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    Start-up claims its DVDs last 1,000 years 13/11/2009 09:13:00

    If you really, really need to make sure those precious photos of yours last virtually forever - or at least longer than the average two- to five-year lifespan of consumer-grade DVDs, then start-up Cranberry LLC has the answer for you: a DVD that literally lasts a millennium.
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    Microsoft extends access to C#, CLI 08/07/2009 09:37:00

    Microsoft is extending its "Community Promise" patent licensing to C# programs and Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), enabling open source usage of the technologies without fear of any reprisals.
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    Open-source bias cheered, booed in planned EC rules review 07/07/2009 04:52:00

    Industry groups criticized and praised on Monday what they consider is a bias in favor of open-source software in the European Commission's plans to update the rules governing industry standard technologies.
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    Microsoft-led forum yields tools for OOXML interoperability 19/05/2009 03:46:00

    A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the latest version of the Open Office XML (OOXML) standard.
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    IBM threatens to leave standards bodies 24/09/2008 08:30:00

    IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.
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    Nations question ISO's merit following dropped OOXML appeals 03/09/2008 08:08:00

    Countries whose appeals were dismissed regarding the ISO/IEC's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard are questioning the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC and the standards they approve.
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    JavaScript 2's new direction 27/08/2008 08:40:00

    Standardization efforts for the next version of JavaScript have taken a sharp turn this month, with some key changes in the Web scripting technology's direction. JavaScript creator Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, has helped forge a consensus on how to proceed with the direction for JavaScript's improvements. "JavaScript was sitting still. It was stagnant," he says.
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    ISO, IEC reject appeals, approve OOXML spec 18/08/2008 02:31:00

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have given the green light to publish the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML (OOXML) specification after organization leaders rejected appeals from four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard.
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    ISO, IEC leaders recommend rejection of OOXML appeals 10/07/2008 08:46:01

    The leaders of the ISO and the IEC have recommended the rejection of appeals from four countries that protested a vote approving OOXML, an XML-based document format submitted by Microsoft as an international standard.
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    How Microsoft lost the office file format battle 30/05/2008 11:41:18

    Score one for the good guys: Last week, Microsoft announced that not only would Office 2007 Service Pack 2 support the ODF (Open Document Format) standard, but the productivity suite would not offer support for the ISO standard version of Microsoft's own OOXML (Office Open XML) format until its next major version, release date unknown.
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    FAQ: Office 14 and Microsoft's support for ODF 28/05/2008 10:37:02

    Changes were made to OOXML between Ecma's approval a year and a half ago and ISO's approval this spring. Microsoft won't support the ISO version until Office 14 arrives around the end of 2009. Is this a big deal, as Microsoft critics such as Andy Updegrove claim?
 
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