Microsoft said Thursday that it will introduce new XML-based file formats for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications when the company launches its Office 12 software package next year. Company ...

REDMOND, Wash. — June 1, 2005 — In a move to bring new levels of data interoperability to its customers and new market opportunities to technology providers throughout the industry, Microsoft Corp.

A new XML-based file format will become the default in Office 12, Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday, as it prepares to discuss plans for its Office update at next week’s TechEd developer conference.

News of Microsoft’s move to file XML-related patents in Europe and New Zealand is being seen in some quarters as an attempt by the Redmond, Washington-based software company to erect barriers to ...

Last week, just before the Thanksgiving holiday got underway in the US, Larry Rosen, the attorney that wrote the book on open source licensing If the Microsoft news wins Google over to the company's ...

Recent patent applications filed by Microsoft are routine moves and don't reflect a change in the company's position on Extensible Markup Language, according to a spokesman for the software maker. As ...

If Microsoft 365 deployment tool is not working properly, and you see We couldn't find the specified configuration file, ...