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  • 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.

  • EU slaps record fine on Microsoft

    The European Union on Wednesday issued its ruling in the long-running case against Microsoft, fining the American software giant US$613 million, the heaviest punishment in any European competition case to date.

  • Sony dumps Microsoft for StarOffice

    Sun Microsystems has announced a deal to install Sun's StarOffice software on some Sony PCs, marking another defection from dominant Microsoft products.

  • Roadblocks abound in Sun's global grid plans

    While Sun Microsystems continues to roll out new applications for its pay-as-you-go grid computing network in the US, international customers face a much longer wait for the global rollout of the service.

  • Gosling: Partnership with Microsoft becoming less relevant

    The father of Java, James Gosling has questioned the technical relationship between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft in light of the antitrust demands of the European Union on the world's biggest software maker.

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  • Battling Windows on the cheap

    Sun hopes to make inroads on the enterprise desktop by slashing the price of its Java Desktop System, which is designed to replace both Windows and Office.

  • Chizen: Friends, foes and China

    The big, booming nation is much on the mind of Adobe's CEO. Then there are the little matters of Apple and Microsoft.

  • The beginning of the end for Microsoft?

    The problems facing Microsoft could well be the "perfect storm" it has been trying to avoid. Will weak products finally presage its downfall?

  • Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft

    Linux seller Red Hat has announced its first version of the open-source operating system for desktop computers, taking direct aim at Microsoft. Additional reading: Open Source Resource Centre

  • Windows Messenger undergoes security revamp

    Windows Messenger could be blocked by default or disabled in the next Windows XP Service Pack as Microsoft updates patches for some critical flaws.

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