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OOXML result: Will it matter in Australia?

Microsoft's OOXML document format has accrued enough votes for recognition as an international standard, but one observer believes the change will make little difference to users in Australia. Read more »

Australia abstains on final OOXML vote

Standards Australia has maintained its "abstain" vote on Microsoft's attempt to attain international standard status for its Office Open XML file format. Read more »

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. Read more »

Australian apathy results in OOXML abstain vote

Standards Australia has returned an 'abstain' vote on the proposal to adopt the Office Open XML format standard as an International Standard. Read more »

PDF becomes ISO 32000 standard

A 13 to 1 vote has set the Portable Document Format (PDF) on a course to become ISO 32000 standard (DIS). Read more »

ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner. Read more »

C# gets ISO approval

Microsoft's programming language is set to get ISO approval, which it hopes will help it win over corporations and governments. Read more »

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. Read more »

Aust computer crime down, says survey

The impact of computer crime and security incidents on organisations has decreased over the past year, but the fight against malware and hackers is far from over, according to the Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey 2005. Read more »

New Zealand OOXML rejection 'not final'

New Zealand has rejected Microsoft's proposal to fast track its Office Open XML document format as an ISO standard, but it may change its vote if certain concerns are addressed. Read more »

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Do developers need a professional association?

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Certification: What's in a name?

The technology industry is awash with certifications at the individual and organisational level, but are these qualifications worth the paper they're printed on? We investigate. Read more »

What's in store for the new COBOL standard?

It has been eight years since the last change to the COBOL standard. Australian developer Keith Mante details some of the key features you can expect to see with the new standard. Read more »

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Net Neutrality, Ballmer and bad dress -- Club Builder

Visting Club Builder this week: Steve Ballmer to speak in Australia, local ISPs say Net Neutrality is an American problem and we look at the best dressed from Tech.Ed Read more »

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Microsoft denies OOXML has 'proprietary hooks'

As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology. Read more »

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Resuming regular service

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It wasn't all April fools this week. There were some important developments in the software world -- seriously. Read more »

Bracing for Applefest

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It's that time of year again, Steve Jobs' reality distortion field is about to extend throughout the internet and consume your favourite tech news sites for days. To Apple fanboys it is more than Christmas -- to others it is WWDC and you cannot escape it . Read more »

A mixed bag of Microsoft announcements

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- While the rest of the world was anticipating, observing and then critiquing the latest iPod releases, Microsoft made some big announcements this week. The news for Microsoft fans is mixed at best. Read more »

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    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

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    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

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    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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