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Excel Patch Causing Calculation Errors

Microsoft's security fix added a bug that is associated with the use of real-time data.

Microsoft and Adobe Agree on Mobile Flash Licensing

Deal will enable Flash Lite animations and facilitate PDF reading on mobile smartphones.

U.S. Votes for Modified OOXML Standards

The U.S. "Yea" vote on Microsoft's XML document format will be added to a final tally on March 29.

Microsoft Launches Accessibility Portal for Developers

Web site provides tools to help test accessibility features in applications.

Atalasoft Updates Photo and Document Imaging Toolkit

Toolkit helps scan Web and desktop application.

Windows Home Server Data Corruption Fix Coming in June

Problem is caused by a clash between Microsoft's NTFS file system and Home Server's file system mini-filter drivers.

Mono Project To Release Dev Tool and New Beta

Solutions help port Microsoft .NET apps to Linux.

Lawsuit May Have Driven Vista Virtualization

Court document states that Vista was opened to virtualization in response to a Phoenix Technologies lawsuit.

Murdoch Out; Yahoo Continues Fighting Microsoft

News Corp. buyout of Yahoo won't happen, Chairman says.

Sun-Microsoft Collab Results in Interop Center

Both companies also develop guidelines for implementing Exchange Server 2007 on Sun server and storage hardware.

Patch Tuesday Fixes Critical Excel, Outlook, Web Component and Office Flaws

Security problems in Microsoft Office suite addressed in latest patches.

Report: Google, Microsoft To Battle Over Digg

Bid for news aggregation site allegedly may hit the more than $200 million mark.

Ballmer Acknowledges Mistakes, Offers Insights on Roadmap at MIX08

Microsoft's CEO acknowledged frustration with the acceptance of Windows Vista and the company's failure to upgrade its Internet Explorer browser more routinely, as well the questionable decision to pursue separate development paths for Internet Explorer and the .NET Framework.

Document Interoperability Initiative Unveiled by Microsoft

Move aims to assure the interoperability of OOXML, ODF and other document formats.

Microsoft To Release 4 Critical Office Patches Tuesday

The fixes will address remote code execution security issues in Office products.

Microsoft Creates IT Job Portal for Students

Portal points college students to entry-level IT jobs.

Trustworthy Computing: Examining Trust

Microsoft's Trustworthy Academic Advisory Board has been keeping tabs on security issues -- external as well as internal -- that continue to challenge Microsoft's developers. Here's a peek into the board, which marks five years on watch.

Apple To Add Exchange Support to iPhones

A beta of the Apple iPhone software development kit was released.

Zend Core PHP Certified for Windows Server 2008

Companies assert that past performance and reliability issues have been settled.

MIX08 Kicks Off With First IE 8 and Silverlight 2 Betas

Highly anticipated betas get a debut.