Neowin News Feed for: Proprietary

LibreOffice bashes Microsoft for "absurd" OOXML format and Excel's handling of dates

Usama Jawad — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:42:01 +0000

LibreOffice just launched another brutal attack on Microsoft Office, accusing it of trapping users with broken and misleading file standards. Read more...

Lapsus$ hackers threatening to release Vodafone's proprietary code

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:30:01 +0000

The hacking group Lapsus$ is threatening to dump Vodafone source code online in a couple of days. Vodafone has said that it's aware of the threat from the group and that it's investigating. Read more...

Opera launches PC Apps Hub, listing what it thinks is handy software

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:08:01 +0000

The team behind the Opera web browser has taken an unusual decision to launch the PC Apps Hub. It contains just a few pieces of software that it deems fundamental for users running Windows. Read more...

Microsoft Readies Proprietary Image Format

Fri, 26 May 2006 14:03:42 +0000

Microsoft have announced their new image format which is a competitor to standards like JPEG and PNG.Windows Media Photo is a new file format for continuous-tone still images that surpasses the limitations of existing image... Read more...

Proprietary, open source can co-exist, says IT secy

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 18:52:55 +0000

NEW DELHI: The Department of IT on Wednesday made it clear that there was a place for both proprietary and open source software in its larger scheme to provide the country with a robust IT... Read more...