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Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
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 [...]
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- Tags: Microsoft
Windows 8: roadmaps
In: Windows
20 Nov 2009Windows 7 is just out, and we are talking about version 8 already.
thx to Stephen Chapman
He also quoted someone who said: ”Working on Hyper-V features for Win8 in the Platform and Management Extendability team, which is part of the Windows Core OS Kernel Group”
Quick search on who that could be. [...]
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- Tags: Microsoft, News, Windows
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 [...]
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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
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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)?
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- Tags: Hardware, Microsoft, News
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.
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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”
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When I saw this video, I was convinced. This is what I want. I am gonna buy a Xbox 360 for sure, if this is what Project Natal is going to deliver.
Impressive, I am sure some LCD televisions are going to be damaged when I have one
I later found this one:
Listen [...]
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- Tags: Gaming, Microsoft
to Bing or not to Bing
26 May 2009It is rumored that Microsoft (MSFT) will be launching a makeover of Live Search very soon. Some new techniques should be added to Live Search like:
Opinion Search
collecting, storing, and organizing opinion data such as user reviews of computers, electronics, software, video games, restaurants, and hotels.
Renlifang
Currently, information about a single entity (such as a person or [...]
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- Tags: Bing, Microsoft, Search