Practical Technology

I am, shall we say, more than a little cynical, even by my standards, when it comes to wireless networking. For example, I really, really have doubts about the wisdom of moving up to 802.11n. That said, I think the monster Mobile WiMax deal, which was announced today, may actually go places.
Why? Well Mobile WiMax [...]

Despite alleged voting irregularities, Microsoft’s OpenXML format for office documents seems on its way to standardization.
According to multiple observers, Microsoft’s OpenXML is on its way to becoming an ISO standard.
The three sites that have been following the International Organization for Standardization re-vote on the OpenXML standard—Command Line Warriors, Open Malaysia and ConsortiumInfo—are all reporting that, [...]

If you didn’t know what was really behind Microsoft’s open standards and source promises, it might sound like Microsoft was making real changes.
You’ve got to give Microsoft credit for gall. They take a crunching defeat at the hands of the European Union court system for trying to conceal information and now that the court has [...]

Microsoft announced on February 21st at a press release to be followed by a 11:30 AM Eastern press conference that it was launching a “broad-reaching changes to its technology and business practices to increase the openness of its products and drive greater interoperability, opportunity and choice for developers, partners, customers and competitors.”
Specifically, Microsoft promises to [...]