AFP - Brazil, India and South Africa have lodged an appeal against a decision to grant international standard recognition to Microsoft’s Office software package, a standards agency overseeing the case said Friday.

AP - Brazil and India have appealed a decision to make Microsoft’s Office Open XML format an internationally recognized standard for electronic documents.

Reuters - European wireless carriers have
sharply raised prices for making and receiving calls outside
the European Union to compensate for regulator-imposed lower
tariffs within the EU, a market research firm said.

Macworld.com - Hamrick Software on Thursday announced the release of VueScan 8.4.73, the latest version of its scanning software for Mac OS X and Windows. It comes in Standard and Professional editions for $39.95 and $79.95 respectively.

USATODAY.com - The wireless industry added 23% fewer subscribers in the first quarter this year than it did last year. The overall growth rate - how fast the total is growing - dropped to 7.9% from 11.5%.

USATODAY.com - Dell says its profit and sales grew in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street’s expectations in a sign the computer maker’s turnaround efforts may be starting to pay off.

AP - When Tina Meier’s 13-year-old daughter committed suicide after being bullied on the Internet, her grief was so encompassing she felt at times she couldn’t breathe. She had trouble being around loved ones who reminded her of her child. Even today, recollections of those first holidays after Megan’s death are foggy at best.

AP - Growth in Asia and strong sales of notebook computers helped Dell Inc. beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter sales and profit.

PC World - Asustek plans to equip its laptop PCs with Linux software that allows fast access to the Internet and multimedia files.

AFP - An Internet fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socializing and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.