Stories about: Electronic Industries Alliance

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Belden DataTwist 3600 cables, in Bonded-Pair or nonbonded-pair design, offer increased bandwidth for Category 6 networks 10 June, 2009 15:10
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Gates goes to Washington as US OOXML decision nears 17 March, 2008 09:20

Microsoft's last-minute lobbying in the US on behalf of its Office Open XML document format included a visit by outgoing chairman Bill Gates to a US Congressional committee last week.
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INCITS confirms: US to vote for Open XML in ISO 31 August, 2007 08:47

The United States member group to the ISO standards body on Wednesday finalized plans to vote in favor of approving Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an open standard.
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US organization edging to Microsoft's Open XML support 27 August, 2007 08:21

In a reversal, the American representative to the ISO standards body is now tentatively supporting the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format as an open standard this year.
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Microsoft loses key US OpenXML vote 13 August, 2007 09:33

Microsoft has lost a key vote in its quest to develop an alternative to the Open Document Format standard, backed by the open-source community.
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Growth of e-waste may lead to 'e-fee' on devices 01 March, 2007 13:48

The effort to control what's called e-waste could lead to a national "e-fee," a recycling charge that would be paid just like a sales tax on laptop PCs, computer monitors, televisions and some other electronic devices.
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Security company breaks with CERT over disclosure 30 January, 2003 07:53

A long-simmering dispute between the CERT Coordination Center and vulnerability research companies flared into public view Monday when Next Generation Security Software Ltd. (NGSS) announced it is severing its relationship with CERT, saying that the government-sponsored Internet security reporting center passed vulnerability information to third parties.
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Australian IT professionals eye PC recycling 27 August, 2002 12:09

One of the least sexy jobs in IT management may be disposing of old PCs, servers and other technology equipment.
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Manufacturers to give electronics recycling a try 25 June, 2001 08:34

In an effort to minimize possible adverse effects of discarded electronic devices on the environment, a group representing more than 2,000 vendors announced Thursday it would test-run several recycling options for PC monitors, TVs, computers and computer peripherals.
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Security initiative raises concerns about duplication 23 April, 2001 08:19

Yesterday's announcement that another coalition of private-sector companies has joined the battle to beef up security on the Internet is raising concerns about the coordination of those activities and possible duplication of effort.
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CERT to sell security threat information 20 April, 2001 08:31

The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), a government-funded Internet security group, said Thursday that it would begin offering to private sector companies advance notice security alerts that it had previously only shared with the government.