Becta takes Microsoft complaint to EC
News The Commission has folded complaints over Microsoft interoperability from the IT education body into a wider investigation [13 May 2008]
- Altruism or Realpolitik? - dogStar
Office for Mac sales soar on Apple gains
News While Apple's market share gains are cause for consternation for many in Redmond, one Microsoft unit is clearly benefiting [13 May 2008]
OpenOffice 3 enters beta stage
News Sun has released the first beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0, adding features such as improved Mac OS X support and support for the OpenDocument 1.2 standard [08 May 2008]
OOXML expert: ODF flaws remain
News The ODF community has defended its standard, but Alex Brown says his criticisms remain unresolved [06 May 2008]
Report backs PDF variant for long-term archiving
News The UK's National Archives welcomes the backing of PDF/A as a core standard for archiving documents, but warns it is only 'a tool in the armoury of a well-thought-out records-management policy' [24 Apr 2008]
Microsoft tests Office 2007 subscription sales
News The 'Albany' programme packages Office 2007 with a range of free online services, with updates received on a subscription basis [22 Apr 2008]
WordPerfect Office X4
Review Corel WordPerfect Office X4 best fits those who prefer traditional interfaces for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. We found the features rich, but the execution sometimes clumsy. [17 Apr 2008]
ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
News The ISO committee handling OOXML braved open-source protests to meet in Oslo last week and work out how to ensure interoperability with ODF [14 Apr 2008]
- ISO lost all credibility - samie91
- If there's such strong disagreement, OOXML shouldn't have been fast tracked - SPM
- ISO process has been gamed, why back off? - rkhalloran
- Personal attacks? - ego.sum.stig
- Oh, hating Microsoft is so cool... - LadyRoot
- Mostly right, with critical exceptions - J.A. Watson
- But OOXML is a non-standard - SPM
- The ISO would disagree - dogStar
- de-facto vs. de-jure - rkhalloran
- Yes! Microsoft must be stopped! - ijames
- Microsoft should not dictate standards to ISO - rkhalloran
- Apple and Google are "tech darlings" for a reason... Their stuff rocks. - ijames
- OOXML personal attacks. - ator1940
- O(O)XML and .docx - Moley
- Real Standards - Tezzer
Zoho Show 2.0
Review Zoho Show 2.0 is great as far as it goes, but don't rely on it exclusively: you'll need an internet-connected PC to use it, and the feature set is still relatively limited. [08 Apr 2008]
Super Techies: Dan Bricklin 
Video The software inventor discusses how he dreamed up the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc; developing handwriting applications for the tablet PC; and his current role as the inventor of wikiCalc [08 Apr 2008]
OpenOffice may support OOXML
News The popular free office suite will support Microsoft's new document standard if the market demands it, but OpenOffice.org warns that even the software giant itself will have trouble implementing OOXML [02 Apr 2008]
- Off Topic (slightly) - Moley
Websites claim to host leaked OOXML results
News Ahead of Wednesday's official announcement, documents posted online appear to suggest Microsoft's document format is set to become an official standard, despite claims of voting irregularities [01 Apr 2008]
- They Don't Care - Andrew Meredith
New features in OpenOffice 2.4 
Photo The latest version of the free office-productivity suite boasts several enhancements to make it more competitive with rivals, like Microsoft Office. [31 Mar 2008]
OpenOffice 2.4 released
News Version 2.4 of the free office productivity suite boasts a number of enhancements, as well as the dropping of the 'OpenDocument' file-type description in favour of 'ODF' [28 Mar 2008]
Thunderbird 2
Review Mozilla's Thunderbird 2 is a fine, free, extensible email client and a solid alternative to the pricey Microsoft Outlook 2007 or the free Windows Live Mail. [28 Mar 2008]
- Thunderbird: A handy data transfer tool - chrishocking
Inside Firefox 3 
Video An inside look at what you can expect from the next version of Firefox [28 Mar 2008]
Asus releases Eee PC software-development kit
News The company hopes an SDK tailored to the popular Linux-based subnotebook will encourage third-party application development [27 Mar 2008]
Turning over a new leaf at Quark
Q&A Quark is a company in transition. Chief executive and president Ray Schiavone discusses the claim that it is revolutionising publishing — again [25 Mar 2008]
Apple launches Safari for Windows
News Cupertino launches the first version of its web browser designed to run on Microsoft's operating system [20 Mar 2008]
Microsoft sets out latest tools for web developers
News Microsoft has used its MIX08 event in Las Vegas to announce beta releases of web tools including Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2 and Expression Studio 2 products [07 Mar 2008]
- I'd have changed the title... - ego.sum.stig


