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News (65)

• Open standards key to digital preservation

  Open standards allow the National Archives of Australia to store documents and safeguard against hardware, software and OS obsolescence.

• Sifting through the Microsoft antitrust rubble

  For those who feared that the antitrust trial was a dangerous attempt by government to reassert control over the marketplace, there was plenty to cheer about. But, just what did the trial accomplish?

• Microsoft denies OOXML has 'proprietary hooks'

  As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology.

• Microsoft lets governments into Office

  Microsoft is set to add Office to its program that allows governments to view source code for key applications.

• Special: Microsoft Windows XP

  Windows XP carries monumental significance for the high-technology industry and the Internet. ZDNet Australia provides up-to-date news and analysis on the eve of the product's launch.

Features and Case Studies (20)

• When standards don't apply

  A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.

• Data migration tough but essential for government dept

  The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) is no stranger to electronic record keeping, but in 2002 it realised that some of its most crucial information might soon become inaccessible.

• Software firms favour e-forms

  Electronic-forms projects are the software world's flavour of the month, with Microsoft, Adobe and others attempting to simplify electronic business transactions.

• What next for the Internet?

  Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

• XML: Great hope or great hype?

  XML has been called everything from the technology that will revolutionise the Web to a nuisance. What's really the story?

Reviews (11)

• How open is the new Office?

  Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.

• What next for the Internet?

  Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

• The intruder at the gate

  Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.

• The suite approach: 6 office suites tested

  Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.

• Contact management packages reviewed

  We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

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