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Microsoft admits it can't stop Office file format hacks; Tech Tattoos; Ericsson enters bidding for Nortel wireless

Tech Tattoos: The Good, the Bad, and the R U SRS?!; Ericsson enters bidding for Nortel wireless business
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Microsoft admits it can't stop Office file format hacks

Microsoft's plan to "sandbox" Office documents in the next version of its application suite is an admission that it can't keep hackers from exploiting file format bugs, a security analyst said today. Read full story

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Ericsson has joined the bidding for Nortel's CDMA and LTE wireless assets, joining Nokia Siemens and private equity firm MatlinPatterson.

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R&D 100 list features Intel netbook processors and artificial retinas
R&D Magazine's annual list of 100 big tech advances isn't too heavy on network technologies, but Intel's netbook-powering Atom processors and RFinity's Mobile Open-Encryption Platform for securing mobile e-commerce did earn honors.

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July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31.

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