Monthly Archives: November 2007
OpenOffice.org 2.3 Impresses
OpenOffice.org 2.3 Impresses">The release of OpenOffice.org 2.3 brings several significant improvements to the open-source office productivity suite, including easier upgrade paths for existing Microsoft...
Brookstones 3-D Great Adventure
Gadget retailer Brookstone showed guts this week when it unveiled one of the first-ever retail 3-D e-commerce sites. The trouble with being a pioneer...
Securing Mobile Data
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Open Document Format Can Evolve Without Foundation Input
Editors Note: This is the second in a series of articles that examine why the ODF Foundation closed down.The recent demise of the OpenDocument...
IBM Makes Call on Network Management
IBM on Nov. 28 will give telcos and communication service provider customers a sneak peek into new software designed to give greater visibility into...
Top of SANS 2007 Internet Threats List: The Gullible
Humans have replaced buggy software to become the primary target of online crime, the SANS Institute concluded in its annual list of Internet security...
Is Google Headed in the Wrong Direction?
With the number of things Google is throwing at the wall, some of them are bound to stick.And if the perceived market for location-based...
Google Mapping Software Bridges the GPS Gap
Google has introduced mapping software that uses the companys search algorithms to sift through information broadcast from cell towers and approximate a users location...
Internet Advertiser Settles With FTC
An online advertiser touting free electronics products agreed Nov. 28 to pay a $650,000 civil fine for misleading consumers. A Federal Trade Commission complaint...
Trio of Exploits Out for Windows QuickTime RTSP Flaw
Researchers predicted that exploits would quickly follow the discovery of a vulnerability in how QuickTime handles RTSP responses from a video/audio streaming server, and...