XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a data-management system based on flat files. It is is widely used by small businesses because of its portability and its compatibility with multiple platforms. It ...

An XML map allows a business to arrange data stored in XML documents so that the information can be easily imported into a predefined table in an application such as Microsoft Excel. In this way, the ...

Mac Office users of both the 2008 and 2004 variety got updates from Microsoft last night. And who ever said there couldn't be a Christmas in June? Office 2008 has been bumped to version 12.1.1 (making ...

Companies have completed the first phase of a Microsoft-sponsored project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and OpenDocument Format (ODF) for Office ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft Corp. claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim Thatcher ...

With the look and feel of Microsoft's Office suite, OpenOffice offers much of the functionality of Word, Excel and other Office applications. Some people consider OpenOffice a threat to Microsoft's ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. today urged a Massachusetts state official to rethink an opinion that Microsoft Corp.'s Open XML meets the state's parameters for an acceptable open document format just because ...

DataViz has released MacLinkPlus Deluxe 16, the latest version of its software for translating file formats. The primary new feature in this release is a set of translators for Windows Word 2007 and ...

REDMOND, Wash., and MILAN, Italy — March 25, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and Sourcesense, a leading European open source systems integration consultancy, today announced that the two companies will ...