<A target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/microsoft-loses-word-appeal-will-adjust-program/">Microsoft Word 2007 is being pulled from the market after Microsoft</A> lost the appeal on its use of XML (extensible markup language). <A target="_blank" href="http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/12/23/word_xml_patch_oems/">Microsoft has issued a patch for OEMs in the U.S. </A>to remove the offending code from Word 2007.