Microsoft's bid to make the Open XML (OOXML) file formats international standards has succeeded, barring any last-minute changes. The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is scheduled to issue the official communique today.
Researchers from the University of Queensland have taken a significant step in the quest to build a quantum computer, creating a light-based quantum circuit capable of basic calculations and moving quantum computing closer to a becoming a reality.
After years of acrimony, rivals Microsoft and Novell have agreed on at least one high-priority pursuit: cutting down Red Hat's influence.
The security industry converges at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, an event that's moved far beyond its origins as a get-together for cryptogeeks and other insiders.
Researchers at Cambridge University and Toshiba have announced a new quantum device that produces entangled photons, a promising technology for quantum encryption.
Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground.
We had the tools to stop the worm dead in its tracks, but it still exacted a high toll in lost productivity, and in the case of the sailors at sea around the coast of England, created a real risk to life.
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Could a vest designed to carry multiple devices help out the organisationally-impaired geek? It's possible. But after trying on the eVest, ZDNet's David Berlind found this one wasn't for him. Here's what made him take it off.
StarOffice might not be ready to totally displace Microsoft Office in the enterprise, but version 6 beta shows the suite has the stuff to loosen Microsoft's iron grip.
If Fisher-Price ever make a digital camera for toddlers they'll probably go to Kodak for design tips. One of a new line of digital cameras called EasyShare, Kodak's DX3500 aims to give the 'mums-and-dads' end of the consumer market a comfortable seat on entering the digital photography pantheon. Borrowing from the PDA cradle concept, EasyShare system links the DX3500 to PCs via a USB docking station that makes the images on the camera available at the touch of a button.
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