of the French original). Next month Tarnovsky will testify in a lawsuit brought by a maker of satellite TV encryption systems (Kudeslki) against an Israeli company (NDS), for whom Tarnovsky .. more »


Could China Throw a Wrench in Microsoft’s Yahoo Deal?

If Yahoo agrees to Microsoft’s buyout offer, the deal would still have to be pass muster with antitrust regulators here in the U.S, in Europe, and in China. As John Markoff points out in the NYT, a new Chinese law that will go into effect in August gives the Chinese government regulatory oversight over [...].. more »


OpenOffice.org 2.4 Released

ahziem writes "The multiplatform, multilingual office suite OpenOffice.org has announced the release of version 2.4. New features include 5 PDF export enhancements, text to columns in Calc, rectangular selection in Writer, bug fixes, performance improvements, improvements supporting the growing library of extensions such as 3D OpenGL transitions in .. more »


South Park To Be Available Online Free and Legal

garnetlion writes "South Park is coming online, free and legal. My brief research has not indicated if it will use DRM, require some silly Windows-only software or be otherwise substandard. According to a Wired blog article, 'Parker and Stone said they were inspired to start the site when they got 'really sick of having to download our own show .. more »


December update bans XBoxen

I haven’t seen much mention of this but it seems that the December update officially bans hardware modded XBoxes, resulting in sad clowns up and down the Eastern Seaboard. This involves the... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu.. more »


OpenOffice Online Goes Beta

Stony Stevenson sends word of the beta availability of a software-as-a-service version of OpenOffice 2.3, brought to us by Mandriva Linux creator Gael Duval. According to Ars, this package "easily offers the most features of any online office suite," though it "lacks the collaborative or document-sharing features of competitors like Google Docs or .. more »


Bypass Zune 3 Play Rule for Shared Music

One of the early complaints about the WiFi sharing ability on the Zune was the rule that limits playback to 3 days or 3 plays on shared tracks. The Zune team eliminated the 3 day rule but left the 3... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu.. more »


Taming the virtual beast: Part II

In this second of three test pieces focusing on virtual machine management, Network World Lab Alliance member Tom Henderson reviews three commercial products and one open source project that all take a different route to controlling a piece of the overall problem of managing large scale virtual machine deployments... more »


Web Browser in Windows Is at Center of Complaint

Less than three months after Microsoft lost a landmark antitrust case in Europe, a Norwegian software company filed a new complaint Thursday, challenging the software giant’s bundling of its Web browser with its Windows operating system... more »


Office 2008 Hits RTM

  Here’s the latest official word – Office 2008 for Mac has Released to Manufacturing (RTM)! We’re very pleased to announce that the product team has signed off, and our final build has left... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu.. more »


SC Configuration Manager 2007 ICPs

International Client Packs (ICPs) contain international-language clients to use with System Center Configuration Manager (SC Config Mgr) 2007. ICP downloads contain only the Config Mgr client files, not the English-language SC Config Mgr 2007, which is required. .. more »


DXVA for H.264/AVC Decoding

Defines extensions to DirectX® Video Acceleration (DXVA) to support decoding of H.264/AVC video. .. more »


Microsoft Launches Online Student Avatar Playgrounds at TheUltimateSteal.com

Starting today, as part of Microsoft Corp.’s promotion the Ultimate Steal, university students from around the world will be able to create and customize their own digital alter egos, or avatars, in... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu.. more »


FCS Datasheet

Deployment for Microsoft Forefront Client Security easily deploys an advanced, centralized solution to help protect your enterprise. .. more »


SOA Datasheet

The Microsoft Services Assessment and Roadmap for Service Oriented Architecture is to be able to create effective business processes that unite separate systems. .. more »


MIIS Health Check Datasheet

The MIIS Health Check reviews existing deployments to provide you with best practice guidelines to provide a more flexible, secure, and dependable solution identity management. .. more »


IMM Datasheet

Interactive Media Manager is A rich, collaborative, media management solution for pre-production, post-production, and production environments. .. more »


Opera Tells EU That Microsoft's IE Hurts the Web

kastababy writes "In yet another instance of up-and-coming browser developers fighting back against the Microsoft behemoth, the makers of Opera have filed a complaint with the European Union against Microsoft. In their complaint, they allege that IE's 77% market share abuses its dominant position by tying IE to Windows and its refusal to accept Web .. more »


Dutch Government Adopts Open Source Software Initiative

christian.einfeldt writes "The Dutch government has set a target date of April 2008 for its agencies to start preferentially using open standards-based software. Organizations in the government will still be able to use proprietary software and formats ... but will have to justify it. A Microsoft Netherlands spokesman claims that Microsoft's Office .. more »


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