Chris Capossela, who runs product management for the Office family of products, dropped by to see me to dribble out more details about the next version of Microsoft Office (currently dubbed "12"), ...

According to Microsoft, the upcoming version of Office (Office 12, for now) will make use of XML as the default file formats for the big three apps: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. While full details on ...

With the proliferation of information on the Web, the need for standardization of content semantics became desirable. Readers who wanted content delivered in particular formats, and those who wanted ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML file format won approval from the Ecma International standards body last week, giving it needed credibility as a rival to the OpenDocument format. But Ecma’s vote ...

Sun Microsystems is contributing the XML file format specification utilized in the OpenOffice.org 1.0 project to a new technical committee recently formed by the OASIS standards body. The new ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

ITworld.com – XML has been around now, in its final fully fledged form, for more years than I care to remember. Having played a small part in its original creation, thinking back that far makes me ...

Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.

Believe it or not, there were more announcements at MacWorld than just Apple's iPhone. Microsoft, too, had a bit of news. Microsoft officials announced on January 9 that the next version of Office for ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A file format heavily promoted by Microsoft has failed to gain initial approval as an international standard, reflecting a continuing struggle between the company and critics who ...