Friday, February 02, 2007

Open XML translator for MS Word available ... YouTube execs talk copyright in Japan next week


HIGHLIGHTS
News: Open XML translator for Microsoft Word available
News: CA begins simplification of product names
News: YouTube execs due in Japan next week to talk copyright
News: Tokyo ward mistakenly e-mails citizens of earthquake
Windows Tip: Daylight Savings Time fix
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Internet makes parakeet a superstar


NEWS UPDATES

Open XML translator for Microsoft Word available
Companies have completed the first phase of a Microsoft Corp.-sponsored project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and Open Document Format for Office Applications file formats.

CA begins simplification of product names
CA Inc. has unveiled plans to simplify the naming of its entire software range over the next 12 to 18 months to better brand the products and more clearly indicate their function.

YouTube execs due in Japan next week to talk copyright
Top executives from YouTube Inc. are due in Tokyo next week for talks with some of Japan's largest video content producers over copyrighted material available on the popular site.

Tokyo ward mistakenly e-mails citizens of earthquake
A routine test of an earthquake information system in Tokyo on Friday mistakenly notified citizens about an earthquake that hadn't occurred.

Verizon rolls out faster 3G
Verizon Wireless Inc. on Thursday unveiled its first deployments of a faster mobile broadband service that multiplies speeds upstream to the Internet.

CA unhappy with its storage business
While software vendor CA is pretty happy with the financial performance of three-quarters of its business, its storage management operations are not up to par, according to executives.

Oracle apps launch, short on glitz, long on reassurance
Oracle Corp.'s launch of new releases of its five application families was a surprisingly sober affair, designed to restate the vendor's May 2006 pledge to continue to enhance all of the software products.

Wall Street Beat: Google drops, but confidence high
Despite a drop in Google Inc. share price after its Wednesday earnings announcement, investor confidence in the IT sector appears to be high as earnings season winds down.


WINDOWS TIP

Daylight Savings Time fix
By Mitch Tulloch, MTIT Enterprises

There are several ways for companies still running legacy Windows platforms to address the impact of these Daylight Savings Time changes on their products.

Read the full article here.


PODCAST

Daily IT News Audio Update
Yahoo launches Indian portals in seven languages ... E.U. to spend heavily on tech R&D ... Lenovo sees profits rise, as sales stay flat


ITWHIRLED

Internet makes parakeet a superstar
Thanks to video-sharing sites, A.J. the basketball-dunking parakeet is now known to more people around the world than this year's Nobel laureates. Read the bird's saga, which involves the untimely death of two of his predecessors. Watch out, A.J.!

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