Articles on standard in News and Analysis by David Meyer

Refine results

by Content Type

by Channel

by Publication Date

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

JavaFX 2.0 arrives and heads for open source

...2012. In addition, technology previews of both JavaFX 2.0 and Java Standard Edition (SE) 7 have been released for Mac OS X. Oracle said... Read more

6 October, 2011 by David Meyer

Web to get 'do not track' privacy standards

...World Wide Web Consortium has published the first drafts of two new standards designed to protect the privacy of web surfers. The draft standards, entitled... Read more

15 November, 2011 by David Meyer

EU goes global for procurement standards

...in the European Union will now be able to reference international IT standards, under new regulations being proposed by the European Commission. Public-sector procurement... Read more

2 June, 2011 by David Meyer

BSA: Open standards will 'increase e-government costs

...its IT costs rise because it has chosen to get behind open standards, the Business Software Alliance has argued. The BSA has reacted strongly to... Read more

1 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Smart-meter makers embark on common standards push

...Three leading utility meter manufacturers have joined forces to work on developing standards that will let their smart meters work in any British home's... Read more

30 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Nokia backs vote delay in Apple nano-SIM battle

...Research In Motion in a battle with Apple over the nano-SIM standard, has welcomed a decision by Europe's telecoms standards body to postpone... Read more

2 April, 2012 by David Meyer

Ad watchdog bites Motorola over 'most powerful' claim

...The UK's advertising standards watchdog has ordered Motorola not to repeat its claim that its Atrix... Read more

24 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Microsoft signs cloud deal with Chinese Linux provider

...Microsoft has joined forces with a Chinese Linux distributor, China Standard Software, to jointly develop and sell mixed-source cloud-computing products. A... Read more

23 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Virgin complains to Ofcom over openness in Canvas

...has made a formal complaint to Ofcom about a lack of open standards in Project Canvas, a scheme to create a multichannel, web-connected TV... Read more

3 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Cisco appeals Microsoft-Skype deal over lock-in fears

...was formalised just days later. However, Cisco said on Wednesday that open standards should have been a condition of the Commission's regulatory go-ahead... Read more

16 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Polycom buys HP's unified comms business

...Consortium (OVCC), with service providers. The group intends to establish a "global standards-based, multi-vendor, multi-network visual communication exchange", Polycom said. The exchange... Read more

1 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Verizon starts standards-based 100Gb Ethernet rollout

...Verizon has set up a standards-based, multi-vendor 100Gb Ethernet link between routers in Paris and Frankfurt... Read more

4 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Facebook back mobile web standards

...For more information on this story see Facebook pushes for mobile web standards on Zdnet UK Read more

28 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Facebook pushes for mobile web standards

The company has formed a new W3C working group with browser makers, device manufacturers and others in order to improve and standardise mobile browsers, but Apple and Google have not signed up Read more

28 February, 2012 by David Meyer

EU warns web firms over 'do-not-track' timescale

...web companies that they need to agree on a do-not-track standard by mid-2012, otherwise the Commission will force them to ensure citizens... Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

8 hours ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

9 hours ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

15 hours ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

19 hours ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

21 hours ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

1 day ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

1 day ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

1 day ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround
apexwm

I don't understand why there cannot be a slight pause during the boot process so the user can press a key. Many operating systems do this, even if...

3 days ago by apexwm on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround