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Office will not be available to consumers until January 2007 to align the release with Windows Vista. Expect more announcements like this as the effects of new VPs spread.

Mike Harsh (PM for WPF/E), "The WPF/E package also contains a small, cross platform subset of the CLR and .NET Framework that can run C# or VB.NET code. Yes, we are bringing C# programming to the Mac."

A significant vulnerability has been discovered in the Sendmail open-source e-mail application that could allow attackers to take over control of any devices running the affected software. The group cautioned all users of the Sendmail 8 version of the product to move to the new iteration, Version 8.13.6.

Yet another attack targeting Internet Explorer (5, 6 and the Technical Preview of 7) has been given the "extremely critical" label. Fix on the way, try not to download anything until then.

News for Thursday, March 23 2006

Microsoft's MIX 06 conference in Las Vegas got underway Bill Gates opening keynote highlighting "Atlas," a new tool that simplifies the creation of AJAX-enabled sites using ASP 2.0.

And I thought airports were getting safer...

Online payment company PayPal is preparing to offer a service that will let consumers make purchases or money transfers using simple text messaging via mobile phones, the company said on Wednesday. Txt $50 2 me. kkthxbye.

Steven Sinofsky, current head of the Office division of Microsoft, is expected to be named to succeed Jim Allchin as head of Windows. Those are two of the most different groups at Microsoft, and the result could be interesting.

IBM announced that it is creating an on-demand animation service with RenderRocket, a first-of-its-kind game hosting service with OGSI and an on-demand hosting environment for Hoplon, which supports a game design running on an IBM mainframe.

Denial of service attack forces Sun to withdraw public access to their new grid service.

Greg Stein, Chairman of the Apache Software Foundation, says open source is becoming the paradigm of choice and that in five to 10 years, most software will be free. Paying job prospects for developers looking up...

Will you still be able to get the laptops with the glowing eyes?

Comment out first, delete second. Version control always.

No, they're not smaller than the video iPod, it's Carbon Nanotube Television (CNT), and they'll be 60-100" diagonal upon arrival. Yes please, I'll take one.

Versions for business will be available by November, but Microsoft will miss holiday consumer sales.

News for Wednesday, March 22 2006

Hovering cars appear on Google Earth. The truth is out there!

Code Master Challenge. Write a Windows Vista app, win $50,000USD. What could be more simple?

According to producer, Rick McCallum, the series will be set between episodes three and four and should begin production in 2008.

He missed the record by about 2,000 digits, and is only about 12th on the world-wide list of reciters.

Developers have an opportunity for revenue from developing mini-applications, called Gadgets, for Windows Vista according to Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore.

Learn more about the upcoming Office file formats (soon to be ECMA Standard)

Sun Developer Expert Assistance program will provide e-mail based answers ($99USD per request) and Sun Community Champions Program will highlight community developers for their work promoting Sun tools and services.