standards

Antispam standards gain momentum

News An Internet standards group has approved two "experimental" antispam proposals, sidestepping a controversy dividing Microsoft and its email competitors. Concerns over Microsoft's Sender ID-related patents have alarmed some involved in setting...

30 June 2005, 9:55

UK to incorporate new biometric standards

News New international standards on biometric technology have been published. The BS ISO/IEC 19794 series of standards cover the science of using 'biological properties' to identify individuals, such as fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition.

30 August 2005, 10:15

Mobile WiMax gets the green light

News An industry standards group has approved a new specification for WiMax that includes mobility support, paving the way for chipmakers and device manufacturers to start working on new products. Finalising the standards process is an important...

12 December 2005, 10:20

Group aims to play nanotech nanny

News An organisation associated with warnings about the potential dangers of nanotechnology wants to be the standards-setting body for the industry. Several organisations, such as the International Association of Nanotechnology, have also started to...

22 June 2005, 9:51

Intel expands its Wi-Fi chip technology

News Intel on Friday unveiled chip technology designed to support all current and projected Wi-Fi standards, moving the chip giant closer to its vision of one chip for all radios. The chip technology prototype will support Wi-Fi standards ranging from...

20 June 2005, 9:38

Next Windows Explorer to fail Acid test

News Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 browser won't pass a stringent standards test that rivals have embraced. In its browser blog, Microsoft acknowledged that IE 7 would not pass the Web Standards Project's Acid2 test, which examines a browser's...

2 August 2005, 11:28

Microsoft outlines plans for IE 8

News Microsoft will continue to prioritise security and ease-of-use in the forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 and will seek to improve Web development with current standards compatibility, according to the company.

4 May 2007, 10:40

DAB to carry TV to mobiles

News The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) approved the revision on Tuesday, paving the way for services such as BT Movio, soon to see its first commercial launch by operator Virgin Mobile.

12 July 2006, 10:25

Dell laptops to feature new, faster Wi-Fi

News Dell plans to offer home users a new, faster version of wireless networking in their laptops that has yet to be completely finalised by a wireless standards body. The idea behind releasing products based on draft wireless standards is that users...

18 July 2006, 11:07

Apple reports on its Chinese iPod workers

News The Mac maker employed an audit team to examine labour standards, working and living environment, compensation, overtime and worker treatment and to interview a cross-section of workers. Among Apple's concerns are an overly complex wage structure...

21 August 2006, 10:51

Is Microsoft finally listening to Web developers?

News When Microsoft 'technical evangelist' Robert Scoble complained in his blog about being snubbed at a Texas conference, he probably didn't think he was laying the groundwork for a truce in the long-running war over Web browser standards.

5 August 2005, 10:10

Blu-ray DVD players to use Java

News The Blu-ray Disc Association, the standards body for the format, has decided it will adopt Java for the interactivity standards," said Yasushi Nishimura, director of Panasonic's Research and Development Company of America, speaking at Sun's...

29 June 2005, 10:03

News.blog: A bloggers' code of conduct?

News On the Internet, generally speaking, "there are no professional standards, there is no means of redress," said Tim Toulmin, director of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), an independent body that enforces a set of standards for the UK...

30 November 2006, 9:23

Microsoft to add XML files to Office 12

News Company officials said the move to replace Microsoft's traditional binary file formats with open-standards-based XML versions will allow companies using Office 12 to more easily access data across XML's various applications.

2 June 2005, 10:25

Mobile TV strategy backed by EU states

News European rollouts of the technology have been hampered by uncertainty around standards and resulting marketplace fragmentation. DVB-H will now be published by the Commission in the list of official EU standards and member states will be obliged to...

Tags: european, strategy, europe, standards

3 December 2007, 9:36