Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun. Earlier this month ...

Microsoft has released significant updates to both Office 2008 and Office 2004, as well as the final release of the Office Open XML converter 1.0. Office 2008 12.1.1 is available as a 153MB download ...

Microsoft's embattled Office Open XML (OOXML) document format received ISO fast-track approval today after receiving support from approximately 86 percent of the national bodies that participated in ...

Earlier this week we published a preview of Microsoft Office 2008, the next generation of Office for Mac OS X that will ship in the second half of 2007. Though the update boasts some impressive new ...

ISO announced this morning that Office Open XML has received approval as an ISO/IEC international standard. According to Microsoft, Open XML now joins HTML, PDF and ODF as ISO- and IEC-recognized open ...

The International Organization for Standardization has voted against a proposal to fast-track Microsoft's Office Open XML format as an international standard. Here's how the vote went: all 41 of the ...

The bid to fast track Office Open XML as an ISO-certified standard has received a setback, with ISO member Brazil casting a 'No' vote. Microsoft is pushing for the Office Open XML (OOXML) document ...