The ISO's OpenDocument Format (ODF) is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the standard.
The US seems set to vote for Microsoft's Open XML (OOXML) file format be ratified as an international standard; the chair of its technical committee said opposition to the file format was based on spite and anti-Microsoft sentiment.
Microsoft's bid to make the Open XML (OOXML) file formats international standards has succeeded, barring any last-minute changes. The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is scheduled to issue the official communique today.
The Queensland government has developed an IT security kit it hopes its agencies will use to self-assess their compliance against government security standards.
Flooding in Melbourne has affected Telstra services so extensively that it has applied to the Australian Communications Authority for a "mass service disruption" exemption.
Linux users can now run Office XP on Linux following the release of a commercial application that allows the package to run on the open source operating system.
Anti-virus experts have called for more staff training on the perils of using instant messaging, and claim that like e-mail, users should know the dos and don'ts before being allowed to run it.
International standards consortium OASIS has expanded to include security advocacy group PKI Forum, a move which is being touted as a key driver for the use of public-key infrastructure.
A Web services directory effort spawned by Microsoft, IBM and Ariba has been updated before its submission to an industry standards body.
Two international standards bodies have teamed up on a forum about Web services, in a bid to clarify what's really going on.
United States-based security company @stake (atstake.com) has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.
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