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  • Microsoft's Open XML loses crucial vote

    Microsoft has suffered a setback in its endeavour for Office Open XML (OOXML) to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS).

  • ODF guerillas rally for document freedom

    Twenty-two organisations across 60 countries are taking part in DocumentFreedomDay (DFD) to raise awareness about what happens when formats are no longer supported by proprietary software.

  • Microsoft's OOXML 'choice' argument squashed

    Microsoft claims that Australia will benefit from "greater choice" if local standards bodies vote this week to accept the Office Open XML format as an ISO standard.

  • Technocrats rubberneck Microsoft's OOXML

    Microsoft's Open Office XML specifications will be scrutinised by government technocrats in Geneva this week to determine if improvements Microsoft has made to it overcome technical problems noted by ISO members last September.

  • Office Mobile update released officially this time

    Microsoft has issued an update for Office Mobile to enable compatibility with Office 2007 documents.

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