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Microsoft struggling to gain endorsement for OOXML-> 0

Submitted by Tri on Thursday August 09 2007, @07:12AM

Tri writes "The Open Source Industry of Australia (OSIA) has formally contacted Standards Australia, requesting that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) format not be endorsed by the body as an ISO standard.

"Quite apart from the technical problems with OOXML, the main problem from OSIA's point of view is a substantive one — the 'standard' is designed so that it can only be implemented by a single vendor", said Brendan Scott, Director of Open Source Industry Australia. "So, while in theory a third party could create an independent implementation, in practice it is very unlikely", he said."
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New iMac Disassembled 0

Submitted by KODAWARISAN on Thursday August 09 2007, @06:52AM

KODAWARISAN writes "Hi,

Key word is "Alminium and Glass".

Enjoy it.

http://www.kodawarisan.com/k2007_02/archives/2007/ 08/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa_3.html

Disassembled Site
http://www.kodawarisan.com/imac_2007_mid/imac_2007 _mid_01.html
Mirror Site
http://210.157.201.118/~kodawarisan/imac_2007_mid/ imac_2007_mid_01.html

Thank you.

Best,
KODAWARISN"

Halo 3 Interview: Bungie Grilled-> 0

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Retroneous

on Thursday August 09 2007, @06:48AM

Retroneous writes "RewiredMind sat down with Frank O'Connor and Brian Jarrard of Bungie to discuss Halo 3 downloadable content, plotlines, online play and much more."
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Possible Design Flaw Identified in Bridge Collapse-> 0

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Pcol

on Thursday August 09 2007, @05:40AM

Pcol writes "The New York Times is reporting that investigators of the bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis last week have found what may be a design flaw in the gusset plates that connect girders and raises the possibility that the bridge was structurally deficient from the day it opened. Although officials said they were still working to confirm the design flaw, in making their suspicion public, they were signaling that they considered it a potentially crucial discovery. Federal authorities said there was added stress on the gusset plates from the weight of construction equipment and nearly 100 tons of gravel on the bridge, where maintenance work was proceeding when the collapse occurred. A construction crew had removed part of the deck with 45-pound jackhammers, in preparation for replacing the two-inch top layer, and that may have also altered the stresses on the bridge, some experts said. If the engineers who designed the bridge in 1964 miscalculated the loads and used metal parts that were too weak for the job, it would recast the national debate that has emerged, about whether enough attention has been paid to maintenance."
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Sun's CEO talks about its open source strategy-> 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2007, @12:56AM

An anonymous reader writes "In a wide-ranging interview, C|Net talks in depth with Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems, about the company's open source strategy. Schwartz indicates that despite (or, rather, because of) open sourcing all of its software, software revenues actually increased in 2006 by 13%. In his words, in order to have sales, Sun (and other vendors) must first have adoption. Open source is an efficient, effective way to drive adoption, and therefore is Sun's strategic differentiator against Microsoft, IBM, and other global competitors. Schwartz also shares his top advice for executives at both open source and proprietary companies, where he learned the power of developers in driving sales, and whether he views Red Hat as a competitor."
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Linspire CEO leaves-> 0

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Robby Russell

on Wednesday August 08 2007, @11:15PM

Robby Russell writes "It appears that Kevin Carmony, CEO of Linspire, has left or stepped down days after the company signed a patent deal with Microsoft. News of the departure was spotted with the release of Freespire 2.0 earlier today when a press released mentioned a different CEO, Larry Kettler."
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The death of Microsoft's ecosystem-> 0

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neilgd

on Wednesday August 08 2007, @04:30PM

neilgd writes "A blog post about Microsoft killing its ecosystem: "Microsoft have abandoned their benign tending of the ecosystem. They have moved from helping it flourish to harvesting it.""
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Google mistakes own blog for spam, deletes it-> 0

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narramissic

on Wednesday August 08 2007, @03:49PM

narramissic writes "Oops! They did it again. Google mistakenly identified its own Custom Search Blog as a spam site and handed over the url to the general public, as they typically do when blogs are disabled. Google's process when it identifies a site as spam is to notify the blog owners to give them a chance to clear up any misunderstandings. However, that didn't work out in this case."
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New Sci-Fi MMOG from Brazil looks promising...-> 0

Submitted by MadMax79 on Saturday August 04 2007, @08:02PM

MadMax79 writes "It seems Brazilian start-up Hoplon (http://www.hoplon.com/) has been hard at work for the last 3 or so years creating a futuristic space-age MMOG which now looks very promising. The company has recently been featured in a Brazilian business magazine, and has the support of IBM. Apparently, a beta version of the game is available for those interested in testing. I have to say the graphics look very impressive... Check it out at http://en.taikodom.com/ ..."
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Are Electric Vehicles Really Cleaner?-> 1

Submitted by on Saturday August 04 2007, @06:40PM

An anonymous reader writes "It's easy to forget that much of our power comes from dirty sources. After factoring in the pollution from power plants, are electric vehicles really cleaner? This article compares the CO2 and NOx emissions of both a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) and an internal combustion engine passenger car."
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