September 2007 Archives

Open XML and the ISO Standards

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Microsoft has got a setback on their goals: ISO has rejected Microsoft's plea to put OOXML on the Fast Track Procedure to become an international standard.

This doesn't mean that OOXML will not be a standard, but else that Microsoft will have to answer all the questions raised by ISO members regarding the proposed standard.

iPod Day

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Today is iPod day. Apple is probably going to release new models in an event at Apple's headquarters today.

Since the invitation for the event called "The Beat Goes On" has a picture that depicts the "cover flow" feature present in the iPhone and in iTunes, and because there's a lot of time since the last update in Apple's iPod line, everybody is guessing that the media player will be on the spotlight today.

Other than that, anything related to music may be the main course for the event.

iMovie '08 Again

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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has released an iMovie '08 review, where they make the point that this software is not as bad as some reviews are saying, and that to end users it may even be better than iMovie '06.

How come?