Todays Infotech News..

Document format war ends as Open XML gets ISO nod
The contentious, emotional proxy battle between Microsoft and the open source community came to an end last Wednesday, April 2, when the International Organization for Standards (ISO) announced the approval of the Office Open XML (Open XML) document format as an industry standard.

Autodesk prepares design talents for next 20 years
SINGAPORE — "Let us get students to be interested in design careers."

AMA East Rizal bags top plum in 3rd Annual Cisco Skills tilt
First time entrant AMA Computer College East Rizal in Antipolo City emerged darkhorse winner in the third annual Cisco Skills Competition, a tilt that pitted the best and the brightest young minds in the field of Internet Protocol (IP) networking.

First of locally branded ‘netbooks’ makes debut
A new era in the PC business was somewhat born when local computer assembler Neo, together with partner Intel, unveiled last March 28 the first locally branded ‘netbook’ in the Philippines.

Ex-Sun exec appointed as new Epson Phils. GM, faces tall order to catapult firm back to top spot
Epson Philippines, the local subsidiary of the Japanese technology behemoth, has hired a former executive of Sun Microsystems Philippines (SunPhil) to fill up one of the positions left vacant after a number of its top officials left almost simultaneously last year.

source:mbonline.com