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  • Massachusetts CIO quits

    The chief information officer of Massachusetts is stepping down, complaining about a lack of funding for the commonwealth's technology initiatives.

  • Microsoft bends on OpenDocument

    Microsoft said it plans to sponsor an open-source project to create software that will convert Office documents to OpenDocument, a rival format gaining ground, particularly among governments.

  • Adobe updates Flash Player, Flex tool

    Adobe Systems on Wednesday in the US plans to release upgrades to its Flash Player software and Flex development tool for building Web applications.

  • Corporate America wakes up to Web 2.0

    Big companies have for years installed industrial-strength content management systems in the hope of sparking collaboration among workers. There was just one problem: People didn't use them.

  • Microsoft kills stand-alone WinFS project

    Microsoft has decided to initially use technology from its WinFS project in the SQL Server database, rather than directly in its Windows operating system.

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  • Web services security takes shape

    Security software company Netegrity and partners publish Web services security guidelines, as WS-Security and SAML standards move forward.

  • Microsoft Web services plan targets Java

    The company aims to turn up the heat on Java rivals with plans for software that could simplify the creation of heavy-duty Web services applications.

  • Web services face standards snarl

    A group of software makers, led by IBM and Microsoft, has announced a proposal to make Web services messaging more reliable, overlapping an earlier standards effort.

Reviews (1)

  • Sun to give StarOffice Java flavour

    Sun Microsystems is building a Java-based development kit for its StarOffice software to help corporate programmers customise desktop applications, a move that better pits it against Microsoft's dominant Office.

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