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ISO rejects latest OOXML appeals
News The International Organization for Standardization has thrown out four appeals against its ratification of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format. The appeals were made by Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela, and generally centred on... [19 Aug 2008]
IBM-Linux love-in targets Vista grumblers
News For example, a version aimed at governments would support applications for document or case management, crisis management and government services, while a banking version might focus on virtual thin clients, IBM said. [07 Aug 2008]
Google ups Search Appliance index
News They can use connectors to access files archived with document management systems such as EMC's Documentum. Google has expanded the capacity of its Search Appliance and made other improvements to the customised server that lets people search their... [06 Aug 2008]
'Cool' new rival set to challenge Google?
News Patterson also designed the search system for global corporate document storage company Recall. A start-up led by former star Google engineers has unveiled a new web search service that aims to outdo the internet search leader in size, but faces an... [28 Jul 2008]
Leeds Council puts faith in Microsoft
News The agreement is already delivering benefits with a pilot project underway in the Children's Services department around secure joint working on document and case management files. There will be improvements around information and knowledge... [28 Jul 2008]
Internet blacklisting tool unveiled
News In formulating HPB for a network 'A', we treat attack sources that have reportedly made attacks on networks correlated with 'A' differently from attack sources that attacked the same number but uncorrelated networks," researchers said in a... [28 Jul 2008]
RIM patches PDF security hole
News RIM has released a patch for a security flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which exposed corporate networks to hackers via a maliciously crafted PDF document. RIM announced the "highly critical" security advisory two weeks ago, detailing that a... [23 Jul 2008]
Foreign Office tech overspend leads to project trimming
News Other IT systems have been cut down, with "financial constraints" forcing funding for the iRecords electronic document management system to be cut from £26.5m to £5.1m and predicted spend on an FCO web platform reduced from £13.5m to £9.7m. [07 Jul 2008]
In his own words: Bill Gates' best quotes
News It's a good thing we have museums to document that. As the world's most famous tech boss, Bill Gates has been quoted more times than you can shake a stick at - but there have been some particularly insightful, bold and wide of the mark comments... [26 Jun 2008]
Microsoft slow to resolve technical docs problems
News The US Justice Department and states, who were also party to the antitrust suit, said Microsoft had acted too slowly in resolving technical information problems, known as "technical document issues" or TDIs. [25 Jun 2008]
Open source group fights OOXML standard
News A group of UK open-source advocates is seeking donations so it can continue its fight against the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format. At the end of April, the UK Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) applied for a judicial... [23 Jun 2008]
Google Docs sports PDF support
News People using the service now can upload and view documents encoded with the widely used and now standardised Portable Document Format (PDF) initially created by Adobe Systems. Google Docs, the online office suite from the search giant, now has some... [17 Jun 2008]
IBM sings a Symphony to rival Office
News The software is free, with unlimited technical support for around $25 per user, and it supports the ODF document format - which could cast an unflattering light on the confusion around Microsoft Office. [09 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! said no to Google before Microsoft bid
News document prepared for Yahoo! An excerpt from the company document said: "Short-term analysis of the revenue potential of outsourcing monetisation may not take into account the longer term impact on the competitive market if search becomes an... [03 Jun 2008]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News Matusow wrote in a blog post: "This is not about any one document format 'winning' - it is about enabling customers to evaluate and use document formats that make the most sense for them. Following controversy over Microsoft's conduct in pushing... [23 May 2008]
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