In a tight vote, ISO members decided to accept Microsoft’s Open Office XML document format as an international standard. A researcher says that the Internet has a trash problem and as much as 3 percent of ‘Net traffic is meaningless packets used in distributed denial of service attacks to knock Web sites offline. Verizon says that with a new offering it is converging Blackberry and desk phones by extending some PBX functionality to the popular handhelds. CodeGear makes it easier for developers to update applications via JBuilder 2008, a tool that adds application factories for code reuse. And because Windows Vista does not run well on low-end notebooks, Microsoft plans to extend the availability of Windows XP for low-cost laptops beyond June 30, the company is expected to announce later this week. Related: Save Windows XP. N.B. You may have noticed a number of April Fool’s Day stories on our homepage today, reader, but these are not. For jokes, pranks and fun, visit our special report: InfoWorld April Foolery. Software Development