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Preparing for the open-standards onslaught
October 17, 2005 CCIA President Ed Black explains why he thinks Massachusetts has set an example other governments will follow. TAGS: Massachusetts, OpenDocument Format, interoperability, citizen, state, government, decision
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Massachusetts assaults monoculture
November 29, 2005 Verdasys chief scientist Daniel Geer says Massachusetts' decision to go with OpenDocument Format comes not a moment too soon. TAGS: monoculture, OpenDocument Format, diversification, Massachusetts, species, biology, word-processor, record, risk, barrier, spreadsheet, virus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop
September 1, 2005 State intends to phase out office applications from Microsoft and others in favor of software based on "open" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Peter Quinn, XML, state, agency, standards, open source, OpenOffice, Adobe PDF, document, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Office
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Verizon jacks up broadband offering
April 5, 2005 Carrier has doubled the speed of its $30 DSL service and plans to add more communities to its fiber build in Massachusetts. TAGS: FTTH, Verizon Communications, Massachusetts, fiber, DSL service, DSL, community, broadband
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Bill would use GPS to protect crime victims
February 18, 2005 Massachusetts lieutenant governor pushes for GPS technology to protect victims of domestic violence, gang-related offenses. TAGS: GPS, Massachusetts, victim, law enforcement, legislation, Governor, court, law, violence, order, condition, satellite
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Massachusetts sticking with 'open' documents
January 4, 2006 Despite state CIO's departure, Massachusetts is not pulling support for OpenDocument standard. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, CIO, information technology, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
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Mass. governor vetoes bill for online wine sales
November 22, 2005 Mitt Romney says certain provisions in the proposed law would prevent consumers from purchasing "the bottlings they want." TAGS: Mitt Romney, winery, wine, provision, Massachusetts, Governor, bill, law
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This week in security
September 16, 2005 Security researchers say they have found ways to exploit a serious bug in Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers. TAGS: Mozilla Web browser, Mozilla Corp., Massachusetts, researcher, Web browser, hacking, T-Mobile, Netscape Communications Corp., security, Firefox
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Massachusetts CIO quits
October 4, 2006 Louis Gutierrez says he's leaving due to lack of tech funding; move not expected to affect OpenDocument policy. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, CIO, state, bond, information technology, policy, letter
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Citrix acquires Reflectent
May 8, 2006 Networking-software company Citrix Systems expands into the desktop applications performance-monitoring market. TAGS: Citrix Systems Inc., Massachusetts, acquisition
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Quote of the day: Mass. is the 'canary in a coal mine'
December 15, 2005 The Commonwealth's closely-watched decision about electronic document standards will affect the nation, even the globe, a professor says. TAGS: coal, Massachusetts, professor, Microsoft Corp.
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Massachusetts moves ahead sans Microsoft
September 23, 2005 State finalizes policy calling for desktop applications supporting OpenDocument standard format. Microsoft Office is excluded. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, Microsoft Office, policy, decision, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.
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Massachusetts, California best states for nanotech
January 25, 2005 Got a degree in nanomaterials and wondering where to move? Try Massachusetts, but stay out of the Dakotas or Arkansas. TAGS: nanotechnology, Massachusetts, state, Arkansas, Colorado, California, leader
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T.J. Maxx hack exposes consumer data
January 18, 2007 Intruders accessed systems used to process, store customer transaction data, putting unspecified number of shoppers at risk of identity fraud. TAGS: credit card company, breach, Visa International, identity fraud, merchant, intrusion, credit card, retailer, point-of-sale, Massachusetts, bank, payment, Canada, U.S., security
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RadioRocker 2.0.5
Listen to terrestrial radio on your Mac, over 5,000 stations. TAGS: station, Massachusetts, state, California, radio, Apple Macintosh
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Mass. to use Microsoft Office in ODF plan
August 24, 2006 In letter seen by CNET News.com, commonwealth says it'll use Office suite plug-in as it moves to standardized format. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, disability, state, Microsoft Office, agency, information technology, letter, OpenOffice, document, open source, Microsoft Corp.
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States struggling to deal with digital documents
April 25, 2006 Minnesota has followed Massachusetts with a bill to adopt open formats, but most states have yet to tackle digital archives. TAGS: Minnesota, CIO, Massachusetts, state, OpenDocument Format, standards, document, agency, office, information technology, format, IBM Corp.
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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, agency, format, decision, Microsoft Corp., information technology
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Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formats
December 14, 2005 State senators air the issues around its decision to use OpenDocument as the default desktop application format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, OASIS, standards, productivity-application, IBM Corp., senator, standard, information technology, XML, vice president, state, Microsoft Office, decision, Sun Microsystems Inc., forum
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Massachusetts CIO quits amid OpenDocument debate
December 29, 2005 A key figure in efforts to move the state to the open-standards format has resigned following controversy over the initiative. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, controversy, initiative, CIO, state, information technology, conference

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