Brazil says 'no' to Open Office XML
The Brazilian Technical Standards Organization has voted against Microsoft's OOXML ISO certification.
The Brazilian Technical Standards Organization has voted against Microsoft's OOXML ISO certification.
Mobile anti-virus researchers and anti-virus companies are at loggerheads over access to code for a PC-to-mobile Trojan. The Mobile Anti-virus Researchers Association (MARA) said that it had received proof-of-concept code last week for Crossover, which MARA claims is malicious software that can jump from a Windows desktop machine to a Windows Mobile Pocket PC handheld.
After launching a mobile-security service last week, Finnish antivirus specialist F-Secure is being accused of magnifying threats to smart phones.Software and services company CA in a statement on Monday said F-Secure is marketing its service, which is designed to help protect mobile devices against malicious software, by carrying out a sustained campaign of hype.
The European Commission is scaling back its checks on whether the software maker is complying with a 2004 ruling to share interoperability information.
Microsoft will add native support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) instead of OOXML because of compatibility issues — but Microsoft refuses to admit that ODF has won the document format war.
It plans to publish findings from its third Blue Hat confab, where hackers give tips to Microsoft execs.
In absence of a fix from Microsoft, security experts advise companies to use unauthorized patch for latest WMF flaw.
New Zealand last week voted to reject Microsoft OOXML as an international standard while the Swedish Standards Institute invalidated its own vote after discovering irregularities.
The bid to fast track Office Open XML as an ISO-certified standard has received a setback, with ISO member Brazil casting a 'No' vote.
Innovation is the key, says CEO John Thompson, adding: "We know more about security than they ever will."