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Comment Re:OOXML (Score 3, Informative) 284

by SEMW (#25356761) Attached to: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Is Officially Here

The Linux Format article says it can import docx, pptx etc., which means they are Microsoft Office 2007 XML files, and not OOXML, the Published Standard.

Office 2007 OOXML files *are* a published standard -- the published standard in question being ECMA 376.

If what you actually meant was "...not OOXML, the Published ISO Standard", then say what you mean. But your original comment could be understood as saying that the spec Office 2007 uses is unpublished, wihch is obviously wrong.

(Not to mention that even saying that is ambiguous -- does "The ISO standard" refer to ISO 29500/Transitional or ISO 29500/Strict? The former is practically identical to ECMA 376, with the exception of minor tag semantic cleanup; whereas the latter is significantly different).
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Submission + - Opera 9.5 released today 1

Submitted by Dan100
Dan100 writes: Opera 9.5 has been released today after nearly two years of development. New features include increased speed (particularly in the Javascript engine), Opera Link (browser synchronisation), and a "sharp" new theme.

A full changelog from 9.27 is here.
Software

Submission + - Opera 9.5 Released (opera.com)

Submitted by
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Khuffie writes: "After months of being in alpha and beta testing, Opera has released the final version of 9.5 just one day after releasing it's release candidate. The two obvious changes is a facelift and a new rendering engine. Opera now has a new default UI with a much sharper and more intuitive look, and it's new rendering engine vastly improve's it's speed and performance, especially on AJAX-heavy sites. Opera 9.5 can be downloaded for free."
The Internet

Submission + - Opera 9.5 is out

Submitted by vleonty
vleonty writes: From the Opera Website: Opera Software today released to the world the final public release of its flagship Web browser, Opera 9.5. Operas cross-device expertise, support for open Web standards and commitment to speed and performance culminate to create the most powerful Opera browser yet. Making its desktop debut in Opera 9.5, Opera Link blurs the boundaries between computers and mobile phones by enabling a seamless Web experience from device to device. Opera 9.5 for Windows, Mac and Linux systems is available free from www.opera.com.
Software

Submission + - Opera 9.5 final is released

Submitted by sebt
sebt writes: After almost two years in development, and long alpha and beta test phases, Opera 9.5 has been released, for Windows, Linux and Mac. Amongst the major improvements are a revamped rendering engine, massive increases in performance, EV and malware security features, synchronisation of bookmarks, a re-engineered mail back-end, improved address-bar searching. The download is available here. TheRegister has also posted an initial preview here.
Censorship

The Register Exposes More Wikipedia Abuse 524

Posted by Zonk from the it's-the-internet-how-could-there-not-be-drama dept.
cyofee writes "The Register has up another article exposing abuse of Wikipedia's policies and processes. It tells a tale of a man, Gary Weiss, controlling the Wikipedia article about himself and his enemies (one of Wikipedia's biggest taboos) all under the blessing of the Wikipedia Cabal. A man who attempted to expose the affair on Wikipedia, along with his his entire IP range (some 1000 homes), was permanently blocked. This comes only days after the affair of the Secret Mailing list."

Wikipedia Begets Veropedia 259

Posted by CmdrTaco from the and--veropedia-begat-a-ham-sandwich dept.
Ponca City, We Love You writes "October saw the launch of Veropedia, a collaborative effort to collect the best of Wikipedia's content, clean it up, vet it, and save it in a quality stable version that cannot be edited. To qualify for inclusion in Veropedia, a Wikipedia article must contain no cleanup tags, no "citation needed" tags, no disambiguation links, no dead external links, and no fair use images after which candidates for inclusion are reviewed by recognized academics and experts. One big difference with Wikipedia is that Veropedia is registered as a for profit corporation and earns money from advertising on the site. Veropedia is supposed to help improve the quality of Wikipedia because contributors must improve an article on Wikipedia, fixing up all the flaws, until a quality version can be imported to Veropedia. To date Veropedia contains about 3,800 articles."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Pledges Linux Support for Silverlight (hexus.net)

Submitted by unts
unts writes: Today Microsoft has officially delivered version 1.0 of Silverlight, its cross-platform, cross-browser software enabling "rich user experiences" on the web. But it isn't quite as cross-platform as solutions from Adobe and Sun; it lacks Linux support. But in today's announcement, Microsoft has said it'll work with Novell on the open-source equivalent to Silverlight, named Moonlight. Moonlight is an offshoot of the Mono project — a Novell-led F/OSS implementation of the .net framework.
Microsoft

Submission + - MS releases SL 1.0 - For Windows, Mac and Linux 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft officially releases Silverlight 1.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux . Yes, you read that right; Linux. Watch a video interview with Scott Guthrie (General Manager for Silverlight and a host of other .NET technologies). Microsoft has now officially announced a partnership with Novell to deliver the Linux version of Silverlight via their Mono effort.
Microsoft

Microsoft Says Free Software Violates 235 Patents 1217

Posted by Zonk from the rut-roh-raggy dept.
prostoalex writes "Microsoft told Fortune magazine that various free software products violate at least 235 patents, and it's time to expect users of this software to pay up patent licensing royalties: 'Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith and licensing chief Horacio Gutierrez sat down with Fortune recently to map out their strategy for getting FOSS users to pay royalties. Revealing the precise figure for the first time, they state that FOSS infringes on no fewer than 235 Microsoft patents.'"
Space

Astronomers Again Baffled by Solar Observations 299

Posted by CowboyNeal from the back-to-the-drawing-board dept.
SteakNShake writes "Once again professional astronomers are struggling to understand observations of the sun. ScienceDaily reports that a team from Saint Andrew's University announced that the sun's magnetic fields dominate the behavior of the corona via a mechanism dubbed the 'solar skeleton.' Computer models continue to be built to mimic the observed behavior of the sun in terms of magnetic fields but apparently the ball is still being dropped; no mention in the announcement is made of the electric fields that must be the cause of the observed magnetic fields. Also conspicuously absent from the press releases is the conclusion that the sun's corona is so-dominated by electric and magnetic fields because it is a plasma. In light of past and present research revealing the electrical nature of the universe, this kind of crippling ignorance among professional astrophysicists is astonishing."

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