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Wikipedia rival makes its debut

Citizendium offers community-contributed encyclopedia content with a few editorial controls (like full-name registration).

27/03/2007 10:47 AM

Microsoft's rocky road to Mac Office 97

According to court documents, the founder of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit fought a hard battle to keep Mac Office 97 alive.

07/03/2007 03:46 PM

Flaw found in Office 2007

Researchers have discovered a "highly critical" security flaw in newly released Office 2007, despite Microsoft's efforts to deliver its most secure version yet of the productivity software.

26/02/2007 10:27 AM

Zero-day attack hits Word

A new, yet-to-be-patched security hole in Word is being used in targeted cyberattacks, Microsoft has warned.

16/02/2007 12:54 PM

Will Outlook 2007 break your e-mail?

Some digital publishers are complaining that the new Microsoft Outlook rolls back design standards by half a decade.

16/01/2007 11:52 AM

Office 2008 for Mac to come this year

Putting lingering questions about update timing to rest, Microsoft has announced that the new version of Office for Mac will arrive in the second half of this year.

10/01/2007 11:58 AM

Glance's screen-sharing software available for Macs

Glance Networks is making its screen-sharing software, once exclusive to Windows, available in a Mac version.

10/01/2007 11:52 AM

Microsoft gets tough on Office fakers

Microsoft's voluntary scheme for Office licensing checks is about to become mandatory.

30/10/2006 02:21 PM

Google combines word processing, spreadsheets

Google is diving further into the Web-based productivity-applications market by offering a new product that combines its online word-processing and spreadsheet programs.

12/10/2006 11:58 AM

Google welcomes Writely sign-ups

Five months after being bought by Google, the Writely online word-processing application is now open for anyone who wants to sign up and use it.

22/08/2006 12:30 PM

Hate talking to your PC? Nuance gets users heard

Nuance Communications' new software improves the accuracy of speech recognition as Microsoft eyes the market.

19/07/2006 12:15 PM

Microsoft puts Office preview online

Microsoft is trying to allow people to try out the next Office -- without the hassle of installing beta software or replacing their current version.

28/06/2006 10:43 AM

Second zero-day Excel flaw emerges

Attack code for a new security hole in Excel has surfaced on the Internet, just as Microsoft is scrambling to respond to a separate bug in the spreadsheet program.

21/06/2006 11:39 AM

Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted what they believe is the first virus for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to Microsoft's Office productivity suite.

01/06/2006 11:30 AM

Microsoft advises 'safe mode' for Word

In the wake of at least one targeted attack that exploits a new flaw in Word, Microsoft is advising users to run the application in "safe mode."

24/05/2006 12:52 PM

Office 2007: FrontPage is out, blogging is in

Don't go looking for FrontPage in the just-released Beta 2 edition of Office 2007.

24/05/2006 12:14 PM

Microsoft unveils new betas for Office, Vista

Microsoft is aiming to show that, following recent stumbles, it has regained its footing.

24/05/2006 11:05 AM

More dinky-di words for Microsoft Office

'Bonza', 'sanga' and 'bogan' are just some examples of the Australian vernacular being considered for inclusion in the next version of Microsoft Office 2007.

15/05/2006 12:42 PM

Flash to jump beyond the browser

Adobe is working on Apollo software that can run Flash applications outside the browser, so they behave like desktop programs. The player will render Flash, HTML and PDF content.

12/05/2006 09:44 AM

Belatedly, Britannica lambastes Wikipedia findings

A December report compared Wikipedia favourably with the old-school encyclopedia. Now Britannica says, not so fast.

27/03/2006 10:40 AM

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