Google developing a virtual world
It looks like Google is somehow involved in developing an online virtual world program called My World that will be available to Arizona State University students starting next month, and it’s likely to expand from there. There aren’t many details yet, but the source (Google Blogoscoped) is usually reliable. TechCrunch also has the story.
Google launches online presentation tool
Google Docs is a free suite of online document collaboration tools, sort of like a simpler version of Microsoft Office with more focus on group editing and sharing. It previously offered text document and spreadsheet tools. Yesterday, Google added a new tool to the bunch: presentations.
OOXML failed to receive ISO fast-track approval
OOXML, Microsoft’s new document format which I have written about here and here, appears to have failed to achieve the number of votes necessary for ISO standard fast-track approval. This means that additional review will be required before determining whether the OOXML specification should qualify as an ISO international standard.