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Submission + - Microsoft tries to takeover Open Document Format (groklaw.net)

Submitted by what about on Saturday October 04, 2008 @04:12AM

what about writes: If this is true, as it seems, it is makeing me angry !

Groaklaw writes if the takeover were to succeed, that SC 34 would get to maintain ODF as well as Microsoft's competing parody "standard," OOXML. How totally smooth and shark-like. Under the guise of "synchronised maintenance", without which they claim SC 34 can't fulfill its responsibilities, they get control of everything. So utterly Microsoft. Microsoft yearns for interoperability, it seems. More like yearning for ODF's air supply to be ... well, you know. Microsoft never seems to change, does it? Yoo hoo! EU Commission! Are you watching? You can read all the public resolutions of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Plenary Meeting, 2008-10-01, held in Jeju, Republic of Korea. It will either make you laugh or throw up. I did both. Sequentially.

Submission + - Closed source cellphones are a security nightmare (cnet.com)

Submitted by what about on Saturday August 30, 2008 @03:40AM

what about writes: Apparently there is a quick, simple, and undetectable way to grab all your cellphone data

CNET News writes "CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones"

If someone asks to borrow your cell phone, or you leave it unattended, beware!
Unless you actually watch them use it, they may be secretly grabbing every piece of your information on the device, even deleted messages. If you leave your phone sitting on your desk, or in the center console of your car while the valet parks it, then you and everyone in your contacts list may be at risk, to say nothing of confidential e-mails, spread sheets, or other information. And of course, if you do not want your spouse to see who you are chatting with on your phone, you might want to use extra caution.

I use mobile knox, a secure storage application for my important data but I would be very upset if someone grabs my telephone list, SMS, and whatelse from my locked phone !

Submission + - Open-source ID project awaits Microsoft's blessing

Submitted by what about on Friday March 09, 2007 @12:13PM

what about writes: An open-source rival to a Microsoft identity tool has been in limbo for months, awaiting the software giant's go-ahead on certain patent-related issues.

news.com continues

Developers working on the Higgins project want to create a tool equivalent to Microsoft's Windows CardSpace, but fear the software giant's legal wrath if they don't receive permission on certain features. Although parts of the project continue to move forward, proponents say it may not reach its full potential without Microsoft's help.

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