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  • Final deadline looms in OOXML vote

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  • Proprietary past may haunt Microsoft in OOXML vote

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    What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other?

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    Companies supporting Secure Digital, a specific format for removable flash memory cards, are working to develop a smaller version of the format for mobile phones, according to sources.

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    Suppose, for a moment, that everything could talk to everything else. Your calendar could get information from and supply data to your documents, or your cell phone, or someone else's calendar and cell phone. Your computer's desktop could tell you that your dry cleaning is ready or your bank account is overdrawn.

  • Captured! Three document capture systems tested

    Digitising your paper documents makes good business sense. We look at products designed to streamline the process.

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