Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Microsoft, U.S. Postal Service offer electronic postmarking. The Electronic Postmark extension to the new version of Microsoft's Office 200 allows users to sign and secure their documents in a way that is legally binding. [Computerworld News]

Note: the article mentions that this has never been tested in court, so it may turn out that it is not legally binding.  Also, it appears that a copy of the doc gets saved on a USPS server.  That means that the feds have a copy of your data.  Exciting.


2:50:31 PM    

Dell outsourcing costing customers?. Dell, Inc. may or may not be saving a ton of money by outsourcing its tech support, but it is definitely losing loyal customers as a result of the move. And if the comments I recently saw on the Austin LUG mailing list are any indication, the flow of customers away from Dell is only going to increase. Yes. It's that bad. [NewsForge]
2:41:32 PM    

Microsoft Opens Windows Source Code to Its MVPs. Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday will announce that it is giving its Most Valued Professionals access to the more than 100 million aggregate lines of Windows source code, which includes all versions, service packs and betas of the Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 products. [eWEEK Technology News]
2:34:10 PM    

SCO now says Linux license for big users only. The company announced its $699 Intellectual Property License for Linux in August, saying Linux users must purchase the license to avoid violating SCO's Unix intellectual property rights. [Computerworld News]
2:30:54 PM    

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