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Bing Maps Beta – Map apps

mvalk — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:49:47 +0000

Wow, 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 a cool feature to explore.
Real nice work team Bing . Some things aren’t implemented yet in Europe, but still really nice.

Microsoft demonstrates future Computing

mvalk — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:18:02 +0000

Craig 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 to harness vast amounts of storage and compute power for running the multi-scale models that are needed to truly understand and predict complex natural systems.”

MSN site changes it’s looks

mvalk — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:34 +0000

Wow, 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

Gaming on Microsoft Surface

mvalk — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:03:46 +0000

This 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.

Microsoft’s MultiTouch Mice’s

mvalk — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:53:44 +0000

Some 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)?

Office 2010: some video’s

mvalk — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:09:06 +0000

Here 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 open on your desktop, and the screen clipping. Indeed cameraman bring this to live writer.

Office to the cloud:
and to close up… am I hearing some ooooh’s and aaaaaah’s

What is Windows Azure

mvalk — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:34:51 +0000

If 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:

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:feec9c5d-c6c9-451c-aa9a-b7f4524a6322&showPlaylist=true&from=shared" target="_new" title="What is Windows Azure?">Video: What is Windows Azure?</a>

Microsoft 2019 video: what technology is used

mvalk — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:30:56 +0000

A lot of people have seen this video I presume (lower your volume cause this video starts with an annoying sound):

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-GB&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:a517b260-bb6b-48b9-87ac-8e2743a28ec5&showPlaylist=true&from=shared" target="_new" title="Future Vision Montage">Video: Future Vision Montage</a>

Now let’s analyze this video, and see what technology is used behind this video:

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:d3eb1393-1a72-4080-a176-a33cb3635d95&showPlaylist=true&from=shared" target="_new" title="Productivity Future Vision Video Talk Track">Video: Productivity Future Vision Video Talk Track</a>

thx to Steve Clayton.

Software + Services Video

mvalk — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:47:38 +0000

Nice 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”

Bing Commercials

mvalk — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:05:36 +0000

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