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Intense interest in Microsoft Office standard

Intense interest in Microsoft Office standardHigher up the tree[i]The underlying question remains this. Is standards-setting a judicial or a political process? Even if it is a judicial process, should such a process ignore politics, or be informed by it?[/i]I beg to differ. The underlying question is, "what is the...

Tags: Quality, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, standards, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, Microsoft Office, Standards Bodies

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

XML grows up as XBRL

XML grows up as XBRLStandardsWhen open standards are involved, protocols can flourish. So, I have no doubt this will have legs.http://opendomain.blogspot.com/Further thoughts on the XBRL taxonomies as open sourceDana Blankenhorn is absolutely correct in his conclusion that XBRL is lowering the cost of doing business which is good for companies...

Tags: Financial accounting, Standards Bodies, XML, XBRL, taxonomy, financial reporting, financial

Discussion threads 2006-06-23

Additional Resources

Oxford Dictionary of Accounting for iPhone 1.0.1 (Mobile)

Oxford Dictionary of Accounting for iPhone offers comprehensive coverage of financial and management accounting. Nearly 4,000 clear and accessible entries give straight forward definitions of terms, concepts, and jargon. An invaluable resource for students and professionals in the fields of accounting and finance. The topics include financial reporting, direct, and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Accounting, Mobile, White Park Bay Software, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

Software downloads 2009-10-16

Open source can save your life

Quick, if your life depended on it, which health care information system would you rather your hospital used: A proprietary system developed by software engineers based on marketing input, bug reports and customer requests? An open source system developed by thousands of health care practitioners including...

Tags: Hospital, Open Source, Health Care, VA, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-08-23

Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest

Real standards[i]"That's important because Microsoft has of late embraced a standard-centric philosophy when it comes to what technology IE supports, and IE is of course the dominant browser on the market."[/i]Microsoft has never been particularly keen on supporting real standards, they've always preferred their own formats to maintain their monopoly.IE...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, XHTML, W3C, Microsoft Corp., standards, HTML, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, ISO

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

The American Textbook Accessibility Act

The American Textbook Accessibility ActChris, you're dreamingThe only way this is going to get a Federal charter is if someone with enough muscle gets to skim rents.None of the players have enough concentrated political pull to overcome the others who would gang up to block the monopoly play, so it's...

Tags: Vertical industries, American Textbook Accessibility Act, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Google, Microsoft and Zoho

The Battle for the Desktop and Beyond Microsoft is in the news lately with its Office 2010 announcements. It contains, no surprise, a number of tidbits to make more of the application suite more cloud friendly and less costly. Implicit in this strategy...

Tags: Google Inc., Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Software Purchase, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Management, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Some important truths about pen-testing

Guest editorial by Alberto Soliño Penetration testing is a highly scientific, metrics-driven approach to IT security that has been in practice since almost the dawn of the modern computing era when programmers first began conducting organized tests, or “hacks” of their own, or others’ technologies to test...

Tags: Process, Security, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Technology, Organization, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Microsoft backs document-format test tool

Microsoft backs document-format test toolGreat ArticleThis is a really positive step for Microsoft.Finally, the Open XML-ODF Translator has been improved.You mean there's actually a chance it might work now? Somehow I doubt it. If Microsoft is "in competition with" ODF then it's in their best interest (as in...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, tool

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

EU to levy huge fine on Intel, hearing set for Microsoft

EU to levy huge fine on Intel, hearing set for MicrosoftLet 'em have it.Because it won't change their behavior in any way. Instead of issuing a fine to the company, the EU should fine the shareholders. You want to see some quick action in a company's attitude change?...

Tags: Web browsers, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., huge fine

Discussion threads 2009-05-10

Browser wars: the platform wins

Browser wars: the platform winsHTML5For anyone not already familiar with HTML5, check out this demo of Gmail using HTML5:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmjxmOtNZCkHTML5 should make it easier to deliver certain classes of applications to all OS platforms, without the need for porting. And as the video shows, these web apps can be launched, just...

Tags: Web browsers, Corporate communications, cloud computing, HTML5, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Some advice to would be consultants

Some advice to would be consultantsSound advice ...I own a small me and one other person IT company, and we both love what we do, and know it fairly well Anyone that says they know everything about computers and networking is either lying or delusional ... neither of us have...

Tags: Quality, training and certification, Microsoft Windows NT, certification, Richter, knack

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Mozilla chief backs Opera

Mozilla chief backs OperaMS should file a counter complaintBecause I believe every common Linux distro has either Opera or Mozilla.I say level the playing field for all. No web browsers on any OS. The customer can use FTP from a command line to download and install the browser of their...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Digital Signatures for Open Text eDOCS DM

CoSign makes it easy to digitally sign transactions, documents and records in eDOCS environment by embedding the standard signature technology directly into mainstream business applications. CoSign produces a signature record for every signature it captures. This Portable Signature Format CoSign PSF allows anyone to seamlessly verify and retain proof of...

Tags: Open Text Corp., Digital Signature, Signature, ARX, Digital Signatures, Government, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security

White papers 2009-02-09

News to know: IE 8; TI; VMware; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Christopher Dawson: Convertible Classmate, take 2 Jason Perlow: Linux dead at hands of Windows 7? Horse puckey! ...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Cloud Computing, Phone, Texas Instruments Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, E-mail, Wiki, Linux, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-27

In defense of SOA standards bodies

In defense of SOA standards bodiesCandidate source bloghttp://www.ebpml.org/blog/159.htmBy Jean-Jacques Dubray.RE: In defense of SOA standards bodiesAbout the last part on SOAML, I really do not see the point of how SOAML or MDA will help people "identify a candidate service".Such issue is typically addressed by methodology, not by modeling language...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, SOA standards body, SOA Standards, SoaML, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

In defense of SOA standards bodies

Duane Nickull, who is very active in the SOA and Web services standards space, was incensed by an anonymous blog posting that savages the efforts of standards bodies, and has published a rebuttal defending the work of these groups. Since the offending post was anonymous and has...

Tags: SOA, Standards, Duane Nickull, Patterns, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Obama and Ed Tech

Obama and Ed TechNice one Chris...Handing out an Acer Aspire One connected to Wi-Fi broadband to every child is not going to solve education problems. What about inept teachers? What about poorly designed curriculums? The problem with you Chris is that you think your current fad is the ubiqutious solution...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, obama, Obama, computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Eliminate the FCC?

Eliminate the FCC?Way of the world.As is well known, a government agency which regulates an industry becomes an advocate for that industry. And scientists have no fewer interests and opinions to advance than other people.You wrote:That's the problem. Any government institution can be corrupted, any set of safeguards overrun...

Tags: Federal government, FCC

Discussion threads 2008-12-24

Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar

Help Steve Jobs Or GM Design The iCarPLEASE............And I suppose when it needs a new battery...I have to spend USD$5,000.00 to ship the car back to Stevie Boy to get it replaced?And is he going to limit what type of fuel it runs on, and how often I can fill...

Tags: iCAR, Steve Jobs, car, UAW, General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-13