Tag: Office

  • Microsoft Hires Father of WebSphere from IBM

    Microsoft Hires Father of WebSphere from IBM

    Darryl K. Taft

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    Microsoft has hired Don Ferguson, a prominent IBM software technologist and former chief architect of IBM’s Software Group, to work in the office of the CTO. According to Ferguson’s bio at Microsoft—published on Jan. 8—he is now a Microsoft technical fellow in Platforms and Strategy, in the office of the chief technology officer. At Microsoft,… Read more

  • Microsoft’s Mac Office 2008 Shows Plenty of Eye Candy

    Microsoft’s Mac Office 2008 Shows Plenty of Eye Candy

    Daniel Drew Turner

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    Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit on Jan. 9 unveiled an early version of Office 2008, the first update to Office for the Mac in nearly three years. It appears that the MacBU has put a lot of work into it. Whether all that work will make Office 2008 “better” than the current version—or, even, better than… Read more

  • Toshiba Ships New Portable HDDs with Automated Backup

    Toshiba Ships New Portable HDDs with Automated Backup

    Chris Preimesberger

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    Mobile storage provider Toshiba Storage Device Division launched Jan. 4 a new line of 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drives in 100GB, 120GB and 160GB capacities with automated backup capability. Toshiba’s new HDDs feature automatic power-on and save capabilities for backup of photo, video, music and data files and are aimed at users in… Read more

  • What Will 2007 Bring from Microsoft?

    What Will 2007 Bring from Microsoft?

    Peter Galli

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    As Microsoft heads into 2007, which will be marked by the general availability of Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 in late January, analysts weigh in with their predictions for the year. The most interesting of these is the fact that one of the largest challenges Redmond will face in 2007 and beyond is… Read more

  • Patch Tuesday: Critical MS Office Fixes Coming

    Ryan Naraine

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    Microsoft’s security response team has announced plans to release eight security bulletins Jan. 9 with patches for a slew of Windows and Office vulnerabilities. Four of the bulletins will deal directly with the Microsoft Office desktop suite, which includes the Microsoft Word software that has been the target of zero-day malware attacks. During December 2006,… Read more

  • Microsoft’s ‘Enchanted Office’ Comic Touts Ribbon

    Microsoft’s ‘Enchanted Office’ Comic Touts Ribbon

    Peter Galli

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    Microsoft is using a Web-based comic strip to try to reach a broad set of consumers and convince them that they can benefit from the new Ribbon-based user interface found in Office 2007. While much of the hype leading up to the consumer release of the 2007 Office system later in January has focused on… Read more