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'Power plants' in the basement heat up

January 31, 2007 Combined heat and power system sized down to the average home packs on-site power generation and high energy efficiency. TAGS: Combined Heat and Power, power generation, electricity, Massachusetts, heat, power

Citrix acquires Reflectent

May 8, 2006 Networking-software company Citrix Systems expands into the desktop applications performance-monitoring market. TAGS: Citrix Systems Inc., Massachusetts, acquisition

Massachusetts CIO quits

October 4, 2006 Louis Gutierrez says he's leaving due to lack of tech funding; move not expected to affect OpenDocument policy. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, CIO, Massachusetts, state, information technology, bond, policy, letter

Oracle to buy software maker Tangosol

March 23, 2007 Somerville, Mass., company develops software designed to increase application performance. TAGS: Oracle Corp., logistics, Massachusetts, software company, high-performance

Mass. holding tight to OpenDocument

July 5, 2006 State is sticking to its plan to standardize on OpenDocument, says the incoming CIO, describing the move as irreversible. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, CIO, Stephen O'Grady, open standard, state, information technology, decision, IBM Corp., open source, Microsoft Corp.

OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota

February 7, 2007 States may follow Massachusetts in making the rival to Microsoft Word format the standard for all documents, spreadsheets and presentations. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Texas, Minnesota, agency, bill, spreadsheet, presentation, standard, XML, state, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

Mass. to use Microsoft Office in ODF plan

August 24, 2006 In letter seen by CNET News.com, commonwealth says it'll use Office suite plug-in as it moves to standardized format. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, disability, state, Microsoft Office, information technology, agency, letter, OpenOffice, document, open source, Microsoft Corp.

States struggling to deal with digital documents

April 25, 2006 Minnesota has followed Massachusetts with a bill to adopt open formats, but most states have yet to tackle digital archives. TAGS: Minnesota, CIO, Massachusetts, state, OpenDocument Format, standards, document, agency, office, information technology, IBM Corp., format

Microsoft Office to get a dose of OpenDocument

May 5, 2006 Developers have created a way to save OpenDocument documents from Microsoft Office. The first customer may be the commonwealth of Massachusetts. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Stephen O'Grady, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, development, IBM Corp., OpenOffice, open source, Microsoft Corp., format, document

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, Massachusetts, XML, Microsoft Office, standards, policy, state, information technology, Microsoft Corp., document

Mass. attorney general sues wind installer

March 8, 2007 A wind turbine installer misled environmentally-conscious consumers, suit alleges. TAGS: turbine, alternative energy, attorney general, suit, Massachusetts

AOL goes digging for spammer's gold

August 16, 2006 Company, owed $12 million by a spammer, gets permission to dig for gold and platinum bars in his parents' garden. TAGS: spammer, garden, America Online Inc., parent, Massachusetts, Time Warner Inc.

T.J. Maxx hack exposes consumer data

January 18, 2007 Intruders accessed systems used to process, store customer transaction data, putting unspecified number of shoppers at risk of identity fraud. TAGS: credit card company, identity fraud, Visa International, breach, credit card, merchant, intrusion, retailer, Massachusetts, point-of-sale, bank, Canada, payment, U.S., security

Police blotter: Detecting computer-generated porn?

January 3, 2007 In this week's installment, the FBI claims that one of its analysts can spot computer-generated images just by looking at them. TAGS: Police Blotter, U.S. District Judge, computer science, defense, image, Massachusetts, expert, children, Adobe PhotoShop, photograph

Sony BMG settles rootkit case with 39 states

December 21, 2006 Record label to pay $4.25 million a year after acknowledging that it secretly installed antipiracy software on music CDs. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, settlement, digital-rights management, antipiracy, state, rootkit, Massachusetts, Texas, agreement, Sony Corp., California, CD

Police Blotter: Can a cell phone camera intimidate a witness?

November 16, 2007 Court rules that trial defendant committed crime when pretending to photograph an undercover officer with his cell phone. TAGS: officer, Police Blotter, informant, defendant, cell phone, Massachusetts, photograph, camera

California may adopt OpenDocument

February 28, 2007 Bill would require state agencies to adopt ODF as a standard and exclude the use of proprietary file formats. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, bill, California, XML, Massachusetts, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Behind the 'MySpace fugitive' capture

December 12, 2006 Law enforcement worked with MySpace and city to track wanted man to Philadelphia library. TAGS: MySpace, Philadelphia, law enforcement agency, Georgia, law enforcement, News Corp., library, investigation, Massachusetts, capture, city

'Sandal and ponytail set' cramping Linux adoption?

March 28, 2006 Yes, says former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn. To be taken seriously, open-source community needs to dress the part. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, open source, adoption, open-source software, open-source community, CIO, Massachusetts, government, Linux, decision, information technology, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Call it the green Supreme Court

April 11, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says decision forcing the EPA to regulate emissions rests on high court's understanding of climate change. TAGS: emission, global warming, Massachusetts, agency, temperature, environment
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