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ODF Threat to Microsoft in US Governments Grows 269

Posted by Zonk on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:19AM from the cropping-up-everywhere dept.

Tookis writes "Another setback for Microsoft has cropped up in the space of document formats in government organizations. The state of California has introduced a bill to make open document format (ODF) a mandatory requirement in the software used by state agencies. Similar legislation in Texas and Minnesota has added further to the pressure on Microsoft, which is pushing its own proprietary Office Open XML (OOXML) document format in the recently released Office 2007. The bill doesn't specify ODF by name, but instead requires the use of an open XML-based format."

Submission + - msn.com

Submitted by

pie

on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:12AM

pie writes: "7x7=47"

Cassini Returns Amazing New Imagery from Saturn 118

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 04, 2007 @11:51PM from the extremely-attractive-planet dept.

SeaDour writes "The Cassini spacecraft has recently entered a highly-inclined orbit around Saturn, revealing some never-before-seen images of the planet's ring system as seen from above and below the planet. 'Sailing high above Saturn and seeing the rings spread out beneath us like a giant, copper medallion is like exploring an alien world we've never seen before. It just doesn't look like the same place. It's so utterly breath-taking, it almost gives you vertigo.' The spacecraft will eventually return to its standard orbit parallel to the ring plane in late June."

Submission + - Dinosaur extinction - meteor not to blame?

Submitted by

The Fun Guy

on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:24PM

The Fun Guy writes: "Recent microfossil evidence casts fresh doubt as to whether an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Prof. Gerta Keller of Princeton University: "We now have evidence that the Chicxulub impact occurred about 300,000 years before the end of the Cretaceous and thus didn't cause the mass extinction and, in fact, didn't cause any species to go extinct." These findings were presented during the October 2006 meeting of the Geological Society of America."

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by JoshuaBig1 on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:21PM

Submission + - Caffeinated Doughnuts

Submitted by

Dotnaught

on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:01PM

Dotnaught writes: "Dr. Robert Bohannon has developed what may be the perfect food: caffeinated doughnuts. He has reportedly approached companies such as Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks in an effort to convince them to carry his pick-me-up pastries. Whether Bohannon's invention will prove beneficial or detrimental to law enforcement remains to be seen. He has also created caffeinated bagels, but somehow that just seems wrong."

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