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• 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.

• Is Microsoft a nicer place to work than Google?

  Google pays less than Microsoft, uses tricks to get longer hours out of its employees and 'forgets' about 20 percent projects, according to a former Google employee who joined the search giant as part of its Phatbits acquisition.

• Consortium launched to support OpenDocument

  The Open Document Fellowship was launched on Monday to add momentum to what appears to be a growing movement to support the open standard for the production, storage and dissemination of documents.

• Microsoft schedules Project update

  Microsoft hopes to make project management a substantial part of office routines with a new version of software that it announced Wednesday.

• Tax Office confirms Melbourne CRM centre kickoff

  The Australian Taxation Office this morning confirmed plans to establish a Siebel development centre in Melbourne to support the customer relationship management component of its AU$400 million-AU$450 million change program.

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  Budgeting for a skills shortage

  There is no technology skills crisis ... yet, according to a senior government technology official.

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• Finding the perfect teleworking tools

  Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?

• Tread carefully through company politics

  The best way to handle company politics is often to avoid it. Use these tips to deal successfully with attempts to draw you into political battles while remaining aware of what is going on around you.

• Top 10 reasons you shouldn't be a project manager

  You've all seen top 10 lists of the best traits of a project manager or the top 10 skills of a project manager. However, project management is not for everyone. Many people have some of the traits to be a good project manager, but they also have many traits that make them a bad fit for the position.

• Project managers staring into generation gap

  Retiring project managers should be directed into mentorship roles for knowledge transfer rather than being assigned to projects they may never see the end of, a project management expert has advised.

• Project management's perilous future

  The future of the project management discipline hinges on the successful adoption of the philosophy of project portfolio management (PPM), a leading project management consultant has cautioned.

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  Microsoft Office executive claims OOXML provides greater security than alternative document formats

  Redmond-based group project manager of Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, told ZDNet Australia that OOXML provides higher levels of security. "One of the benefits we have with the OpenOffice XML formats is that we know when we read and write and document because we have an XML based representation of what's in that content -- we know what should and should not be there," he said.

Reviews (16)

• Microsoft Office Live beta

  Microsoft's suite of online tools is designed to help small businesses build and maintain a Web presence and manage projects, contacts, and tasks.

• Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

  The improvements in Word, Excel and PowerPoint make this upgrade worth the cash, especially for Office 2001 users, but the new Project Center needs beefing up.

• First Look: Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

  There's a new version of Microsoft Office for the Macintosh on the way. Read our first impressions.

• Project Office 3.0

  What does it take to manage the many projects of an enterprise? Start with a network program and shared database. Add a user-friendly interface and a people-oriented approach and you have Pacific Edge Software’s Project Office 3.0.

• Planning something big?

  For managers who use already Microsoft Office XP, Project 2002 Standard will do nicely. But this software is far too involved for consumers and those in small offices, who would fare better with a spreadsheet.

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