Microsoft releases Office source code to governments
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Redmond software company Microsoft Corp. said it will add the source code of its Office 2003 flagship software suite to its program for sharing the details of its products with government entities.
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NOVEMBER 01, 2004  - Federal officials last week released a set of software files submitted by five vendors of e-voting systems and voting verification tools, saying that election officials can use the code and related digital signatures to
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Microsoft has released software that combs through PCs and reports back on the Office files installed on the systems, completing a free tool kit designed to aid corporate users in migrating to Office 2007.
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Does Microsoft's official trademark application for Excel signal an infringement crackdown?
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Eleven security updates are released today that fix a number of critical flaws in Microsoft products, including Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer.
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TechWeb - The Defense Ministry of Singapore, the latest government agency to spurn Microsoft for open source, said this week that it's turning to the OpenOffice application suite rather than updating Microsoft Office.
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Responding to requests, Microsoft will sponsor open-source project to build translators between older office formats and Open XML.
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MacCentral - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said that it is looking for ways to work more closely with developers of the Open Office open source project, while at the same time, apparently reserving the right to sue them, according to a legal agreement between Microsoft and Open Office's major sponsor, Sun Microsystems Inc., made public this week.
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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released several security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office software, and rereleased two previous patches.
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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has extended its Government Security Program (GSP) by offering government customers access to the source code of Microsoft Office 2003.
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Microsoft offered more than 60 governments the key to its Office desktop suite as the world's leading software maker faces growing competition from open-source rivals such as Linux.
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A translation tool released by Microsoft will make it easier for users to move and share text files in open formats.
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Recently, the Government Procurement Office of Beijing Municipality issued the Notice of Beijing Municipal Information Office on the Result of the Government Procurement Project for Copyrighted Software Vendors of Computer Operating Systems, Office Suites
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Microsoft planned to announce Monday that it would give dozens of governments and international agencies access to the programming code in its Office desktop software, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and e-mail programs.
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It's easier than you might think to create your own OpenOffice.org extensions.
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The software maker has released a downloadable version of its financial package for consumers.
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A data format used in Microsoft Corp.'s prevalent Office software line has been approved as an international standard &#151; a move aimed at preserving access to documents created with the package for years to come.