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ISO Says No To Microsoft's OOXML Standard 315

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @11:12AM from the try-again-later dept.

qcomp writes "The votes are in and Microsoft has lost for now, reports the FFII's campaign website OOXML. The 2/3 majority needed to proceed with the fast-track standardization has not been achieved. Now the standard will head to the ballot resolution meeting to address the hundreds of technical comments submitted along with the votes." Here is yesterday's speculation as to how the vote would turn out.

Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License 1972

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 03, 2007 @12:56PM from the living-your-life-with-principles dept.

NMerriam writes "Michael Righi was arrested in Ohio over the weekend after refusing to show his receipt when leaving Circuit City. When the manger and 'loss prevention' employee physically prevented the vehicle he was a passenger in from leaving the parking lot, he called the police, who arrived, searched his bag and found he hadn't stolen anything. The officer then asked for Michael's driver's license, which he declined to provide since he wasn't operating a motor vehicle. The officer then arrested him, and upon finding out Michael was legally right about not having to provide a license, went ahead and charged him with 'obstructing official business' anyways."

Comment At Least They're Trying (Score 1) 425

by Apocalyps3 on Tuesday April 04, 2006 @10:17AM (#15057613) Attached to: Another Sony Format Bites the Dust

I mean cmon companies can keep to the normal thing and do business, what Sony are trying to do is push technology, and help it evolve, and with all the failures, they've had many success' so just thing some may fail, but in the end they'll hit one and run with it for as long as it can, and that may pave the way for more breakthroughs, only time will tell with Blu-Ray.

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