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OASIS Approves OpenOffice 2.0 File Format
OASIS, the international e-business standards consortium, announced on Monday that it has approved the Open Document Format for Office Applications Version 1.0 as a standard. OpenDocument (Open Document Format for Office Applications) is the new default XML-based file format for the forthcoming open-source office suite OpenOffice.org 2.0. Although based on the OpenOffice.org 1.x format, which…
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Geek House: Home Television Server
This is chapter three from the ExtremeTech book, Geek House, published by Wiley Publishing. The book shows how to make the most of technology in the home, with 10 PC-based hardware hacking projects. Hack, customize, and modify everything-from your sprinkler systems to the temperature of your barbecue. In stark contrast to the pre-rural electrification farmhouse…
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HP Enhances Partner Program
Hewlett-Packard Co. this week made changes to its PartnerOne program in an effort boost sales and increase partner profitability while making it easier for VARs to do business with the company. PartnerOne enhancements will boost partner sales margins, reward them for expertise in specific market segments, open up new service business opportunities and accelerate payments…
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Tiger Server Roars, Too
While most of the attention Friday is on the client version of Apple’s latest release of its Mac OS X operating system, Tiger Server is a major event in itself. It bridges the worlds of open source, Unix and Windows, and may be the key to finally gaining Apple a foothold in the corporate data…
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Channel Partners Welcome IBM PC Division Sale to Lenovo
In the last three years, IBM has built a loyal following in the channel by working to eliminate conflict between its direct business and partner sales. So when the Armonk, N.Y.-based computing giant said in December it is selling its Personal Computing Division to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo Group Ltd., channel partners worried. They worried that…
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Cisco Partner Programs Offer Incentives
Cisco Systems held its annual Partner Summit last week in Vancouver, British Columbia, and announced several programs designed to improve financial incentives to the company’s 2,500 or so channel partners. On the first day of the conference Cisco kicked off with its Solution Incentive Program, or SIP. According to the company, SIP provides channel partners…
