We still have some users on Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac. From time to time — generally after a restart or a fresh login — there's a huge delay when launching Word.
The message that Word displays, in the splash graphic, is "Optimizing font menu performance..."
Depending on the speed of your machine's processor, and the number of fonts installed, this can take literally f ...
Yesterday, Microsoft released a series of patches to Microsoft Office — for both Windows and Macintosh — that plugged a serious Remote Code Execution flaw in Word and Outlook.
As detailed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-026, which is rated as "critical":
This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word that could allow remote code ...
Have you noticed that United Airlines doesn't use the "Friendly Skies" slogan any more? No wonder.
The company does a lot of things now that aren't great for customers. For example, now you have to pay to get a seat with an extra couple of inches of legroom... at rates ranging from $14 to $109 or more, each way.
And now they've changed their frequent-flier program, called Mil ...
XBRL is one of the most interesting XML schemas, and the use of the eXtensible Business Reporting Language is probably going to become required by publicly traded companies.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is meeting today to discuss whether to mandate the use of XBRL to file their financial disclosures. This program has been going on, in a volunteer way, since April 2005.