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Microsoft backs GetHuman customer service plan

August 8, 2006 Initiative is designed to set industrywide standards for customer service; companies can advertise compliance. TAGS: customer service, standards, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft hints at general plan for IE 8

May 3, 2007 Internet Explorer 8, due within the next 18 months, will keep focus on security, ease of use and include Web development improvements. TAGS: Web development, ease of use, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, standards, programming, Web browser, security, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: On Web, innovation meets hard times

December 22, 2008 A lot of progress took place this year in Web start-ups and online technology, before the dark clouds of recession and layoffs swept in. TAGS: innovation, layoff, Twitter, Facebook, Web 2.0, standards, Google Inc., open source, start-up, Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's amusing standards stance

February 22, 2007 Opera Software's Håkon Wium Lie says Microsoft's recent letter about IBM undermining standards contradicts its own track record. TAGS: SGML, OpenDocument Format, standards, ECMA, XML, OpenOffice, letter, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft discloses some IE 7 plans

April 25, 2005 Software giant yields to longstanding demands by Web developers, promising support for PNG, CSS graphics and layout standards. TAGS: CSS, PNG, standards, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, style sheet, Microsoft Internet Explorer, blog, developer, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Firefox, security

Is Microsoft playing well with others?

April 7, 2006 As it opens up to Linux and rival software, company faces deep skepticism over whether it's really changed its stripes. TAGS: Jeremy Allison, open source, open-source software, protocol, standards, Linux, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

A standards truce in the browser war?

August 4, 2005 Some Web developers see signs of change at Microsoft after years of taking the giant to task over IE. TAGS: browser war, standards, Web browser, author, developer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, blog, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer

Microsoft yielding to IE standards pressure?

March 16, 2005 Redmond may be budging on its support for standards and on key missing features in Internet Explorer. TAGS: standards, Document Object Model, CSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, PNG, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Redmond, API, support, RSS, developer, Web browser, blog, Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

Acid2, Acid3, and the power of default

January 23, 2008 Opera CTO Håkon Wium Lie asks how seriously Microsoft's Web browser will support an upcoming Web standards test. TAGS: scenario, standards, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Web application, Opera Software, power, setting, Microsoft Corp.

Is open source getting to Microsoft?

September 15, 2006 Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even. TAGS: Web service, open source, patent, intellectual property, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

IBM sits out Office document standards effort

December 21, 2005 Big Blue won't participate in an international committee that is standardizing Microsoft Office document formats. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, committee, IBM Corp., standards, Microsoft Office, XML, document, vice president, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standard

November 28, 2005 After picking OpenDocument as a standard, commonwealth is "optimistic" that standardized Office formats will pass muster. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, procurement, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Office 12, state, standards, XML, Microsoft Office, standard, Governor, format, agency, Microsoft Corp., decision, information technology

Microsoft: Make our HD Photo format a standard

March 7, 2007 Software giant would turn over its image tech to a standards group in a bid to displace today's reigning JPEG format. TAGS: standards, photograph, Microsoft Corp., JPEG, printing, format, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's document gambit moves ahead

December 7, 2006 Standards vote could boost its Office document format in high-stakes race for desktop prominence. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Novell Inc., standards, desktop software, OpenOffice, XML, Microsoft Office, open source, blog, attorney, Microsoft Corp., document, Linux

Next Explorer to fail Acid test

August 1, 2005 Microsoft says IE 7 won't pass the standards exam; rivals Opera and Apple say they'll meet criteria set by World Wide Web Consortium. TAGS: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Opera Software, standards, Microsoft Internet Explorer, CSS, PNG, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, blog, Firefox

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, XML, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, standards, state, policy, document, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Microsoft calls IBM hypocritical on document standards

February 14, 2007 Redmond publishes open letter accusing Big Blue of blocking ISO from considering Office Open XML as document standard. TAGS: standardization, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., procurement, representative, standards, general manager, XML, letter, Microsoft Office, activity, Microsoft Corp., format, document

Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services

September 13, 2006 Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns. TAGS: Web service, patent, open-source software, open-source community, open source, specification, royalty, Apache Software Foundation, standards, GPL, FAQ, developer, concern, lawyer, Microsoft Corp., XML

Anticopying fight mars mobile music

May 5, 2005 Carriers say fees for copy-protection standards are too high--and they're threatening to go elsewhere. TAGS: copy protection, antipiracy, carrier, mobile phone, standards, Europe, cell phone, Apple Computer, music, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., video

AMD: Vista only a tiny step to convergence

May 24, 2006 PCs have a way to go, despite advances in hardware and software aimed to bring PC technology into the living room. TAGS: WinHEC, living room, consumer electronics, streaming audio, standards, AMD, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, Bose, researcher, Microsoft Windows Vista, electronics, Microsoft Corp., PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows, DVD
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