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    Virus Alert: Internet Explorer 7 vulnerable to drive-by downloads  Dec 16, 2008
    According to IDG's , the flaw in how Internet Explorer handles XML (Extensible Markup Language) was initially discussed on a Chinese language website more than a week ago. By the time Microsoft released its advisory notice, malicious code had been posted on a number of websites, which attempt to download a password-stealing Trojan horse virus to visiting browsers. (Accounting Web, UK)

    Apple Sued Over iPhone Browser  Nov 27, 2008
    That patent is for an invention that displays "on-line content reformatted from a webpage in a hypertext markup language (HTML) format into an extensible markup language (XML) format to generate a sister site." This sister site is a simplified version of the original site that is then displayed on any number of devices--including cell phones, EMG says. Now, it seems to me that this is a description of what every single mobile phone on the market does. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    SoundBite Introduces Web Services API  Nov 5, 2008
    Using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Extensible Markup Language (XML), the Web Services API. -- Allows for custom levels of integration into back office data systems -- Automatically transfers data from the host platform to the SoundBite platform -- Delivers messages based on unique business rules and technical needs -- Enables real-time, event-based applications such as fraud alerts, delivery status -- Significantly reduces the time to develop and deploy applications. (Primezone Releases)

    $10,000 prize offered to hackers  Nov 5, 2008
    The architecture is called "empty client" because no code is loaded onto computers that are running applications developed using Visual WebGUI. Instead, the interface uses a rendering engine that communicates with a software server using the Extensible Markup Language Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The client views actions performed on the server, meaning no application code, user-interface code or data is managed by the user's computer. (EETimes)

    The 5 Elements of an Ajax Applicati...  Sep 20, 2008
    The XML (Extensible Markup Language) HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) request object is at the core of every Ajax application, and it's this object that enables Javascript to communicate with a server; however, the object is handled slightly differently by each web browser (or to be precise, it's handled one way by Microsoft Explorer and another by all other browsers); therefore, the Javascript code needs to check the browser type and create the object appropriately. script type =... (Suite101.com)

    Bankdata Uses Microsoft Technology to Provide SWIFT Integration to Connect 13 Member Banks for SEPA Credit Transfer  Sep 16, 2008
    "By allowing us to simplify the back office, Microsoft BizTalk Server has provided our member banks with reduced transaction processing costs. When we started this SEPA project, we realized our existing system could not support Extensible Markup Language (XML) messages, which was critical for us to meet SCT requirements. We then evaluated our options and found that Microsoft technology could support XML, along with the core functionality of BizTalk Server, which handles our business processing... (PR Newswire)

    Microsoft to Sign Global Partnership With SWIFT, Driving Toward the Payments Platform of the Future  Sep 15, 2008
    As well, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 will offer extended support of ISO 20022 message repairs, from correcting simple FIN messages to addressing the needs of MX- and ISO 20022-based Extensible Markup Language (XML) messages. "With more than 8,200 customers today, Microsoft BizTalk Server leads the markets as a solution for enterprise connectivity, enabling integration across our customers' diverse set of heterogeneous systems, line-of-business applications, mainframes and trading partners,"... (PR Newswire)

    A Look at Google's Open Source Protocol Buffer  Jul 16, 2008
    For most organizations Extensible Markup Language, or XML (), is the lingua franca for data interchange. Apparently XML alone isn't fast enough for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), so Google went off and developed its own data format, called Protocol Buffers. (Datamation)

    Tag, You're It  Jun 28, 2008
    exit-poll aggregators, and filled TV and computer screens, made possible by a technology related to XBRL (called XML, or extensible markup language). We could be nearing an era when an industry's quarterly reports can be ranked and organized instantaneously according to the average investor's whims. (Slate)

    Microsoft's standards bid stalled  Jun 11, 2008
    Microsoft has been working towards a more open way of formatting documents based around the Extensible Markup Language (XML) in response to requests from government customers. Open standards would help preserve the structure of data in a document, such as a spreadsheet, so that relationships between figures are preserved as they are opened in different programs or used for other purposes. (BBC News -- Technology)

    Word/logic bank to help build 'thinking' machines  May 30, 2008
    Plans call for OORs inventory to support the most advanced logic systems such as Resource Description Framework, Web Ontology Language and Common Logic, as well as standard Internet languages such as Extensible Markup Language (XML). Steve Ray, NIST manufacturing systems integration chief who hosted the meeting, says, The Ontology Summit established the critical set of requirements and ground rules needed before we can begin serious construction of the repository. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    ACCESS Unveils 'NetFront IP Connect' Home Gateway Middleware  May 13, 2008
    The middleware provides carriers and equipment manufacturers with a visually intuitive user interface based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) and an API (Application Programming Interface) to allow for complete cross-platform interoperability among multiple applications. ACCESS home network products include NetFront(TM) Living Connect, the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compliant solution which provides seamless connections between devices handling digital content such as movies and... (PR Newswire)

    There's A Hole In My -- And In The Data As Well!  May 7, 2008
    Under development by HIS researchers, WaterML is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) specification for exchanging water observations that is now being widely accepted throughout the hydrologic community. WaterOneFlow services provide access to large repositories of hydrologic observations maintained at federal agencies such as the EPA, USDA, USGS and NOAA, as well as numerous academic data collections developed in the course of university projects all over the country. (Science Daily)

    ITChannelPlanet.com Article: Emerging E-Discovery Market Grows More Vital for VARs  Feb 29, 2008
    One emerging standard is The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard. That standard is designed to improve systems interoperability and the transfer of electronically stored information (ESI) between applications involved anywhere within the discovery process. (eSecurityPlanet)

    Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML  Feb 26, 2008
    XML, short for Extensible Markup Language, is a standard for describing data in a way that allows it to be shared across various systems and applications. Microsoft has handed over control of Open XML to the standards-making body Ecma, which would make it available even in the event of the company's demise. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)

    Return of Dave  Feb 24, 2008
    Workday's software makes prodigious use of the Web's extensible markup language, or XML, which facilitates sharing of documents or data among applications. Changing a reporting relationship between a manager and staffer takes 3 clicks in Workday, compared with 25 in a traditional system like PeopleSoft. (Forbes -- Technology)

    Report further fuels OpenOffice vs. OOXML debate  Jan 18, 2008
    The is generally based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), a set of rules created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to make it easier to share structured data. The two are the OpenDocument Format (ODF), favored by free or low-cost office-productivity suites such as OpenOffice. (CNET News.com)

    Find out how RSS can make using the Internet easier  Jan 17, 2008
    It uses XML technology (eXtensible Markup Language) to syndicate web content. This technology sends web content directly to the desktop computer, a web browser or a web-based RSS aggregator. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)

    Radhesh Balakrishnan, Director, platform strategy, Microsoft India  Dec 5, 2007
    Currently there is a strong need in the Indian market for interoperability at the core infrastructure layer, for instance, networking across heterogeneous platforms, application layer that is using extensible markup language as the lingua franca to tie disparate applications together and at the management layer, for example virtualisation to consolidate workloads across multiple platforms to benefit from advancements in hardware technologies. As the needs of Indian customers evolve, well make... (India Times)

    Oracle Database 11g and information management  Nov 15, 2007
    "Another big area is extensible markup language (XML)," he said ... "Another big area is extensible markup language (XML)," he said. (SearchOracle.com)

    Developers need Web application security assistance  Nov 8, 2007
    SOAP is a way for a program running in one kind of operating system such as Windows 2000 to communicate with a program in the same or another kind of an operating system such as Linux by using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)and its Extensible Markup Language (XML) as the mechanisms for information exchange ... SOAP is a way for a program running in one kind of operating system such as Windows 2000 to communicate with a program in the same or another kind of an operating system such as... (Search Security, MA)

    RosettaNet users to double to 900  Nov 6, 2007
    RosettaNet, based on XML (extensible markup language), provides a common e-business language and aligning processes for e-business transactions worldwide. Targeting the small and medium enterprises (SME) market segment, this simplified version is more cost effective to implement as it sends out RosettaNet Automated Enablement partner interface process messages. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    Companies using RosettaNet to double next year  Oct 29, 2007
    RosettaNet, based on XML (extensible markup language), provides a common e-business language and aligning processes for e-business transactions worldwide. "The simplified version targets the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) market segment, which is more cost effective to implement, as it sends out RosettaNet Automated Enablement (RAE) partner interface process (PIP) messages. "We expect this simplified RosettaNet standards to be widely adopted by SMEs in the country, which will double the... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    MySQL to get Google code  Oct 24, 2007
    Despite all the buzz a few years ago about native XML (Extensible Markup Language) support, Axmark said he's still waiting for a clear signal about what customers want. Until then it's not a big priority for MySQL, although there are some XML capabilities in 5. (InfoWorld)

    New BioRS(TM) Release From BIOMAX INFORMATICS AG Combines Database Integration and Retrieval with Sequence Search and Alignment Tools  Oct 2, 2007
    Flat-file and relational databases (Oracle, MySQL ) are easily integrated using Web or command-line interfaces and standardized data formats based on Extensible Markup Language (XML). Biomax, BioRS, BioXM, and Pedant-Pro are registered trademarks of Biomax Informatics AG in Germany and other countries. (BusinessWire)

    Maintaining Standards: Debating haze over data formatting  Sep 6, 2007
    They are the formats that a computer uses to create, edit and save documents, spreadsheets and presentations and the two standards being talked about are the open document format (ODF) and the office open extensible markup language (Open XML). The emergence and standardisation of ODF and Open XML was designed to address the concerns around interoperability and vendor lock-in by taking file formats out of vendor control and putting them under the jurisdiction of a standards body. (Economic Times)

    Making export and import of goods easier  Aug 30, 2007
    RosettaNet, based on XML (extensible markup language), provides a common e-business language and aligning processes for e-business transactions worldwide. Wong said there were 446 companies, comprising small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and multi-national corporations in Malaysia, compared with 300 a year ago, using RosettaNet standards. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Open up that document  Aug 30, 2007
    It is known as Office Open Extensible Markup Language or OOXML (pronounced oh oh XML ) and it is the default format for the latest 2007 version of the Microsoft Office suite and hence the format of choice, for all MS products in the future. (Compatibility packs are required to talk to earlier versions of MS Office. (Hindu)

    Critics urge rejection of Microsoft ‘open' format  Aug 29, 2007
    XML, short for Extensible Markup Language, is a standard for describing data in a way that is supposed to allow it to be shared across various systems and applications. The absolute nightmare scenario is that Microsoft says: Update your licences or we'll turn off your access,' Georg Greve, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe, told Reuters in an interview. (Globe and Mail)

    Mobile mgmt portal simplified  Aug 21, 2007
    An updated version of the software platform for those portals, announced Monday, is based on AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and Extensible Markup Language) and now works more like a Web-based application, he said. For example, a site for setting up service looks much like a shopping page on a mobile operator's Web site. (InfoWorld)

    Microsoft Stitches Up Desktop Flaws  Aug 18, 2007
    The most critical vulnerability in the latest patch is in Microsoft XML (extensible markup language) core services. There are also flaws in Excel, OLE (object linking and embedding) automation, Internet Explorer, the graphics rendering engine and VML (vector markup language) implementation -- all of which can be hacked through remote code execution. (TechNewsWorld)

    XMLfiles.com  Aug 16, 2007
    XML Files - Extensible Markup Language Tutorials for Developers. Extensible Markup Language. (IntranetJournal)

    Outsourced but not outdone  Aug 10, 2007
    The most obvious change was to rewrite the code, which was based on a Web-based format called HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, using a more versatile Web format called XML, or eXtensible Markup Language. We took a year to develop the software, Backlund said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)

    Cisco Unveils Plans to Transform the Data Center  Jul 26, 2007
    The new Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) Extensible Markup Language (XML) Gateway software delivers enhanced capabilities for enabling secure Web services, providing customers with better management, visibility, and performance of their XML applications and Web 2. 0 services. (CNNMoney.com)

    Google Site Search for Small Businesses  Jul 19, 2007
    They can also modify results by manipulating an XML (Extensible Markup Language) feed of the raw search results, to guide visitors toward products the company wants to sell, for example. The service is priced at $100 per year for Web sites with up to 500 pages, and $500 for up to 50,000 pages, Google. (PC World)

    Google offers site search for small businesses  Jul 18, 2007
    They can also modify results by manipulating an XML (Extensible Markup Language) feed of the raw search results, to guide visitors toward products the company wants to sell, for example. The service is priced at $100 per year for Web sites with up to 500 pages, and $500 for up to 50,000 pages, Google said on its Web site. (MacCentral)

    Microsoft to open Office document format  Jul 17, 2007
    Microsoft said it would submit its Office Open XML (Extensible Markup Language) document format technology to the International Standards Organization (ISO) to be adopted as an international standard in time for the launch of the next version of its Office software suite, code-named Office 12. The development comes as a group of technology rivals led by IBM and Sun Microsystems are mobilizing a global effort to push the OASIS consortium's Open Document Format for Office Applications... (Computerworld Australia)

    Alfresco rolls Web 2.0 features into CMS upgrade  Jul 6, 2007
    1 version assigns URLs to such objects as documents, which enables other technologies to come into play, such as AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup Language), said John Newton, Alfresco's CTO.. In one example that mimics new functionality seen on some Web sites, Afresco's 2. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Divorcing SOA and Web services  Jul 4, 2007
    The story doesn't really get interesting, however, until the late 1990s, when several vendors had two essential realizations: first, that a SOA approach would never provide true agility unless it was implementation-independent, and second, that the relatively new eXtensible Markup Language (XML) would make an ideal messaging protocol, even though its original purpose was as a document markup language. These insights let to a multivendor standards effort that eventually settled on the core set of... (Search Webservices)

    QuarkXPress Server 7.2 adds new XML capability  Jun 29, 2007
    2 release is new Extensible Markup Language (XML) capability that enables QuarkXPress content to be repurposed to other systems, such as e-mail, Web and other content delivery methods. The software supports HTTP, SOAP. (MacCentral)

    MS pushes Office to next level  Jun 29, 2007
    Previously, the company used Excel on the front end but had to build an XML (Extensible Markup Language) integration layer between Excel and various Microsoft-based data stores in the back end to achieve the same effect. "Before, we had to do a lot of work to access the data," he said. (InfoWorld)

    Startup applies XML tools for WiMax  Jun 23, 2007
    CHICAGO ail-f Systems, a Stockholm startup applying Extensible Markup Language to the creation of vertical network-management modules, came to the NxtComm conference with a new ConfD product for WiMax base stations. Tail-f chief Technology officer Carl Moberg said that software product suites could be developed and offered for a variety of end clients, such as set-top boxes or femto base stations. (EETimes)

    Standards, interoperability key issues for open innovation  Jun 4, 2007
    HTML -- or Hyper Text Markup Language, the de facto document format for the World Wide Web -- is actually a subset of SGML and is complemented by various standards like Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), eXtensible Markup Language (XML), MathML and the XML-based Scalable Vector Graphics. A debate is currently brewing between supporters of OpenXML and Open Document Format, both poised as the next generation of the universal document format. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    InterTAN Automates Supplier Transactions With GXS Managed Services  May 23, 2007
    GXS Managed Services, GXS' leading B2B outsourcing solution, gives InterTAN the depth and breadth of a company with vast expertise in B2B. The solution supports nearly any B2B standard or protocol including electronic data interchange (EDI), Internet EDI (AS2), extensible markup language (XML), enterprise resource planning (ERP) file formats such as those from Oracle and SAP, as well as proprietary file formats. The solution will reduce manual business processes, improve transaction accuracy and... (Canada Newswire)

    Microsoft Working With Chinese on XML Converter  May 22, 2007
    Microsoft Corp. will collaborate with the Chinese government and universities to make a plug-in that will let users read and save documents written in two different XML (Extensible Markup Language) file formats. China is developing its own XML format, UOF (Uniform Office Format), a variation that's used in applications such as RedOffice, a productivity suite forked from OpenOffice. (PC World)

    Chinese XML format will get Microsoft converter  May 21, 2007
    Microsoft Corp. will collaborate with the Chinese government and universities to make a plug-in that will let users read and save documents written in two different XML (Extensible Markup Language) file formats. Other stories on this topic. (NetworkWorld.com)

    Microsoft's Popfly could be a hit  May 19, 2007
    Behind these block icons are JavaScript, XML (Extensible Markup Language) and Silverlight code, which people can modify. The service itself is written using Silverlight, Microsoft's browser plug-in. (USA Today -- Tech)

    DiskLibrary adds XML export  May 11, 2007
    New to this release is the ability to export catalogs in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. Also new is the ability to track location in smart catalogs and advanced search. (MacCentral)

    How to Use XML or RSS  Apr 29, 2007
    RSS is a form of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) that codes headlines, story descriptions, and other data that can be scraped by news readers. When National Geographic News editors publish new and updated content (typically once or twice each weekday), changes automatically appear wherever RSS syndication is implemented. (National Geographic)

    Adobe Makes Bold Foray Into Open Source Territory  Apr 27, 2007
    In June 2006, it released the Adobe Flex SDK, which includes the MXML (Multimedia Extensible Markup Language) compiler and the ActionScript 3. 0 libraries. (LinuxInsider.com)

    What's up with XML 2.0?  Apr 26, 2007
    0, nor does the Extensible Markup Language (XML) or. Even a search on XML 2. (Search Webservices)

    MS hit with patent suit over .Net  Apr 21, 2007
    The patent is for Vertical's SiteFlash technology, which utilizes XML (Extensible Markup Language) to create a component-based structure to build and efficiently operate Web sites, according to the company's Web site. A Vertical spokesman could not be reached for comment. (InfoWorld)

    Microsoft Christens Adobe Flash Rival 'Silverlight'  Apr 17, 2007
    Its programming model incorporates Web standards such as XML (Extensible Markup Language), JavaScript and a subset of technologies from the WPF graphical presentation system that underpins Vista. Like Adobe's ubiquitous Web multimedia technology, the Silverlight client will be a cross-browser plug-in application. (CRN)

    Google plans global developer day  Apr 12, 2007
    Topics to be covered will include developing location-based services with Google Maps, Google Earth, and SketchUp; creating mash-ups with AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup Language) and Google Gadgets, and developing with the Google Web Toolkit. The workshops will take place at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, and at other offices in S;o Paulo, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, Moscow, London, Madrid, Paris, and Hamburg, Germany. (InfoWorld)

    ChangeLog: Texas lawmakers looking at open standards bill  Mar 25, 2007
    Bill Callegari, will meet Monday at 10:30 a.m. CDT to ponder the efficacy of a that would require all electronic documents "created, exchanged, or maintained" by a state agency to be kept in an open extensible markup language format. The bill is co-authored by Senator Juan Hinojosa and Representative Marc Veasey, who lists a stint as a writer for Source Media's "IT Network" in his official biography. (Linux.com)

    Adobe Woos Web Developers With Apollo Alpha  Mar 20, 2007
    0 technologies like AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup Language), which allows developers to create Web applications with the smooth interface and responsiveness of desktop programs. Apollo is something of an anti-AJAX: It brings elements of online interaction to a desktop client application. (CRN)

    Do a monster mashup  Feb 27, 2007
    Many web applications produce all manner of information using the web's XML (extensible markup language), which can easily be incorporated into a mashup. Or, at the very basic level, programmers can simply use a time-honoured technique know as "screen scraping" to extract any information, of any type, that appears on an internet screen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Recent acquisition examples  Feb 24, 2007
    Reactivity makes extensible markup language, or XML, gateways for business networks. In December, Cisco said it was acquiring Tivella Inc., which makes digital signage software and systems, for an undisclosed sum. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)

    Cisco to acquire Reactivity for $135 million  Feb 22, 2007
    -based extensible markup language (XML) gateway provider Reactivity Inc. for $135 million in cash ... -based extensible markup language (XML) gateway provider Reactivity Inc. for $135 million in cash. (Search Security, MA)

    Cisco buys Reactivity for SOA lift  Feb 22, 2007
    Founded in 1998, Reactivity specializes in XML (Extensible Markup Language) parsing, the work of analyzing the XML traffic that helps to power SOA (service-oriented architecture) and Web 2. 0 applications. (InfoWorld)

    Genesys Launches New Voice-Service Platform  Feb 13, 2007
    1, CCXML (call control extensible markup language) 1. 0 and MRCP 1. (eWeek)

    Hiatus teaches value of software  Feb 6, 2007
    But with Word 2007, the ".docx" format, which is based on the Extensible Markup Language, throws a wrinkle into this: Users of older versions of Word will need a "reader" software to handle ".docx" files, as will users of Word on the Mac. Microsoft has promised such software will arrive quickly. (Washington Times, DC)

    First-Ever SIF Electronic Transcript Produced by National Transcript Center  Feb 4, 2007
    0 SRE data into both SPEEDE/ExPRESS Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council's High School Extensible Markup Language Transcript (PESC XML) formats. This ushers in a new era of student record exchange. (PR Newswire)

    Microsoft will change Vista to meet EU requirements  Jan 31, 2007
    Microsoft said it will also enable the implementation of XPS under an open-source business model (GPL) through use of a covenant not to sue a model that Microsoft has applied to Web services and open XML (Extensible Markup Language) document formats and that has, it said, been welcomed by the Open Source community. European customers and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) will be able to buy a version of Vista that has Microsoft s Media Player stripped out. (MacCentral)

    Acrobat plugin flaw found  Jan 4, 2007
    0 technologies such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and extensible markup language). The Acrobat weakness involves a feature called "open parameters" in the Web browser plugin for Adobe's Reader program. (InfoWorld)

    Google May Open Up Blog  Jan 3, 2007
    Tim Bray, co-author of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) () and Director of Web Technologies at Sun, has run his own for over three years. Up until recently he didn't allow comments but a few months ago decided to allow them. (SmallBusinessComputing)


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