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Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
In: Uncategorized
25 Feb 2010Microsoft launched a new product called “Windows MultiPoint Server 2010”. This piece of software is based off Windows Server 2008 R2 and enables multiple people (up top 10) to share access to a single host PC. Every person has his own dedicated mouse, keyboard an monitor.
You do need some additional hardware to get this working [...]
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Intel’s Single Chip Cloud Computer
In: News
7 Dec 2009Intel demonstrated a new Futuristic Chip with 48 cores (!!), a “single-chip cloud computer” as Intel call’s it. This chip should rethinks many of the approaches used in today’s designs for laptops, PC’s and servers. Take a look at the animation below
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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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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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Project Natal
3 Jun 2009Something completely different: Project Natal. This is the code name for the Microsoft’s Motion Sensing Bar.
”What”, I hear you think. Well, you know the popular gaming console “Nintendo Wii”. Project Natal is the XBOX360 variant of the Wii, but without the controllers. It’s is kind a like [...]
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Bing is (almost) here
29 May 2009Simple, organized and consistent… that’s Bing.
Bing will be the new name of the Microsoft Search Engine (launch Wednesday, June 3rd). Not Kumo, not Sift and not Hook. Bing was introduced on May, 28th on the D7 conference, here is the video of the interview with Steve Balmer (damn that commercial, in the first few seconds). [...]
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Microsoft My Phone (Beta)
19 May 2009Currently My Phone (Beta) is live (only for windows mobile v6).
You can install an app on your Mobile Phone by going to http://myphone.microsoft.com/install. You will then be offered to download the installation file.
After install you will get an application named “My Phone”. You will [...]
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Inside Microsoft’s Future Home
15 May 2009Impressive:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8046659.stm
thx to @stoneford
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