eWeek articles from July 2005

eWeek archives from July 2005

Microsoft Settles Antitrust Claims with IBM.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... There is an updated version of this story available. For the most recent version, click here [link omitted]. NEW YORK (Reuters)--Microsoft Corp. settled antitrust claims made by International Business Machines Corp., agreeing to pay IBM...

Motorola, Sprint to Push Mobile WiMax Forward.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Sprint Corp. and Motorola Inc. said Thursday that they would work together to develop the nomadic or mobile version of WiMax, known as 802.16e. Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will develop and provide wireless radio technology,...

Micromuse to Acquire GuardedNet for $16M.
July 1, 2005... Micromuse of San Francisco said on Friday that it is buying GuardedNet Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., for $16.2 million. The acquisition will add GuardedNet's security and risk management technology to Micromuse Inc.'s Netcool system management...

Red Hat Profits Keep Rising.
July 1, 2005... Red Hat announced on Thursday financial results for its fiscal first quarter ending May 31, 2005, results which beat analyst expectations by two cents a share. The stock market greeted the good news by pushing Red Hat Inc.'s stock up by...

U.S. CERT Warns of Attacks on Veritas Flaw.(Computer Emergency Readiness Team)(defects of Veritas Backup Exec Agent)
July 1, 2005... The U.S. government's computer watchdog group issued a warning Thursday about possible attacks on systems running computer backup software from Veritas. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) said that systems running Veritas...

What Are These Guys Thinking?(analysis of Internet fraud)(Column)
July 1, 2005... Sometimes, the people you expect to be competent at what they do confound you big time. The latest example of this involves a purveyor of financial crack to the middle class, a credit card company. Said credit card company, a very large one...

Microsoft Pays IBM $775 Million to Settle Antitrust Claims.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... On Friday, Microsoft and IBM said they had settled many of the outstanding antitrust issues between the two companies raised during the United States Department of Justice vs. Microsoft antitrust case during the mid-1990s. Microsoft will...

A Brand New Internet?(safety and security measures)(Editorial)
July 1, 2005... The Internet began as an experiment: Did it succeed? Obviously, in many ways it did, but it also failed in important ways. So what do we do about that? I've thought in the past about the idea of starting all over with the Internet,...

Hitachi Releases Slim Hard Drive with Video Streaming.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has introduced a 2.5-inch hard drive with several features that company executives predict will make it a leading contender in several segments of the notebook market, as well as the consumer electronics...

Intel's Dual-Core Servers Prepare for Their Close-Up.
July 1, 2005... Intel Corp. will mark July 2005 as its entry into the dual-core processor server age. Later this month, the chip maker will begin rolling out the first of four new dual-core server platforms for machines ranging from inexpensive,...

Feds Won't Let Go of Internet DNS.(control of domain naming system by United States)
July 1, 2005... Citing national security and business concerns, officials of the U.S. Department of Commerce Thursday said the federal agency will retain control of the Internet's domain naming system, rather than hand over complete responsibility to the...

Technology Isn't the Only Loser in Grokster Ruling.
July 2, 2005... The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week to vacate lower court decisions on MGM vs. Grokster is broadly seen as a victory for movie and music copyright holders over file-sharing software publishers. The decision has little impact on data...

C3 Show Sees Search for Simple Security.(Corporate and Channel Computing Expo)
July 2, 2005... Chasing down viruses and building better spam filters are worthwhile pursuits. But computer security vendors can also make a mark for themselves by figuring out ways of taking more of the hands-on security burden off of customers' shoulders,...

Carriers Seek U.S. Mobile e911 Deadline Suspension.(beliefs of Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Some of the biggest U.S. wireless providers have asked regulators to suspend a December requirement for 95 percent of their phones to support e911 technology that allows emergency workers to pinpoint callers' locations,...

Gateway Wins Chunk of $250M Calif. State Deal.(contract with California state government)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Gateway Inc. on Friday said it had been selected as a primary supplier of personal computers for the State of California in a deal that amounts to Gateway's biggest-ever government contract. The Irvine,...

Senators Introduce Pay-for-Performance Plan.(interpretation of health care law)
July 3, 2005... In yet another piece of legislation pertaining to health information technology, two Senators are introducing a bill to reward health care providers who report data about high-quality care. If the bill passes, starting in 2007, 1 to 2...

Over 26 Million Text Messages Sent Backing Live 8.(political campaigns)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... PHILADELPHIA--More than 26.4 million people from around the world sent text messages on Saturday in support of the Live 8 campaign to cancel the debts of the poorest countries, setting a world record, organizers said. "This is definitely...

AMD Says Motion Granted in Intel Suit.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... NEW YORK--Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said late Sunday a U.S. court has granted its motion to have third parties preserve relevant evidence related to its antitrust lawsuit against bigger rival Intel Corp. Advanced Micro said...

Tech Firms Want Europe Patent Software Law Pulled.
July 4, 2005... AMSTERDAM--European high-tech leaders said on Monday they would prefer the European Parliament to scrap a controversial software patent law rather than confuse it with dozens of amendments when it votes later this week. Big technology...

Deutsche Telekom May Sell T-Mobile USA.
July 4, 2005... FRANKFURT (Reuters)-- Deutsche Telekom has been sounding out institutional investors on whether to sell off U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile USA or spend billions of dollars to expand the business, according to fund managers. Deutsche Telekom...

Microsoft to Detail Its New Sales Matrix.(company forecasts its sales at Worldwide Partner Conference)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... While Microsoft Corp. is expected to use this week's Worldwide Partner Conference to flesh out its vertical sales push, company brass also are going to detail the small-business and midmarket initiatives that Microsoft will launch in the coming...

Sasser Computer Worm Author Confesses in Trial.(Sven Jaschan)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... BERLIN (Reuters)--The man on trial for writing the Sasser computer worm which wreaked havoc in big businesses and homes across the world last year has confessed to all the charges against him, a German court said on Tuesday. Katharina...

Oracle Buys ProfitLogic.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2005... Trying to strengthen its retail technology position, Oracle Corp. Tuesday purchased ProfitLogic Inc., a small but well-positioned retail software company. The acquisition comes only a few months after Oracle's takeover of Retek Inc. Both...

Go Computer Founder in Antitrust Suit vs. Microsoft.(a case filed by Jerry Kaplan)
July 5, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters)--The founder of Go Computer, a pioneer of pen-based computing that was once seen as a possible alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems, filed antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft last week. In...

Broadcom Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Qualcomm.
July 5, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Chip maker Broadcom Corp. on Tuesday said it filed an antitrust lawsuit against larger rival Qualcomm Inc., saying Qualcomm is unfairly using its license business to help sell its chips. The lawsuit in U.S. District...

SourceLabs Open-Source Catalog Boasts Wiki, RSS Support.(Swik launched)(really simple syndication)
July 6, 2005... SourceLabs Inc., a service provider for open-source software, Wednesday announced a new community-based catalog of open-source projects that also serves as a wiki and features RSS technology. Seattle-based SourceLabs introduced the new...

Law and Order on the Internet.(Editorial)
July 6, 2005... Of the many discouraging aspects of computer security, one of the worst is that offenders are rarely punished at all, let alone seriously. I have to think another disappointment in this regard is imminent. I refer to the case of Sven...

EU Rejects Controversial Software Patents Proposal.
July 6, 2005... The European Parliament on Wednesday morning put the final nail in the coffin of the European Union's controversial IT patenting proposal, voting overwhelmingly to reject the proposed directive. The Parliament voted 648 to 14 with 18...

MS Ships 'Killbit' Workaround for IE Security Hole.
July 6, 2005... One week after confirming a code execution flaw in its flagship Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft has shipped a "killbit" package to disable the affected control, javaprxy.dll. The killbit, also known as a registry key update, is one of...

Microsoft-Claria Rumors Could Be an Inside Job.
July 6, 2005... There is there a battle going on inside Microsoft over the possible acquisition of Claria, the world's largest spyware company. That's one of the lines of speculation that developed after the Wall Street Journal broke the story last week...

Microsoft Provides Hotfix for Tablet PC Leak.
July 6, 2005... Microsoft released a patch Tuesday that fixes a memory leak problem that has frustrated users of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. Microsoft said the problem resulted from a memory leak in the Tablet PC operating system's tcserver.exe service....

SCO vs. IBM Trial Date Set for 2007.
July 6, 2005... If you thought that the SCO vs. IBM case was on its last legs, think again. In the latest chapter of the case, Judge Dale Kimball of the U.S. Federal District Court in Salt Lake City, set Feb. 26, 2007, as the date for the jury trial. ...

Financial Institutions to Share Identity-Theft Data.(information management)
July 6, 2005... Due in large part to the rash of identity-theft cases involving financial powerhouses such as Bank of America, Ameritrade and ChoicePoint, the financial industry has banded together to provide shared data on all cases of identity theft to the...

Opera Adds BitTorrent to Web Browser.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2005... Opera Software has released a test version of its flagship Web browser that adds an embedded BitTorrent client for downloading content using the popular file-sharing protocol. Although Opera has not officially announced the beta, which is...

Google Plans to Release Firefox-Ready Tool Bar.
July 6, 2005... After years of offering its browser tool bar only for Internet Explorer, Google is planning to join its competitors in supporting the open-source Mozilla Firefox browser. But the search company's Firefox embrace isn't stopping there....

Vulnerability Flagged in Adobe Reader for Unix, Linux.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2005... Adobe Systems on Tuesday warned users of its Adobe Reader 5.0 for Linux and Unix that a security vulnerability could leave their systems open to remote hijacking. The buffer overflow vulnerability is present in Versions 5.0.9 or 5.0.10 for...

American-Style Patents Won't Cross the Pond to EU.
July 6, 2005... The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the European Union's controversial IT patenting proposal on Wednesday, but what will that decision mean for business and open-source? The European patent efforts had been intended to...

Zlib Security Flaw Exposes Swath of Programs.
July 6, 2005... A serious security flaw has been identified in Zlib, a widely used data compression library. Fixes have begun to appear, but a large number of programs could be affected. Zlib is a data compression library that is used by many third-party...

'Leadership' Myth Hides Need for Solid Managers.(analysis)(Column)
July 6, 2005... "Leadership" is the growth sector of the 21st century. There's an entire industry built on "leadership." Books and magazine articles focus on it as the miraculous talisman that makes victory in a challenging environment possible. ...

Microsoft Downgrades Claria Adware Detections.
July 6, 2005... Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware application is no longer flagging adware products from Claria Corp. as a threat to PC users. Less than a week after published reports of acquisition talks between Microsoft Corp. and the Redwood City,...

Oracle Buys Up Retail Forecaster.
July 6, 2005... Oracle's purchase of ProfitLogic on Tuesday was a shot across the bow to competitors, signaling not only that the company is determined to rule the retail sector, but also that, to compete, retail software vendors must throw sophisticated...

Military Picks CA for Hefty Anti-Spyware Contract.
July 6, 2005... Millions of U.S. military computers will be protected from spyware using software from Computer Associates, the company said Wednesday. The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded Science Applications International Corp. and Computer...

Storage Digest: News from Unitrends, Idealstor, Dell.
July 6, 2005... Unitrends introduces new system protection and recovery software, Idealstor offers a multifunction appliance that combines storage and backup, and Dell provides more connectivity options for its PowerEdge 1855 blade servers. Unitrends...

Skype Plugs In to Outlook, IE.(Internet Explorer)(Skype Technologies S.A. develops plug-in software)
July 6, 2005... Just as Microsoft is allegedly starting to dabble in voice over IP, a third-party plug-in for Skype allows the VOIP company to dabble in Microsoft, so to speak, by integrating the service with Internet Explorer and Outlook e-mail. Beta...

Flickr Pics Capture London Terror.(media coverage of London Terrorist Bombings, 2005)
July 7, 2005... News about Thursday's terrorist attack in London spread across the Web like wildfire with up-to-the-minute details on news and blog sites. A new form of online news outlet seems to have emerged as well--photo sharing sites such as Flickr, which...

I Have Seen the Enemy and It Is Complexity.(marketing of software industry)(Column)
July 7, 2005... Just when you thought things might be slowing down, becoming more standardized and easier to manage, the software companies and their willing sacrificial lambs (yes, that would be you) have found new and exciting ways to complicate their lives....

Japan Online Brokers Face Pricing Dilemma.
July 7, 2005... TOKYO (Reuters)--Japanese online brokers face a stark choice--join sector leader E-Trade Securities in a price war that could hurt profits, or risk losing market share. E-Trade, Japan's biggest online broker and known for its deep-discount...

The Taxman Cometh to Online.(taxation of e-commerce)
July 7, 2005... Selling online? Think you may never have to charge a sales tax? Think again. State governments, tired of seeing an estimated $15 billion in revenue go uncollected, are organizing themselves. And that doesn't bode well for companies...

Congestion Disrupts Mobile Networks Amid UK Blasts.(London terrorist bombings, 2005)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... LONDON (Reuters)-- A series of blasts disrupted communications across London on Thursday, but the British government has not used powers to take over cell phone networks, mobile operators said. Explosions hit the underground rail network...

What's Microsoft Growing in the 'Greenhouse'?(management of Microsoft Corp.'s Information Worker unit)
July 7, 2005... Microsoft Corp.'s Information Worker unit is looking at how to grow its Office franchise via a number of potential new products taking root in its "Greenhouse" incubator. The Greenhouse team builds prototypes of potential applications and...

Microsoft Launches Bundle for Midsize Market.(launch of Microsoft Windows Server System)
July 7, 2005... Microsoft Corp. has its sights squarely set on the midsized business segment and on Thursday will unveil a new product bundle designed for that market. Known as the Windows Server System, this latest bundle brings together several existing...

Spyware Spooks Users into Changing Online Habits.(user surveys)
July 7, 2005... More that 90 percent of Internet users in the United States have altered their online behavior significantly to counter the threat of spyware programs, according to a study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The Pew...

AOL Deal Gives Plaxo a Fighting Chance.(America Online Inc.)(Editorial)
July 7, 2005... Good news for Plaxo users: Thanks to the just-announced AOL deal, Plaxo probably won't go broke. Lacking a means to attract the 10-to-20 million users needed to turn a profit, Plaxo was running out of money. The company had $20 million...

Broadband in U.S. Jumps 34 Percent, FCC Says.(Federal Communications Commission)
July 7, 2005... WASHINGTON (Reuters)--The number of U.S. consumers and businesses that subscribe to high-speed Internet service, or broadband, jumped 34 percent in 2004 to almost 38 million lines, according to new statistics released on Thursday. The...

TCS, Skyhook Announce Wi-Fi E911 Deal.(TeleCommunication Systems Inc.)
July 7, 2005... TCS, the Annapolis, Md., provider of E911 services to the wireless industry, is adding another wireless service. According to senior vice president and chief marketing officer Tim Lorello, TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has inked a deal...

Google Invests in Powerline Internet Firm.(financing of Current Communications Group L.L.C.)
July 7, 2005... NEW YORK (Reuters)--A company that provides high-speed Internet access over electrical power lines on Thursday said it has received a major investment from Google Inc., the Hearst Corp. and Goldman Sachs. Current Communications Group said...

Microsoft Partners Question Microsoft's Vertical Push.(marketing)
July 7, 2005... MINNEAPOLIS--The easiest question that Microsoft senior VP Doug Burgum fielded during an open Q&A session with channel partners on Thursday: What is the difference between a bison and a buffalo? After that one--which North Dakota native...

What Makes an Enterprise Data Warehouse?(analysis)
July 7, 2005... IT terms are frequently used in a variety of ways by an array of vendors, co-workers and marketing types, leaving many of us wondering if we even understand what a particular term actually means. Of course, this problem is exacerbated when...

Prosecution Urges Probation for Sasser Author.(cases against Sven Jaschan)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... BERLIN (Reuters)--Prosecutors have asked for a two-year suspended jail sentence for the man who wrote the Sasser Internet worm that wreaked havoc in big businesses and homes worldwide last year, a German court said on Thursday. The court...

An Unsecured Wi-Fi Network Equals an Open Invitation.(Richard Dinon's case against Benjamin Smith III)(Column)
July 7, 2005... The moral of this story may be that if you're going to use someone else's Wi-Fi network, don't draw attention to yourself. That's the mistake a Florida man made, and now he's charged with a third-degree felony. The Associated Press reports...

MS Patch Day: 3 Critical Bulletins on Tap.(enhancement of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows)
July 7, 2005... Microsoft has provided advance notice that three "critical" security bulletins will be released in this month's patch batch. The bulletins will include patches for flaws in Microsoft Corp.'s flagship Windows operating system and the...

LANDesk Makes Security Part of Network Management.(LANDesk Security Suite enhanced)(Column)
July 7, 2005... I have learned that, yes, there is something worse than having all the users on your network download their own anti-spyware applications. It's that the users start running the software, whether they really need to or not. This "sometimes...

Vendors Team on Debian-Based Enterprise Linux.(alliances among Progeny Linux Systems Inc., TurboLinux Inc. and Mandriva)
July 7, 2005... Sources close to Mandriva, Progeny and Turbolinux say the trio of companies will be announcing a new enterprise Linux distribution based on Debian Linux at the LinuxWorld event in San Francisco in August. This new enterprise distribution,...

Cisco Names New Chief Development Officer.(Charles Giancarlo promoted at Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO--Cisco Systems Inc., the biggest maker of equipment that directs data over the Internet, said on Thursday it promoted company veteran Charles Giancarlo to chief development officer. Giancarlo, who joined Cisco in 1994,...

Storage Digest: News from nStor, CaminoSoft, Indra, Fastora.(Fastora introduced backup device)(nStor Technologies Inc. and Camino Software Systems Inc. products gets certified)(new product from Indra Networks)
July 8, 2005... Fastora introduces tiny backup and recovery appliances, while Indra Networks introduces the next entry in its StorCompress line and nStor and CaminoSoft work together. Fastora Debuts All-In-One Backup and Recovery Appliances Fastora...

Fujitsu, Novell Deliver Linux to High-Performance Servers.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2005... Fujitsu Ltd. and Novell Inc. announced Friday an agreement to deliver SuSE Enterprise Linux Server support services for Fujitsu's mission-critical Primequest and Primergy server lines. This follows up on earlier agreements between Fujitsu...

Sprint Launches High-Speed Wireless Network.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2005... Sprint on Thursday turned on its high-speed EvDO network in at least 13 cities, offering widespread, DSL-like wireless Internet speeds--a move that should bring much-needed competition to the wireless data world. Sprint's launch is...

Teenager Gets Suspended Sentence for Internet Worm.
July 8, 2005... BERLIN (Reuters)--The German teenager who wrote the Sasser Internet worm was convicted of computer sabotage on Friday and given a suspended jail sentence of one year and nine months. A court in the northwestern German town of Verden said...

J.D. Edwards Resellers Worry about Oracle Competition.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2005... REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--J.D. Edwards resellers and system integrators expressed concern Thursday about how big a piece of the market pie Oracle will share with them even as they expressed satisfaction that the enterprise resource product line has...

Microsoft Sells Vertical Approach to Partners.(Doug Burgum talks about the plans to sell business application)
July 8, 2005... MINNEAPOLIS--As Doug Burgum, the senior vice president in charge of Microsoft's Business Solutions group, began his abbreviated keynote address to some 6,000 partners Friday at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference here, more audience...

Google Wins Copycat Web Domain Dispute.(Sergey Gridasov)(Brief Article)
July 8, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--The National Arbitration Forum said on Friday that Google Inc. has rights to the Internet domain names googkle.com, ghoogle.com, gfoogle.com and gooigle.com, which are similar to its own google.com domain. The Web...

New Foundation Boosts Ubuntu Linux.(Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical Ltd.)
July 8, 2005... The two founders of Ubuntu, a popular flavor of Linux, announced Friday that they have established a foundation to support and propagate the Debian-Linux variant. Mark Shuttleworth, one of Ubuntu's two founders, in conjunction with Canonical,...

Storage-Security Combo Helps Safeguard Personal Info.
July 8, 2005... Network Appliances' $272 million acquisition of Decru (which is expected to close in October) is just one of many signs that the worlds of storage and security are converging. And it's a timely convergence. In the good old days, bad...

Analysts: Enterprise Debian Distro Takes On Red Hat, Novell.(new product from Mandriva, Progeny Linux Systems Inc., TurboLinux)
July 8, 2005... A new enterprise distribution of Linux is in the works, sources say, due to arrive later in the summer. However, analysts were mixed on its impact and prospects. Sources say that Mandriva, Progeny and Turbolinux will announce a new Debian...

IBM Brings Dual Core to PowerPC Processor.(PowerPC 970MP)
July 8, 2005... IBM has launched a dual-core version of its PowerPC processor, a move that industry observers said has been in the works for more than a year. IBM announced the PowerPC 970MP on Thursday at its Power Everywhere show in Tokyo. The new chip...

Oracle Issues Fix for Faulty DB Server Patch.(database)
July 8, 2005... Enterprise software giant Oracle has released a fix for an incomplete database server patch after a private security research outfit discovered that the underlying vulnerability was never addressed. Oracle Corp.'s patch fix comes almost a...

Microsoft Rewards Sasser Worm Informants.(Sven Jaschan arrested)(Brief Article)
July 8, 2005... SEATTLE (Reuters)--Microsoft Corp. will pay a combined $250,000 to two people who helped track down the author of the Sasser Internet worm, which infected computers around the globe, the world's largest software maker said on Friday. A...

Internet Chatroom Helps Keep City of London Open.(information management of Bank of England, Financial Services Authority and Treasury of United Kingdom)
July 8, 2005... LONDON, July 8 (Reuters)--A secret Internet chatroom run by Britain's financial regulators helped keep London's financial markets open after Thursday's bomb blasts, while financial firms activated security measures in case of further attacks....

Borland CEO Dale Fuller Resigns.
July 8, 2005... Borland Software Corp. CEO Dale Fuller has resigned amid projections of poorer than expected financial results for the company's second quarter. Although the company would not disclose exactly why Fuller quit, it announced that his role...

Microsoft Reveals New Longhorn, Office 12 Features.(Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office 12.0)
July 8, 2005... MINNEAPOLIS--Longhorn Beta 1 is still a few weeks away from release. And Office 12 Beta 1 isn't slated to debut until this fall. But that isn't stopping Microsoft from peeling back the covers on some of the new features slated for the pair of...

Yahoo RSS Search Test Skims the Web.(really simple syndication)(service development)
July 8, 2005... Whether intentionally or not, Yahoo briefly showcased some of its RSS search plans on Friday when Webloggers discovered and then posted screen shots of a Yahoo site for finding syndication feeds. Yahoo Inc. executives previously have hinted...

Industry Looks into Cloudy Future for Authentication.(Email Authentication Implementation Summit)
July 8, 2005... ISPs, large enterprises and e-mail security companies are hoping that an industry meeting in New York this week will breathe life into a flagging effort to thwart spam and e-mail viruses through the adoption of e-mail sender authentication...

ID Theft Bill Widens Encryption Rules.(identity)
July 8, 2005... Congressional leaders appear eager to pass an identity-theft law this week, and their proposals are becoming tougher. Last week, Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and John Dingell, D-Mich., the chairman and ranking minority member of the House...

Microsoft Lists the Fixes Office 12 Will Bring.(product information)
July 8, 2005... MINNEAPOLIS--Microsoft on Friday outlined some of the possible new scenarios it sees for Office 12, the next version of its pervasive desktop productivity suite. The most likely scenarios for Office 12 include enterprise content life...