Category: Computer Tech
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Microsoft ODF/OOXML
Well very interesting news that Microsoft is to support ODF in MS Office 2007 SP2 albeit the older 1.1 specification. But the most interesting is that this comes straight after Matusow’s visit to SA. I wonder if he got wind of the intended SABS appeal against the JTC1 OOXML process. MS will be shut out…
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South Africans apparently don’t understand OSS
Well that’s according to one of the largest commercial software vendors on the planet – Microsoft. I wonder where they get this drivel from? Maybe from the fact that they’re fighting a losing battle with OSS and need to try and grab any last share of support they can. Perhaps they thought that coming to…
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OpenOffice 3 Beta now available
with a lot of improvements to functionality and support, including: prelim docx support for MS Office 2007 shared network spreadsheets streamlined UI
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Reiser and ReiserFS
Hans Reiser has been found guilty on the charge of 1st degree murder ( of his wife ) yesterday. From the little information I’ve read in the press, I understand that there’s mostly circumstantial evidence in this case, and the body of Hans’ wife hasn’t even been found. Based on this, I’m quite surprised with…
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Open Document Standards
OOXML has gained ISO approval even though the process leading up to this was seriously flawed. I think the following points apply: ISO is no longer an open standards organisation and are in Big Business pockets There was not enough time to go through the changes that were requested in the last round of voting…
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Security ( or not )
It’s quite interesting that out of the 30 or so contacts I sent information to about the vmsplice issue, only one person came back to me requesting their kernel be updated. This is unfortunately the reality of security these days – with more to lose, people have less concern about security.
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Linux kernel vmsplice vulnerability
The recent vulnerability in the linux kernel pertaining to the vmsplice function has resulted in quite a hole in many Linux PCs all over the world. It is recommended to updated to 2.6.24.2 immediately to close this loop hole. Please note that to successfully exploit this bug, you need to have at minimum unprivileged local…
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Translate.org.za
has won the pan SA Language Board award for contribution to multi-lingualism and nation building over the past decade
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OOXML and what it means to you
What it means to you A document format is not just a simple way of saving information. Rather, look at it as a means of preserving information for the short or long term. Applications come and go, but it’s always necessary to open documents no matter what was used to create them. If another party…
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Trend and its patents
Fresh from trolling other AV vendors, Trend has turned its sites on ClamAV, the major open source AV solution which was recently purchased by Sourcefire. If particular, Trend is going after Barracuda Networks, a vendor that provides commercial network security appliances that include ClamAV. Unlike other vendors that have settled out of court, Barracuda has…
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All I want for Xmas
For those looking for something slightly different to hand out this year, have a look at MySkins for cool coverings of your fave electronics device. From as little as R149 and loads of categories to choose from, make your device bling!!!