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  • British remain tight-lipped on OOXML vote

    The British Standards Institution has sent its response to the International Organization for Standardization on the subject of whether Microsoft Office Open XML should be certified with the ISO, but has refused to say whether it voted "yes", "no", or "abstain".

  • UK open-sourcers beg to differ on OOXML result

    The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the standards body to recant its approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format.

  • OOXML ratification may be delayed after objection

    The official standardisation of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format could be delayed after a formal objection letter was lodged. The letter claimed that OOXML's approval process " harmed the reputations of both ISO and IEC.

  • UK leaves OOXML vote on a knife-edge

    After voting against Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) becoming an International standard last time around the UK seems on the brink of changing its mind.

  • 'Shocking' technical meeting may mar OOXML vote

    As Microsoft's bid to have its Office Open XML specification made an ISO standard approaches the final deadline of midnight on Saturday, more details have emerged of last month's controversial meeting in Geneva which attempted to resolve technical issues.

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  • Certification: What's in a name?

    The technology industry is awash with certifications at the individual and organisational level, but are these qualifications worth the paper they're printed on? ZDNet Australia investigates.

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    Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

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