Marc Valk dot Net
blogging about…… Microsoft, Cloud Computing
Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category
Bing Maps Beta – Map apps
In: Microsoft
3 Dec 2009Wow, this is nice. I’ve been exploring Bing Maps (beta), and just found the Map Apps. A really cool feature. Just open Bing Maps (beta), then on the bottom left, click the arrow. The following screen will appear: For example, click Twitter Maps. You will now see tweets appearing on your map. Photosynth, is also [...]
- No Comments
- Tags: Microsoft
Microsoft demonstrates future Computing
8 Nov 2009Craig Mundie shows off some nice futuristic computing. The latter one keeps getting closer to a movie with Tom Cruise, and I guess that kind of arm stretching mr. Mundie does also prevents RSI and back injuries In this tour he demonstrates Microsoft Computational Science Studio (MSCSS), “a tool for enabling non-programmer scientists and researchers [...]
- No Comments
- Tags: Microsoft, News
MSN site changes it’s looks
4 Nov 2009Wow, MSN is changing it’s website. You can see a preview of it here. It really looks slick. It even has facebook and twitter integration. I like the change Microsoft
- No Comments
- Tags: Microsoft, News
Gaming on Microsoft Surface
In: Microsoft
21 Oct 2009This is cool. Playing a game of Dungeon and Dragons on Microsoft Surface. Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo. This is made possible by a team over at Carnegie Mellon University.
- No Comments
- Tags: Surface
Microsoft’s MultiTouch Mice’s
6 Oct 2009Some Microsoft Engineers are presenting a few Microsoft mice. The fun thing is that these are MultiTouch Mice. Are we seeing the prototype’s of the next generation mice (which off course come with there own type of RSI)?
- No Comments
- Tags: Hardware, Microsoft, News
Office 2010: some video’s
17 Jul 2009Here are some video’s presenting features in office 2010. The first one is about productivity improvements of outlook. I really like the thread view, the clean up function, but most of all the calendar preview in your mail (no more switching from mail to calendar). Copy and paste features: wow.. that live preview of app’s [...]
- No Comments
- Tags: Office
What is Windows Azure
17 Jul 2009If you would put a tag cloud around Cloud Computing, one tag would definitely be Microsoft’s Windows Azure. If you don’t understand what Azure is, see this video: Video: What is Windows Azure?
Microsoft 2019 video: what technology is used
In: Microsoft
17 Jul 2009A lot of people have seen this video I presume (lower your volume cause this video starts with an annoying sound): Video: Future Vision Montage Now let’s analyze this video, and see what technology is used behind this video: Video: Productivity Future Vision Video Talk Track thx to Steve Clayton.
- No Comments
- Tags: Microsoft
Software + Services Video
In: Microsoft
10 Jun 2009Nice video presenting Software + Services and also explaining the difference with a SaaS (Software as a Service) topology. Saas: “When things break it is difficult to call the cloud”
- No Comments
- Tags: Microsoft