| Retail standards group to tackle virtualization security in '09 In the coming year, the PCI Security Standards Council will tackle a number of new areas of concern, such as computer virtualization, where it may set security guidelines for use in card processing. Given virtualization's growing popularity, that has a lot of people paying attention. Microsoft releases free Office-ODF interoperability guides Microsoft will publish technical documents on Tuesday describing how it built support for the rival Open Document Format (ODF) within Office 2007.
Also: Microsoft promises ODF support in Office 2007 SP2, kinda sorta Microsoft released technical documents describing plans to implement ODF in Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (to ship in 2009) but left itself some loopholes. How an Obama FCC will deal with major telecom issues With new leadership soon to take over at the Federal Communications Commission, observers say the FCC is likely to be more skeptical of big telecom mergers and to embrace network neutrality rules. Swedish regulator wants to unbundle fiber access Swedish incumbent TeliaSonera will have to open up its fiber network to competitors, according to a new proposal from local telecommunications regulator PTS (Post och Telestyrelsen). 802.11n boosts WLAN use in enterprises The popularity of 802.11n is attracting more businesses to wireless LAN equipment and helping suppliers cope with the tough economic climate, industry analysts say. The Top 10 stories of 2008: Not business as usual What started out as a banking crisis became, in 2008, a story for everyone: retailers, consumers, auto workers -- and tech professionals. Though it wasn't business as usual, some big mergers -- like HP buying EDS -- were executed. Long-awaited products like the Android-based G1 "Google phone" were launched. Standards wars involving file formats like OOXML and hardware technology like Blu-Ray concluded. The battle against spam purveyors like McColo went on ... and on. Microsoft, moving into middle age and struggling to gain ascendance on the Web, was involved in many of the biggest stories of the year. The most influential entrepreneur of our time, Bill Gates, moved on to focus on philanthropy. Here, not necessarily in order of importance, is the IDG News Service's pick for top 10 technology stories of the year. Lack of policy adds to e-discovery cost and complexity IT and legal teams must work together to establish e-discovery policies. In fact, one-third of companies lack formal policies and procedures for legal holds, according to a recent poll of attorneys and executives ... 2008 Cool Yule Tools
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