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Microsoft Inc. has released the file format converters that allow Office 2004 for Mac to read the Open XML file formats that were introduced in Office 2007 for Windows. The converters were originally due to be available close to the launch of Office 2007, but have been delayed several times. The converters are now available for download, along with some other updates for both Office 2004 and Office 2008.
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Microsoft has released two security updates for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and Office 2003 and later. The patch described in Bulletin MS08-069 closes three holes in Microsoft’s XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0. Microsoft has rated one of the errors as critical. The cause of vulnerability is a memory error that occurs when XML code is being parsed. It allows code to be injected and executed. This rating only applies to MSXML version 3.0, but in the other versions Microsoft still rates the threat as high.

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Software giant Microsoft Inc. is to stop selling its XP operating system to retailers and computer makers this week. The move, which will see retailers and computer makers having to buy the newer Windows Vista operating system for any new stock they order, comes despite protests from some PC users who prefer the older XP. Existing computer hardware stocks running XP will be unaffected, and smaller retail outlets will still be able to sell XP until January.
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