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• Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow

  The OpenDocument Format has come under attack from Microsoft, which claims its Office Open XML format has significantly better performance.

• Europe: No patents for software

  Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents.

• ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

  The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner.

• FreeBSD vows to compete with desktop Linux

  Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition.

• EC reluctant to back OpenDocument

  The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the OpenDocument file format, even though the format has been endorsed by international standards groups.

Features and Case Studies (12)

• MIT's open communications campaigner

  Andrew Lippman thinks communities will be key to the future of communications tech.

• One city's move to open source

  In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

• Torvalds gets tough on kernel coders

  Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, is cracking down on developers who add last-minute changes to the kernel.

• Servers keep churning in ID theft case

  An estimated 27,000 people have been affected by an identity theft ring that was discovered earlier this month, according to Sunbelt Software, the security company that uncovered the operation.

• Mytob worm picks up phishing trick

  New variants of the Mytob worm are using a phishing-style e-mail to fool people into downloading malicious code.

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