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RSS ballotMicrosoft's 'browser ballot' plan gets the green light
News Microsoft's plan to offer new Windows users a choice of browser - the so-called browser ballot screen - has been approved by the EC. Market testing will now go ahead for the ballot, which was created in... [07 Oct 2009]
Secure Remote Voting for Overseas and Disabled Voters
White Paper Technologies as simple as email and fax can transmit a blank ballot quickly anywhere in the world. However, a ballot which cannot be successfully voted and returned and counted is no better than no... [02 Oct 2009]
One week left to get Windows 7 on the cheap
News However, amid widespread criticism and indications the browserless options wouldn't fly with European regulators, Microsoft said last month it would scrap that plan and instead allow users in Europe to choose which browsers they want... [24 Aug 2009]
Fujitsu techies may strike over pensions and pay
News Unite began a consultative ballot of its members at the start of the week, with the ballot set to close on 26 August, the union said in a statement. IT workers at Fujitsu Services are being sounded out... [04 Aug 2009]
Microsoft drops browser-less Windows 7 in Europe
News Last week, Microsoft pitched a new idea to the EU, saying it would offer a "ballot screen" in Windows 7 that would let people choose any browser they like. Several worried about the complexity of changing the version of... [03 Aug 2009]
Microsoft U-turn: Browser 'ballot' coming to Europe's Windows 7
News Under our new proposal, among other things, European consumers who buy a new Windows PC with Internet Explorer set as their default browser would be shown a 'ballot screen' from which they could, if they wished, easily... [27 Jul 2009]
A Steve Jobs-less meeting for Apple shareholders
News No significant shareholder measures are on the ballot this year, and all eight directors are up for re-election, as usual. Apple has confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs will miss Wednesday's annual shareholder meeting for the... [24 Feb 2009]
Photos: How Betfair predicts the future
Photo Now, political researchers are using the way people bet to give them a more accurate steer on the outcome of a ballot. In the hurly burly of politics, pundits and opinion polls are often seen as the best way to predict... [22 Dec 2008]
A PC-Based Open-Source Voting Machine With an Accessible Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballot
White Paper A primary element of this Open Voting system is the use of software through which the voter creates a printed paper ballot containing his or her choices. Before casting ballot the voter may use other,... [01 Oct 2008]
IBM warns ISO to shape up
News Initially rejected by ISO members, OOXML was approved after a week-long ballot-resolution meeting. IBM has issued a warning to international standards body ISO in the wake of its approval of Microsoft's OOXML. [24 Sep 2008]
Open source group fights OOXML standard
News The international ballot took place at the end of March, under the auspices of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). A group of UK open-source advocates is seeking donations so it can continue its... [23 Jun 2008]
OOXML row continues
News The UK Unix & Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) said on Thursday that the British Standards Institution's controversial decision to vote for approval of OOXML in a recent International Organization for Standardization... [02 May 2008]
Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML
News As changes were made at an ISO ballot resolution meeting, Office 2007 documents no longer conform to the current standard based on OOXML, known as ISO/IEC 29500, according to Brown. Word documents generated by today's... [21 Apr 2008]
Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News The Commission raised its query with Standard Norge in February before the results of the ISO ballot were published. European antitrust regulators are investigating whether Microsoft abused its desktop software market... [04 Apr 2008]
Microsoft's OOXML fails to get ISO stamp
News The next stage of the process will be a ballot resolution meeting in Geneva in February 2008, where comments that accompanied the past five months of votes will be discussed by a sub-committee of JTC1. [06 Sep 2007]
