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Cisco may take on Microsoft in office software (National Post) |
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Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp’s popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:56:09 GMT
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In-Hohm Advertising: Microsoft's Banking on Ad Revenue From its PowerMeter Competitor (Fast Company Magazine) |
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Hohm may be Microsoft's answer to Google PowerMeter, but unlike PowerMeter, the Microsoft energy management application is a money-making venture. PowerMeter is under the philanthropic Google.org umbrella, while Hohm is part of Microsoft's quest to make advertising revenue an ever-growing part of its business. But will consumers find Hohm compelling enough to use? Even though Hohm, scheduled to ...
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:59:06 GMT
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DJ app for Microsoft Surface (CNET) |
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VectorForm built a virtual DJ application for Surface, Microsoft's multitouch table, about a year ago, and just began demonstrating version 2.0 with new features such as scratching. Now if only there were more Surface tables out there.
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:38:43 GMT
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Microsoft gets something right! Well, maybe. (ZDNet) |
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Google users generally learn to hate companies that pretend to offer information but really just act as redirectors for web hits - and when a bunch of recent searches showed that Microsoft's bing isn't (yet?) pollutted by these guys, they earned my business on the spot.
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:33:30 GMT
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Microsoft slates IE8 update for Aug. 25 (Government Computer News) |
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Microsoft plans to deliver Internet Explorer 8 via Windows Server Update Services starting Aug. 25. WSUS will update older Microsoft browsers, such as IE6 or IE7, Aug. 25 or thereafter.
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:08:30 GMT
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Next Bill Gates? Lee school offers rare training academy in Microsoft programs (Bonita Daily News) |
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Dunbar High School’s Academy for Technology Excellence handed diplomas to its first four-year graduates this year. It marked a major milestone for the school, which started the program with money from a $3.5 million magnet grant four years ago and earned the informal title of “first Microsoft-certified high school in the country.”
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:18:42 GMT
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Microsoft Removes Projectile-vomiting IE8 Ad From Web (PC World via Yahoo! News) |
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An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it.
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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:50:23 GMT
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Microsoft And Linux Hold Peace Tweets (TechCrunch) |
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Okay, it's not exactly the Camp David Summit that took place in 2000 between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but sometimes the littlest gestures can go a long way. A couple of days ago, upon hearing that Microsoft had officially joined Twitter , the official Linux account sent out a tweet welcoming them. " Welcome to Twitter, @ Microsoft !," they said. The tweet sat unanswered for over a day, ...
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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:35:40 GMT
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Microsoft's new travel section can save steps (San Francisco Chronicle) |
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The travel section of Bing (www.bing. com/travel) is one of the major upsides to Microsoft's new search engine. The level of integration within the search feature makes shopping for travel a more informed experience from the first click - reducing the number...
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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:46:33 GMT
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Microsoft adds selected "tweets" to Bing (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
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Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.
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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:28 GMT
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