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  • United States set to vote 'yes' on OOXML

    The US seems set to vote for Microsoft's Open XML (OOXML) file format be ratified as an international standard; the chair of its technical committee said opposition to the file format was based on spite and anti-Microsoft sentiment.

  • The big election beta test

    Votes cast Tuesday in the US will not only determine the next president, they could also go a long way toward determining the future of ballot machines in America.

  • US blocks overseas ISPs from voting site

    Many of the world's major Internet service providers have been blocked from providing access to a US government Web site for Americans based overseas who want to take part in the forthcoming elections.

  • US abandons Internet voting

    The US Department of Defense on Thursday backed off plans for a large-scale test of a voting system designed to let Americans who are overseas cast ballots in the coming election over the Internet.

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