Microsoft has confirmed they plan on using the Word rendering engine to display HTML emails in Outlook 2010. This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position, no background images and lots more. Want proof? Heres the same email in Outlook 2000 & 2010. Update: Microsoft have responded to fixoutlook.org and heres what we had to say back. Let them know what you think. Lets use Twitter to send a clear message to Microsoft. Join 22,442 others asking Microsoft to improve standards support and make sure you include fixoutlook.org in your tweet. Well pull together every tweet that includes the link here to give Microsoft a unified message from the community. More →

A demonstrator holds up a sign behind U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L) and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) during a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee September 23, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Bush administration officials were testifying about a proposed $700 billion bailout that they hope will stabilize the faltering U.S. financial system. More →