Microsoft Excel users could see their spreadsheets go haywire when they open their files on Jan. Microsoft Excel users could see their spreadsheets go haywire when they open their files on Jan. 1 unless they download scanning tools from the company's Web site, according to a technology management consulting firm. Boston-based Horizon Information Group found that several Y2K analysis tools failed to detect an Excel year 2000 error that caused drastic math errors. The problem involves a DATE function that treats all two-digit years as 20th-century dates, regardless of how Excel is configured to handle two-digit dates. Microsoft officials say the company has documented the bug on its Y2K Web page and in Excel Help within Excel, and that its Office 95, 97 and 200 are Y2K-compliant based on the company's three-tier set of compliance definitions....

Microsoft sued over Excel data-linking technology. microsoft sued over excel data. Carlos Armando Amado said in a lawsuit that he filed for a patent in 1990 for software that links Microsoft’s Excel program with its Access database application via a single spreadsheet, and that he unsuccessfully tried to sell it to Microsoft two years later....

A new vulnerability has been found in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program, just a few days after the company fixed problems with several of its applications in its monthly patch distribution.. A new vulnerability has been found in Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet program, just a few days after the company fixed problems with several of its applications in its monthly patch distribution. One customer reported an attack using the vulnerability, which comes from an e-mail with a malicious Excel document attached, wrote Mike Reavey, Microsoft Security Program Manager, on the company’s security blog....

Asian Excel versions hit by spreadsheet vulnerability. excel bufferoverflow longstylesheet. Security company Secunia identified a new vulnerability in Asian versions of Microsoft Excel style sheets that theoretically allows malicious code to be executed.. Security company Secunia identified a new vulnerability in Asian versions of Microsoft Excel style sheets that theoretically allows malicious code to be executed. According to alert issued by Secunia, specially crafted spreadsheets containing "overly long styles" can cause a buffer overflow that crashes Excel. Fortunately, this vulnerability only affects Asian language versions of Excel 2000, 2002 and 2003....

Microsoft patches an Excel patch. microsoft patches excel patch. Microsoft has patched a botched Excel security patch that was issued earlier this month. The flawed patch was supposed to fix five critical Excel flaws, but instead made documents inaccessible for some Excel 2000 users.. Microsoft has patched a botched Excel security patch that was issued earlier this month. The flawed patch was supposed to fix five critical Excel flaws, but instead made documents inaccessible for some Excel 2000 users....

Excel 2007 bug messes up calculations. excel 2007 bug. Redmond (WA) - A recently unearthed glitch in Microsoft’s newest version of Excel sometimes shows the wrong answer for a specific kind of equation. Redmond (WA) - A recently unearthed glitch in Microsoft’s newest version of Excel sometimes shows the wrong answer for a specific kind of equation. The key here is that the issue is actually not in the calculation itself (the result of the calculation stored in Excel’s memory is correct), but only in the result that is shown in the sheet," said Microsoft’s David Gainer....

Redmond (WA) - Microsoft has fixed a rare display glitch in Excel 2007, two weeks after it first alerted users to the problem.. Redmond (WA) - Microsoft has fixed a rare display glitch in Excel 2007, two weeks after it first alerted users to the problem. It is especially unusual in such a high-profile program as Excel 2007. In the official Excel blog, Microsoft wrote, "We are in the process of adding this fix to Microsoft Update so that it will get automatically pushed to users running Excel 2007 or Excel Services 2007. Users can download the patch now from Microsoft’s download page or from the Excel blog....

A new flaw has opened up in Microsoft Excel, which could allow an attacker to compromise a remote user's computer.. Redmond (WA) - A new flaw has opened up in Microsoft Excel, which could allow an attacker to compromise a remote user’s computer. Microsoft warned this week that an attacker could use the vulnerability to create a malicious Excel file. The vulnerability affects the following versions of Excel : 2000, 2002, Viewer 2003, 2003 Service Pack 2, and Mac Excel 2004....