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Rivals link up on Zip standards

The problem of incompatible security standards for Zip files has been resolved with a licensing deal, ending interoperability issues that have plagued the technology Read more

23 January, 2004 by David Becker

OASIS looks to make peace in reliable-messaging standards battle

Builder: The backers of rival Web services standards have agreed to sit down and work together, under the auspices of the standards body Read more

11 May, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

Web Services standards battle begins

Builder: IBM, Microsoft, Tibco and BEA have provided a new standard for guaranteed Web Services messaging, despite the existence of the OASIS-certified WS-R standard Read more

20 April, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

WLAN standards battle begins again

Networking equipment makers are worried that Cisco will try foist a standard upon them as concerns over interoperability mount Read more

11 April, 2005 by Marguerite Reardon

Double-layer DVD heats up standards battle

The competition between recordable DVD formats will only increase when the first 'plus' dual-layer disc is released, say industry observers Read more

30 December, 2003 by Ed Frauenheim

Java standards battle nears close

A U-turn by a software distributor means an end is in sight for a long-running dispute over Java certification Read more

31 July, 2003 by Martin LaMonica

Smartphone standards battle heats up

Mobile handsets will go the way of the PC, with a small number of platforms dominating the market, says an analyst report Read more

22 July, 2003 by John Lui

Tech big boys square up in web services standards battle

Sun vs Microsoft. Seconds out, round one… Read more

18 July, 2003 by Martin LaMonica

Wi-Fi roams into standards battle

A second standards group for Wi-Fi has emerged, partly because of frustration with the amount of time being taken by the original WECA subcommittee Read more

24 June, 2002 by Ben Charny

Truce reached in computing standards battle

The two camps that have been battling over next-generation I/O architecture are joining forces to develop a unified switched fabric interconnect called System I/O. Read more

31 August, 1999 by Sonia R.Lelii

Standards battle holds up Chinese revolution

It's government vs the techies Read more

1 August, 2003 by Jo Best

DVD standard wins approval

...NEC have taken a step ahead of their rivals in the DVD standards battle with the approval of their HD DVD format by an international... Read more

1 December, 2003 by ZDNet UK

Don't give ultrawideband a narrow role

A good old-fashioned standards battle is underway for the soul of ultrawideband radio, but the opposing... Read more

30 October, 2003 by Rupert Goodwins

Play up, China, and play the game

...aren't blameless either. It would be naive to think that a standards battle can ever be free of scheming, and a company like Intel... Read more

7 June, 2006 by Leader

No return to the wild Wi-Fi west

...other? Nobody knows. It's not just a matter of another bloody standards battle, although that would be bad enough. Because 802.11n works on... Read more

4 May, 2006 by Leader

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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itsajob

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Paul Smyth

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UnderINK

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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

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Jason Burchell

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apexwm

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