Posts made in August, 2009

Microsoft Banned from selling Word in the US?

Microsoft Banned from selling Word in the US?

According to SeattlePI, Microsoft was ordered not to sell Word in the United States by Judge Leonard Davis. i4i Inc. has made an announcment that “prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML,”. i4i alleges Microsoft violated its 1998 patent...

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The pitfalls of encryption

The pitfalls of encryption

As the dangers of the computing world make themselves more known, the importance of protecting our digital property are becoming more realized. Encryption, the act of protecting data with data with the use of keys and passphrases, is something I personally think is essential to a computer system and as such I implement in all of my systems. Problem is, it’s not flawless. I recently...

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Hello world!

Hello world!

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