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RSS format in newsNo open door for Microsoft's Office Open XML
News Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS). [14 Aug 2007]
Massachusetts opts for open docs 'third way'
News The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to adopt both OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's rival Office Open XML document format. In a letter posted by the US state's IT division, Henry Dormitzer, undersecretary of administration and finance, and... [03 Aug 2007]
Microsoft's 'new JPEG' to get standards vote
News Microsoft's alternative to the ubiquitous JPEG image format could soon become a standard, a major step in the company's ambitions to spread the technology and boost its Vista operating system. In coming months, 16 national standards groups will... [01 Aug 2007]
Recycled PCs posing data leak risk
News Many companies simply erase data or format the disk on the PC, which leaves information easy to access, the computer maker said, reporting on its survey of 300 UK businesses. Nearly one-third of UK business PCs still have sensitive data on them... [09 Jul 2007]
National Archive tackles 'digital dark age'
News Microsoft has already shown commitment to this with the Open XML file format - used on its latest software - which allows data in documents to be unlocked to be archived and restructured in new ways. The National Archive and Microsoft are working... [04 Jul 2007]
Massachusetts moots opening door to Microsoft
News Another proposed change to the policy would make the most recent version of OpenDocument Format for Office Applications - another standardised document format - acceptable under the state's guidelines. [03 Jul 2007]
T-Mobile rolls out interactive kiosks
News T-Mobile head of retail Russell Taylor said in a statement: "The development of our interactive offering ensures that we are enabling the greatest possible mobile experience by providing customers with the information they need, in a simple... [22 Jun 2007]
Retailers fill their baskets with tech
News The ordering system is designed for stores where the product set and site format do not allow all variations of the product to be displayed physically. It's been a busy week for the UK's shopping giants - the Retail Solutions show in Birmingham... [07 Jun 2007]
Barclays rings in dot-mobi banking
News Customers can view pages from Barclays' online banking service in an updated format - designed specifically to be viewed on mobile phones. High street bank Barclays has launched a mobile phone banking service to extend the reach of its online... [23 May 2007]
Microsoft to expand document formats
News The company is expected to announce it is sponsoring an open source project to create a converter between Ecma Open XML - a set of file formats closely tied to Microsoft Office - and a Chinese national standard called Unified Office Format (UOF). [21 May 2007]
$100 laptop exec blasts desktop security
News There are a bunch of programs that ship with all major operating systems - including Linux, Mac OS and Windows - that can format your hard drive, spy on your computer, spy on you with your microphone and camera and turn over control of your... [21 May 2007]
Amazon to open DRM-less digital song store
News The ecommerce giant has announced it intends to offer songs from more than 12,000 record labels in the MP3 format, without the controversial digital rights management (DRM) software. Amazon.com plans to launch a digital music store later this year... [16 May 2007]
Public sector boasts £7m e-auction savings
News Today's announcement marks the seventh e-auction in which IT suppliers battle it out by offering the cheapest prices to meet combined government bodies' tech needs, with 325 already using the auction format for procurement. [14 May 2007]
Downloads sound the end of cassettes
News The tape was born in 1963 when Philips launched the format which went on to gain popularity in the 1970s and 80s. Following the demise of the floppy disk, it looks like analogue tape is about to meet a similar fate: Currys has announced it will no... [08 May 2007]
'Deluxe broadband' tempts hotel business customers
News On the personalisation side, the service offers access to a guest's favourite newspaper websites in their own language and in page-layout, rather than web format, so guests can view pages as if they were reading the paper in their lap. [27 Apr 2007]
