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Microsoft to plug PowerPoint hole

July 17, 2006 Fix for zero-day flaw in PowerPoint that is being exploited in cyberattacks is slated to be released next month. TAGS: Microsoft PowerPoint, flaw, cyberattack, fix, attack, Microsoft Corp., security

Another PowerPoint bug threatens

October 17, 2006 A yet-to-be-fixed vulnerability poses a potential problem for those who use the presentation tool. TAGS: Microsoft PowerPoint, flaw, vulnerability, attack, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., security

Zero-day attacks continue to hit Microsoft

September 28, 2006 Rare, out-of-cycle Windows patch fixes one flaw, but attacks through other known, yet-to-be-plugged holes continue. TAGS: flaw, Microsoft PowerPoint, attack, iDefense, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows, e-mail

Zero-day Wednesdays

July 24, 2006 Why are attacks via unfixed flaws coming out the day after Microsoft's Patch Tuesday? Think corporate espionage, CNET editor Robert Vamosi says. TAGS: Microsoft PowerPoint, flaw, virus attack, patch management, attack, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, virus

Games that stick it to 'The Man'

February 3, 2006 A new genre of video games is taking big companies to task and satirizing the way they do business. Images: An ad-busting video game TAGS: Federal Express, video game, corporation, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, games, video

Microsoft to support Chinese document standard

May 21, 2007 The company will sponsor an open-source project to create converter between Ecma Open XML and Chinese standard. Also: new ODF converters. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, open-source project, SourceForge, converter, Microsoft PowerPoint, open source, Microsoft Excel, document, Microsoft Corp.

New PowerPoint hole used in cyberattacks

July 13, 2006 Alert of new, yet-to-be-patched Office flaw being exploited in attacks comes on heels of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday." TAGS: flaw, cyberattack, security expert, Microsoft PowerPoint, vulnerability, Microsoft Excel, alert, attack, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Office, security, Microsoft Corp., PC

Office 2003 update blocks older file formats

January 3, 2008 Latest service pack for productivity suite renders older file formats--including those for Word, Excel, PowerPoint--inaccessible. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2003, productivity suite, Corel Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, service pack, format, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft adding XML files to Office 12

June 2, 2005 XML-based file formats in the offing for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications are expected to free up data and improve security. TAGS: Office 12, XML, Microsoft Office, format, business software, worker, Microsoft PowerPoint, XML file, document, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

This week in Microsoft

June 3, 2005 Microsoft announces tweaks to its software, one of which is drawing intense criticism from some Windows users. TAGS: Office 12, criticism, antitrust, XML, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up Office

May 24, 2005 As government gets strict on how companies manage data, Microsoft looks at ways to make Word, other files more secure. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, worker, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Report: Targeted e-mail attacks increasing

April 18, 2007 Security firm has spotted a significant upswing in e-mail attacks aimed at organizations. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., e-mail filtering, attack, organization, Microsoft PowerPoint, e-mail, Microsoft Office, security, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp.

Google treads on PowerPoint turf

April 17, 2007 In his keynote address at Web 2.0 Expo, CEO Eric Schmidt shows off new Docs & Spreadsheets feature that lets users create presentations.Schmidt talks DoubleClick deal TAGS: Eric Schmidt, DoubleClick Inc., Google Inc., advertising company, Web 2.0, presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint, merger, San Francisco, Microsoft Office, conference, Microsoft Corp., CEO

Palmisano memo outlines reason for IBM sale

December 8, 2004 Firm's CEO says PCs are too much like consumer electronics, and that Big Blue's focus lies elsewhere. TAGS: Palmisano, IBM Corp., memo, Lenovo, North Carolina, on-demand, consumer electronics, Microsoft PowerPoint, CEO, China, PC

The Achilles' heel in Google's phone plan

November 12, 2007 Can Google be a partner to cell phone makers? Only if the company can force itself to beg, beguile, and bluff, says CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos. TAGS: lifestyle, handset maker, ARM, Starbucks Corp., Google Inc., cell phone company, carrier, Microsoft PowerPoint, handset, cell phone, Microsoft Corp.