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  • Take a guess: Who is chairing the revision of laptop battery standards?
    Friday 8 December 2006 – 08:47
    The IEEE is forming a group to revise the IEEE 1625 standard for lithium-ion laptop batteries and guess which two companies will chair it... wait for it... Sony and Dell. Of course, these two companies have extensive experience in exploding batteries which makes them eminently qualified to chair the group.
  • IBM Threatening to Leave Standards Bodies
    Wednesday 24 September 2008 – 05:20
    It appears that IBM is feeling a little ‘left-out’ when it comes to organizations that set the standards for software interoperability with concerns that their processes are not always fair.
  • Notebook makers meet to discuss new battery standards
    Wednesday 20 September 2006 – 07:57
    Amidst a flurry of notebook battery recalls, several notebook makers including Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo have met in San Jose to discuss possible new battery standards. Sony, the battery manufacturer at the center of recent battery recalls, was not invited to the meeting, according to Sony spokesman John Dolak. It's unclear if Apple attended the meeting.
  • Linux supporters deliver desktop standards
    Tuesday 25 April 2006 – 04:04
    The Free Standards Group is due to launch version 3.1 of its Linux Standards Base, delivering the first fruits of its LSB Desktop Project to create new standards for Linux on the desktop.
  • Can Microsoft ever meet the EU's standards for interoperability?
    Saturday 8 July 2006 – 12:14
    The European Commission meets on Monday to determine the amount of fines it's prepared to levy against Microsoft (a very short meeting, most believe), and again on Wednesday, most likely to impose these fines. It would seem the EC is in a rush to proclaim Microsoft guilty of not turning over material that an agreement with its independent trustee says is actually due the following week.

Articles & reviews

  • Raising PC Audio Standards To Hi-Fi Levels: Audiotrak Maya 7.1 Gold and CARDamp*
    Friday 30 November 2001 – 06:00
    On-board sound systems are standard today. However, the quality of codecs meets only basic requirements such as system and application sound output. If you want high fidelity sound, you might want to upgrade your sound system. We introduce two interesting products from Audiotrak: Maya 7.1 Gold, a high-quality sound card at $129, and a PC amplifier called CARDamp.
  • The Bad Effect Web 2.0 is Having on Internet Standards*
    Wednesday 17 October 2007 – 11:08 in Networking
    The Bad Effect Web 2.0 is Having on Internet Standards Web 2.0 - user generated HTML content - is leading to some very sloppy work out there. How badly is all this clogging up the internet superhighway? Eoin Hurrell explores.

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