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2008 April 10

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OOXML Drops An ‘O’

Now that the ISO standards committee has gotten hold of the Microsoft Open Office XML standard, after the vote giving it ISO status, one of the O’s is no longer needed, or wanted, as the Office moniker gets dropped.
There is now a new working group, yet to be known by name, being organized to oversee […]

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Microsoft Releases IE8 in German and Chinese

This is ostensibly, punishment for past war crimes and human rights violations.
from Ars Technica
One month after Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 was released in English, Microsoft has made the Chinese (Simplified) and German beta 1 versions available.
As with the English version, the supported operating systems are as follows (final versions unless otherwise specified): Windows […]

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Thank Goodness for BBC America

With the incredible mediocrity that is television in the United States, it is so nice to know that, when the few shows I watch are not on, and there are only movies I have seen or do not want to see on the premium channels, I can tune to channel 264 (on DirecTV) and see […]