The BBC reports that Microsoft Office 2003, available tomorrow, will include new e-mail privacy and security features, including the ability to designate specific readers, prevent message forwarding and printing, and a “time-stamp” which results in email deletion on a specified date. For more product details, see also Inside Office 2003, from PCWorld.com Continue Reading
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Microsoft and USPS Partner on Postmark App
From the USPS: “Just click the USPS EPM icon in the Microsoft Word toolbar, apply a USPS EPM to your document (contract, letter, agreement), and sign. This gives your document tamper protection against fraud and the ability to verify document authenticity with a click of the USPS EPM signature block.” Free for individual users who… Continue Reading
Microsoft Obtains Patent on Unique User IDs
United States Patent 6,632,248, Customization of network documents by accessing customization information on a server computer using uniquie (note: the word unique is misspelled in the patent document itself) user identifiers. “The customization options may include a wide variety of information such as, for example, network addresses (e.g., URLs) of a user’s favorite sites, types… Continue Reading
Microsoft Updates May Become Automatic
According to PCWorld.com, Microsoft may institute automatic security updates via a default option. Continue Reading
Victim of ID Theft Sues Microsoft
Hacker victim files lawsuit blaming Microsoft security: The President of TriCoast Studios, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, whose Social Security number was stolen by a hacker, contends that security flaws in Microsoft software are the basis of her complaint. Continue Reading
Microsoft and Amazon in New E-Commerce Collaboration
Microsoft Partners With Amazon: “The Amazon service will enable users to make purchases without launching a browser or leaving their Office document, presentation or email message. Users will also be able to take data from Amazon, such as book information for footnotes and bibliographies, and embed it in their documents.” Continue Reading
Upcoming Changes to IE
Microsoft Confirms Changes to Windows, IE in Wake of Lawsuit: “On Monday, Microsoft verified that it will be making what it calls “modest” changes to Windows and Internet Explorer (IE) to meet the requirements of a jury verdict against it in the Eolas patent infringement case.” Continue Reading
New Microsoft Office 2003
From the review: “E-mail fans (or slaves) will be delighted to learn that Microsoft Outlook has received a sensational and far-reaching overhaul. But among the big three – Word, Excel and PowerPoint – you’ll find only a new, blue color scheme and a few other choice changes.” Continue Reading
New Website on Enforcement of Microsoft Antitrust Judgments
This new website, launched today by the California Dept. of Justice, coordinator for the participating states attorneys general listed on the left side of the homepage, allows consumers to post anonymous, online complaints concerning Microsoft’s “unlawful monopoly conduct.” Continue Reading
In Wake of Patent Ruling, Microsoft Plans Changes to IE
IE Patent Loss Aftershocks Reverberate. This article indicates that in the wake of the recent $521 milllion patent verdict against Microsoft, the company will make unspecified changes to its IE browser. Continue Reading
Chinese Gov’t To Eliminate Microsoft OS and Office
China blocks foreign software use in gov’t: “A new policy by China’s governing body the State Council will rule that all ministries have to buy only locally-produced software at the next upgrade cycle. The move, aimed at breaking the dominance of U.S.-based Microsoft on desktop computers, will eliminate Microsoft’s Windows operating system and Office productivity… Continue Reading
Microsoft Will Appeal $521M Patent Infringement Verdict
Microsoft loser in patent suit: $500 million verdict in Net case: “Microsoft was told by a jury to pay $521 million to the University of California and a Chicago-area company that claimed they invented technology used in the Internet Explorer browser.” See United States Patent 5,838,906 Microsoft Statement on Eolas Technologies Jury Verdict – Aug.… Continue Reading
