Alex Brown
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ISO takes up Open XML-ODF 'harmonization' as Norwegians protest

News Interoperability is now part of the ISO's digital documents charter. How that work will interact with other ongoing projects is as yet unclear.

Friday, April 11 2008 10:36 AM

Tags: XML, Open source

Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML

News Word documents do not meet the specifications, according to tests by a document standards expert.

Monday, April 21 2008 10:21 PM

Tags: Open source, Microsoft Office

IBM using software to break language barriers

News IBM unveiled software Monday that it hopes will make it easier and faster for workers around the world to communicate over the Internet despite language barriers.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:21 PM

Online advertising stabilizes, doubts remain

News With about a month to go before Yahoo reports its second-quarter results, Wall Street analysts are scurrying to predict when it'll be safe for investors to buy stocks of companies that depend on online advertising.

Friday, June 08 2001 11:58 AM

Online advertising stabilizes, doubts remain

News Wall Street analysts are scurrying to predict when it will be safe for investors to buy stocks of companies that depend on online advertising.

Thursday, June 07 2001 08:05 PM

First-quarter IPO frenzy to continue

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:48 PM

Oracle may miss sales forecast as rivalry heats up

News Oracle Corp, the third-largest software company, may not meet its reduced sales forecasts as rival makers of database software win customers, analysts said.

Thursday, May 10 2001 10:53 AM

Microsoft enters CRM field

News In a long-anticipated move, Microsoft turns its attention to business software.

Tuesday, February 26 2002 11:12 AM

Sun, Compaq support smart-card push

News Facing declining profits from traditional credit cards, financial institutions are again pushing "smart cards" in the United States--and now they have new, bigger allies.

Wednesday, June 06 2001 06:05 AM

Smart cards get boost from Sun, Compaq

News Facing declining profits from traditional credit cards, financial institutions are once again pushing microchip-equipped credit cards. But now they have new allies: Sun Microsystems and Compaq Computer.

Wednesday, June 06 2001 11:17 AM