The News Review:
- Microsoft patch caters to PowerPoint flaws
- Interop: HP Entering IP Desk Phone Market Kind f
- Smartphone Word Processing Has Arrived
- Mamie George Library Presents Introductory Computer Classes
Microsoft patch caters to PowerPoint flaws
The Money Times
It also admitted that the attack code was already circulating albeit in small numbers. The hackers made full use of this flaw by fooling a user into opening a crooked PowerPoint file. The security bulletinNamed MS09-017 the security bulletin addresses susceptibility in Microsoft PowerPoint which has been assaulted over the last month with a zero-day exploit. The older software of MS office in this case PowerPoint 2000 is much more open to bugs than the newer editions. PowerPoint 2000 is affected by 11 of the 14 vulnerabilities all rated critical Microsoft highest threat ranking. Andrew Storms director of security operations at nCircle Network Security said “New software is better. If anyone needed a business case to justify upgrading the Excel vulnerabilities of February and the PowerPoint vulnerabilities from April are it.
Interop: HP Entering IP Desk Phone Market Kind f
InformationWeek
However in a classic example of mixed messages this morning HP was already on stage at its Interop keynote address dissing the general idea of IP phones. You can either spend $300 on an IP phone an HP exec said while holding up what even from afar was obviously a Cisco IP desk phone or you could shell out $300 for an HP Mini notebook that can run Microsoft ffice Communications and a whole host of other apps. There was no mention made during the keynote of HP’s upcoming desk phone no demo and no reference in the accompanying PowerPoint slides. If HP doesn’t want to compete in this market if it thinks the PC will supersede the phone then why announce anything at all? I know it’s early but HP needs to either commit make sure its marketing messages are straight or not get into desk phones.
Smartphone Word Processing Has Arrived
BusinessWeek
Both products liberate you from having to open up your laptop just to make minor changes on a document somebody sends you from work. The DataViz offering is a bit more advanced but whichever camp you’re in this is a welcome development. E-mailed Docs on iPhone Are No SnapQuickoffice is the first application that lets iPhone users create and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint will be available on an upgrade later this year. The files look much like what you see on a Mac or PC screen though compressed to fit the smaller display. Turn the screen horizontally and a larger keyboard appears allowing relatively easy typing. In both Word and Excel you can cut and paste—something that wasn’t possible before. Strangely however you can’t do any of this easily with documents that arrive as e-mail messages.
Mamie George Library Presents Introductory Computer Classes
FortBendNow
The classes will consist of a hands-on introduction to basic skills for people who would like to learn more about using these computer programs. The ?MS PowerPoint Survival Basics? class will take place on Thursday May 21 while the ?MS Excel Survival Basics? class will take place on Thursday May 28. Both sessions begin at 10 a. The classes are free and open to the public; however seating is limited and reservations are required. To register online at the library?s website.
Related from Homegrownrecords: Artists reveal Brentwood Library creations