Earlier this week the U.S. FCC officially closed its auction for wireless spectrum and has since announced the winners and … Verizon garnered a large chunk of the 700MHz spectrum, including band that covers nearly all of the United States. Details are emerging about the future OpenOffice open source productivity suite, with some saying that OpenOffice 3.0 promises to bash Microsoft’s Office, when it becomes available. A project leader within Eclipse contends that cutting some of the IDE’s functionality will enable Eclipse to deliver greater value. Eclipse IDE: Due for a trim? India rejects Microsoft’s OOXML again; the latest comes ahead of a March 29 deadline for ISO members to reconsider their votes if they see fit. Contract employees working for the U.S. Department of State breached Barack Obama’s passport records during the past three months — a violation flagged by the department’s in-house IT system. And in Geek week in review, the venerable Robert X. Cringely shares a story sure to chill the heart of many geeks, his take on spectrum analysis, and insights regarding Microsoft’s pretzel logic to satisfy Intel. Technology Industry