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U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML

Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.

May 1, 2008, 1:11 PM PDT

Red Hat publishes Fedora 9 preview

"Most critical release" of freely available Linux distribution is last public release before final version's launch in May.

April 22, 2008, 9:18 AM PDT

Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test

Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO.
(By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK)

April 21, 2008, 7:46 AM PDT

Census for open-source apps kicks off

Project expects to offer the first detailed look at how businesses are using open-source software and how widespread it's become.
(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)

April 18, 2008, 7:48 AM PDT

Microsoft woos hobbyist developers

Company is trying to boost interest in noncommercial software development around Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition.

April 17, 2008, 9:23 AM PDT

ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'

The ISO committee handling OOXML braves open-source protests to meet in Oslo and works out how to ensure interoperability with ODF.
(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK)

April 15, 2008, 9:10 AM PDT

Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'

By way of the User Account Control feature, company set out to force independent software vendors to make their code more secure, says manager.

April 11, 2008, 11:38 AM PDT

Laptop makers adopt 3G Gobi chipset

The Gobi technology lets travelers connect to both HSPA and EV-DO networks. Later this year, it'll be in laptops from Dell, HP, and Lenovo.
(From ZDNet UK)

April 6, 2008, 6:43 PM PDT

Atom looms large at IDF Shanghai

roundup The low-power, low-cost Atom chip is a central figure at Intel's developer event, but it's by no means the only processor on the agenda.
• A peek at the upcoming MIDs

April 6, 2008, 2:30 PM PDT