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Open-Source File Format Is to Be a Part of Microsoft Office
Microsoft was set to announce Thursday that it would make the interchangeable document format of a competitor available in its own market-leading Office 2007 software during the first half of 2009.
The company, under pressure from European regulators, national standards organizations and its own government clients, said it planned to give customers the ability to open, edit and save documents in Open Document Format — the main competitor to the Microsoft Word format — through a free update.
With the update, consumers will be able to save text documents in ODF format and adjust Office 2007 settings to automatically save documents in the rival format.
Next year, Microsoft will also let consumers open and save files in Adobe’s Portable Document Format 1.5 and PDF/A formats.
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Google Offers Personal Health Records on the Web
After a year and half of development, Google began offering online personal health records to the public on Monday.
The Internet search giant’s service, Google Health, at www.google.com/health, is the latest entrant in the growing field of companies offering personal health records on the Web. Their ranks range from longtime online health services like WebMD to the software powerhouse Microsoft to start-ups like Revolution Health.
The companies all hope to capitalize eventually on the trend of increasingly seeking health information online, and the potential of Internet tools to help consumers manage their own health care and medical spending.
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Google Says It Will Defend Competitive Rationale of a Yahoo Deal
How can Google, the Internet search and advertising giant, contend that teaming up with Yahoo in search ads would not invite an antitrust challenge?
Under a proposed partnership, Google would let Yahoo use its more sophisticated ad technology to deliver ads next to some Yahoo search results. By some estimates this could bring Yahoo $1 billion a year in added cash.
If they strike a deal, the No. 2 company in search ads would hand over some of its business to the dominant company in that market. When asked about the issues this would raise in a meeting with reporters this month, Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, offered only a cryptic reply: “We would anticipate structuring a deal to address antitrust concerns.”
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Microsoft Offers Rebates to Shoppers Using Its Search
With its share of the Internet search market in steady decline and its pursuit of an alliance with Yahoo in doubt, Microsoft is taking a new approach to jump-starting its search engine: offering rebates to people who use it to find and buy some products.
Microsoft executives said the program, called Live Search cashback, is part of a plan to come up with new approaches to areas of the search business where they see opportunities to make inroads against Google, the market leader.
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Motorola Introduces ROKR E8
Motorola brought a new generation of its ROKR family of music products to Asia with the introduction of the ROKR E8 entertainment handset, along with the EQ5 and EQ7 wireless speaker systems and the EQ3 compact foldable speaker. The new ROKR products offer you a complete system designed for the way you enjoy music, whether you want a private moment on the go or an instant party wherever you want it.
“ROKR E8 is a no compromises device – it’s both an MP3 player that makes great phone calls and a mobile phone designed to entertain you,” enthused Ian Chapman-Banks, Motorola Vice President, Asia Pacific Marketing, Mobile Devices. “Even better, with our unique ModeShift technology and a comprehensive suite of accessories that bring the music to life, we’ve created a mobile phone that matches or is superior to stand alone audio devices.”
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