How to Lock Down the Data in Your Apps
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- How to Lock Down the Data in Your Apps
- Google ‘GDrive’ revisits tech-pundit G-spot
- Report: Microsoft to rein in real estate expansion
- Will IE8 Reset The Browser Performance Bar?
- Review: Keynote ‘09
- Microsoft resorts to first layoffs cutting 5000
- penffice.org 3: Free and Easy
How to Lock Down the Data in Your Apps
NetworkWorld.com MA
The draft of your report–written in Microsoft Word–changes hands for several days as various participants insert notes questions and maybe even a few impolitic gripes. Related Content You clean up the document before submitting it to the board but the comment “Do they really expect people to buy this crap?” (along with the name of the person who added it and the time and date of its creation) hasn’t vanished–it’s simply hiding. Among the types of metadata that spreadsheets Word documents and PowerPoint presentations may retain in hidden (but readily discoverable) form are the name and initials of anyone who has ever written or edited the document; template data; document revisions; editing comments; the name of your computer the company whose name appears in the license information for your copy of Microsoft ffice and the name of the hard drive or server where you saved the document. Embedded information such as file server names or user names–which often get recycled as log-in credentials–make data theft that much easier for a corporate spy. If you wouldn’t publish the details of your company’s internal network for the whole world to see why would you give away chunks of that information embedded in the documents you produce for the Web? Some of this information is readily available while extracting other parts from the document may entail using binary-level file editors. Fix: For ffice XP and 2003 you can download Microsoft’s.
Google ‘GDrive’ revisits tech-pundit G-spot
Register UK
And true to form at least one tech pundit is predicting that Google’s alleged online storage extravaganza will murder the personal computer. Talk of the ever-elusive GDrive. Eventually withdrawn by Google – who said it was not intended for publication – the PowerPoint revealed a plan to store “100% of User Data.
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Report: Microsoft to rein in real estate expansion
Computerworld MA
Microsoft will delay for at least three years the construction of all new buildings in Redmond Wash. except one the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Monday. The story was based on an internal. Redmond is the Seattle suburb where Microsoft’s headquarters are located. Microsoft will also not renew most of its leases when they come up for renewal this year and next the newspaper reported. The real estate measures would help Microsoft save $607 million through the end of its 2010 fiscal year according to the Post-Intelligencer.
Will IE8 Reset The Browser Performance Bar?
InformationWeek NY
That viewpoint which is what my personal experience has taught me has only been reinforced by my recent test of Internet Explorer 8. (I got the IE8 beta by downloading.
Review: Keynote ‘09
NetworkWorld.com MA
Its rival Microsoft PowerPoint has made progress on many fronts but still doesn't equal Keynote's. elegance or ease of use. Despite some disappointing oversights Keynote '09 is an evolutionary upgrade that raises the bar further.
Microsoft resorts to first layoffs cutting 5000
The Associated Press
The results missed Wall Street’s forecast for earnings of 49 cents per share on sales of $17. Microsoft makes most of its profits on sales of the Windows operating system and its ffice package of software which includes programs such as Word PowerPoint and Excel. Revenue and earnings shrank in both of those divisions. A bright spot for Microsoft is software for corporate server computers where revenue is still rising. Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald noted that the server business can thrive in a downturn because back-office software can help companies improve efficiency and save money. Microsoft shares fell $2.
penffice.org 3: Free and Easy
Redmondmag.com CA
"If you want bells and whistles you might feel let down" Rice says. "If you want functional and steady no problem. Writer and Calc are on a par with their Microsoft [counterparts]. Impress isn’t as polished as PowerPoint though but is moving in the right direction. Base is the only component likely to give you major usability issues. "Commonality though is one plus. "The user interface should feel right at home for Microsoft ffice users at least those using ffice 2003 or earlier" Barr says.
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