Microsoft boosts OOXML compatibility
News Documents created using the Office Open XML document format can now be viewed through a simple Firefox plug-in, while OOXML's compatibility with ODF and Apache has also been enhanced [12:11 GMT]
Registrations open for .tel domains
News Trademark holders can now register their .tel domain addresses, which serve as an unusual online repository for contact information [17:47 GMT]
Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream IT
News Open source-based IT jobs will grow and the cloud will be ubiquitous, as long as the community takes certain steps, according to a roadmap from the Open World Forum [18:23 GMT]
Businesses urged to devise digital-forensics plans
News A report from the Information Assurance Advisory Council says businesses need to have a forensics strategy to support their position in legal proceedings [17:29 GMT]
RIM lowers outlook as sales disappoint
News The BlackBerry-smartphone has reduced sales expectations for its third fiscal quarter, citing economic troubles in the US [16:41 GMT]
Silverlight goes Linux with Moonlight 1.0
News A version of Microsoft's Silverlight, a media player for rich web content, is now available for users of certain Linux distributions [16:19 GMT]
ManageSoft tackles virtual licences
Blog An upgrade to software from software asset management company, ManageSoft, offers tools for possibly reducing the cost of software licenses on virtual systems and addresses the issues raised. ... [15:40 GMT]
Microsoft's Firefox surprise
Leader The software giant has released a Firefox plug-in. We'll just repeat that: Microsoft has released a Firefox plug-in [14:40 GMT]
Oracle adds data-integrity code to Linux kernel
News The enterprise-software company has collaborated with networking-hardware company Emulex to produce Linux kernel data-integrity code [14:07 GMT]
Microsoft scrambles to resolve cashback glitch
News The company is trying to resolve matters after a glitch prevented people getting a 40 percent-cashback deal on purchases made on HP.com [13:49 GMT]
Nokia completes Symbian acquisition
News The completion of the buyout means the recently created Symbian Foundation can start taking the operating system closer to its open-source future [12:30 GMT]
Nokia updates mapping, messaging services
News The company has launched the latest version of Nokia Maps and its Nokia Messaging client, as it tries to build its mobile-services business [12:14 GMT]
40 percent of IT jobs will be in open source
Blog By 2020, the cloud will have taken over, and open source will rule in the cloud - with the result that 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, according to a roadmap launched... [11:48 GMT]
Microsoft puts datacentres on wheels
News The company has extends its building-block approach for quickly assembling modular datacentres [11:44 GMT]
First Windows 7 beta expected in January
News A Microsoft developer blog suggests Beta 1 of the software maker's upcoming operating system will be ready by next month [10:53 GMT]
Cambridge IT managers talk virtualisation, cloud 
Photos At the College IT Conference, the IT managers of the ancient Cambridge and Oxford colleges met to discuss common problems and opportunities [10:30 GMT]
Wi-Fi traffic averages 1m minutes a day
News BT has reported a doubling in use of its wireless services, with the telco recording its first ever 10 million-minute week during September [09:18 GMT]
Microsoft to broaden Vista SP2 testing
News Starting on Thursday, the software giant will make public a test version of the service pack update to its Vista operating system [09:01 GMT]
Apple removes Mac antivirus recommendation
News Apple has removed a statement to customers urging them to use multiple antivirus software utilities, saying Macs are safe 'out of the box' [08:48 GMT]
BBC/ITV/C4 Kangaroo scheme 'anti-competitive'
Blog The multi-channel video-on-demand scheme that is currently known as Project Kangaroo - think an iPlayer that includes not only the BBC but also ITV and Channel 4 - has a problem. The Competition... [08:15 GMT]
O2 reports 'very strong' SME uptake of iPhone 3G
News The company's head of business sales says the enthusiasm of SMEs for Apple's latest device is not yet matched by the corporate world [07:30 GMT]
IT staff hit by HSBC, Credit Suisse layoffs
News The financial giants have confirmed IT staff will be among those affected by the loss of 1,150 jobs [07:30 GMT]
Phorm appoints Norman Lamont as director
News The behavioural-advertising company has appointed former chancellor Norman Lamont and Broadband Stakeholder Group chair Kip Meek as non-executive directors [02 Dec 2008]
Date set for McKinnon extradition judicial review
Blog Gary McKinnon, the man accused of hacking Nasa and Pentagon computers, will have his oral judicial review hearing on 20 Jan, according to the Free Gary McKinnon website. The judicial review will... [02 Dec 2008]
Cambridge vs Oxford, Xen vs VMWare
Blog Last Friday I went to the College IT Conference, which is an annual get-together of college IT managers from Oxford and Cambridge universities. Note that these are the IT managers at the... [02 Dec 2008]
