Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts

Jan 29, 2011

Microsoft Research released Cloud Development Kit for Windows Phone 7.



Microsoft Research has released the preview version of Cloud Development Kit for Windows Phone 7 The SDK will enable applications and can run on Windows Phone service on the cloud that is still in the research. For two services, Microsoft Research is open to try and Relay and Rendezvous.

Relay Service is a service that allows mobile phones to connect one computer to another. Machine directly to endpoint consists of the clouds so that each device to connect to each other. The service supports text messaging. Include a buffer and sent to a multi-CAD Relay Service is to resolve the service provider network is not willing to distribute IP address to the original number of direct connections between the more difficult.

Rendezvous Service is a service mapping, shopping, using the user name read to understand. (Originally written. human-readable name) in the mapping to the endpoint of the service desk Relay Service is another two OCR in the Cloud and Speech to Text, Microsoft Research will open the trial by the end of February this year.

This SDK is part of the West Hawaii project or research project to increase capacity for mobile phones by. Application of cloud-based computing. The cloud-based services that are part of the project list includes. Processing and storage (Windows Azure), identity (Windows Live ID), an alert, the backup from the coast the client, the locations of the device (Orion), and services. client-code distribution.

The project is not just only the name of Hawaii because of the latest Visual Studio 2010 is used as a codenamed Hawaii as well.

Source : News@Mesayhi, Microsoft Research - 1, 2; ZDNet - 1, 2

Jan 22, 2011

Microsoft will issue OfficeTalk Microblogging services in the organization?

Current service Twitter is a microblogging type that are used within many organizations as you sample or Yammer Chatter (of Salesforce).

Microsoft also has some. microblogging. Trial in its own name, which OfficeTalk later developed a pilot project under the Office Labs (bottom illustration news).

But the latest executive of Microsoft Office provides information that the company is considering whether OfficeTalk should be sold as a product for real or not. If that is true. It may also be integrated into. (Or extension) of the SharePoint / Dynamics CRM is a.

Source - News@Mesayhi, ZDNet.

Jan 19, 2011

iPhone users can now use OneNote, the next step is Microsoft Office?


 iPhone users can now use OneNote, the next step is Microsoft Office?

Microsoft OneNote program, send notes integrated in the Microsoft Office suite to the iPhone then.

The official name of it is OneNote Mobile for iPhone, which is Mobile OneNote on a platform next to the second WP7 use Windows Live ID, which must have all the information is stored on the Windows Live SkyDrive.


Microsoft says that OneNote is free only during the early who are interested only had to quickly download.

Jan 12, 2011

Microsoft said App Store is a generic term and we should have access to.


Word App Store are registered trademarks by Apple since 2008, with details that used to provide distribution services to the software via the Internet by the App Store opened for the first time, along with sales of iPhone 3G, which it is received. known to be successful and make money for Apple is great.

Latest Microsoft filed claims against the United States Patent Office. For the right to cancel the trademark "App Store" with Apple as detailed in documents filed. (Read full) that App is a specific product sold to the nature of the things that the General Store is the shop already.

In addition, Microsoft also said referring to an interview CEO Steve. Job's once said, "Amazon, Verizon and Vodafone have all announced that they are creating their own app stores for Android." Which suggests that the word App Store is a very common for talking shop online sales. applications. It should not be limited to Apple as an authorized user of this term only.

Source: Blognone, Good Gear Guide.

Jan 6, 2011

[CES 2011] Microsoft Kinect 8 million units sold within 60 days.



Steve at CES 2011 Global Mercury up on the official opening Keynote. One thing the Global Mercury announced the success of Kinect sold 8 million units sold within 60 days.

Microsoft have put the target 5 million units by the year 2010, in the first 10 days, it has already sold 1.3 million units sold the first 25 days and 2.5 million units.

The Xbox 360 now has a total sales of 50 million units have more space to Kinect.

Source - News@Mesayhi, The Next Web.

Jan 3, 2011

Microsoft internet explorer 9 is a dramatic 20 million total downloads.


Yesterday Roger Capriotti, director of product marketing for Internet Explorer have recently announced a number of exciting IE9 browser for the Microsoft (Microsoft) expect to be able to pull back market share from competitors to get. Download the latest statistics, over 20 million downloads IE9 Beta then within just three months-half.

Through the Net Applications reported that with the amount of IE9 Beta download this happened. Means a market share of browsers worldwide about 0.46% only for the overall market share browsers rapidly changing world in current IE versions turns out that IE6 still have active 13.81% IE7 are 9.17% and IE8 yet. would have the most used is 33% of total IE market share for the user is about 56.94%, followed by Firefox at the rear view statistics rarely run strength of these hands, but first, followed by Chrome and Safari this work would have to follow each other to IE9 RC to the expected out later this month (28 January 2554), with Firefox 4.0 Who will be stronger together? The hope that Chrome will take over Christianity, Firefox is still waiting to see this year that Google would have nothing Tips to some users?

Anyone interested to try to load Internet Explorer 9 Click here to try it.

Information from : News@Mesayhi

Dec 30, 2010

Researchers led Kinect used in the game World of WarCraft.


Researchers from the Institute for Creative Technologies of the University of Southern California shows the body control to play World of WarCraft on camera Kinect.

Research team developed a software Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST) is a middleware for processing images from camera To identify the body parts were then converted to a command in the game.

World of WarCraft game is just one example, only Future would apply to other games have more detailed principles, see the video.

Source - Blognone, Fast Company.


Apple's popular annual 2010 Windows Phone 7.


Windows Phone 7 is a rapidly increasing number of applications. For Apple the most popular this year is available on the Windows Marketplace, which is divided into two division of free and pay.

Free.
     * YouTube.
     * Facebook.
     * Xbox Live Extras.
     * Adobe Reader.
     * The Weather Channel.
     * Shazam.
     * Tetris 7.
     * Kill the Duck.
     * Unite.
     * Netflix.

A cost.
     * Fruit Ninja.
     * Need for Speed Undercover.
     * Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst.
     * The Oregon Trail HD.
     * Pocket God.
     * Assassin's Creed.
     * Puzzle Quest 2.
     * Guitar Hero 5.
     * Star Wars Cantina.
     * Bejeweled LIVE.

Windows Phone Central Web site noted. Pay Apple a Top 10 all game. App and the games are not the highest ranked 13, which may mean that users WP7 is mainly used to play games?

Source – Blognone, Windows Phone Central.

Dec 29, 2010

apps of Windows Phone 7 with a 5000 already.

Windows Phone 7 were Apple itself has close to 5,000 early next year and would rise again because of work waiting for CES 2011 and MWC 2011 is released. See the chart showing growth.
 Source : Blognone, LiveSide

Dec 28, 2010

Microsoft developed a touch screen on the joint surface is convex.

In November last. Microsoft filed a patent. light-induced shape-memory polymer display screen with the U.S. Patent Office. The display of this type can trace the pattern on the embossed surface, such as button virtual keyboard on the fingers rubbed at the virtual keyboard look and feel. Print quite true.

The idea is to display the layers that geography has changed. (topography-changing layer), which produces the polymer's surface to adjust the ultra violet light signal incident.

Microsoft originally intended to be used with manufactured products, Microsoft Surface, but theoretically. This technology can be used with mobile devices. It means that in future products, smart phones do not need a mobile keypad. In response to users who want a real keyboard layout again.

Source : Blognone, 88Gadget.

Dec 24, 2010

Quick! Serious vulnerabilities in IE 6,7,8.

Recent news reports. Services firm security alert to beware a new malicious code that targets a vulnerability that has not been fixed in Internet Explorer vulnerability that can be used in the attack. To control the operation of the computer completely.

For new vulnerabilities were reported this VUPEN Security Security Company in France on December 9 last. The impact on the Internet Explorer browser, version 6, 7 and 8 operating systems running on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.



VUPEN held severity of this vulnerability as "critical"(critical) because the vulnerability can cause errors in memory management mechanisms and analyze orders HTML specific steps to import CSS. Page that the attacker can create a page on a vulnerability of this work was. Send malicious code into the victim's computer with a cross through (bypass) DEP and ASLR security that comes with Windows, but it is a scary issue. On Wednesday last. Malicious code that exploit has been published in the tool called Metasploit hacking on the Internet. (sample video clips below. To show that bypassing the security system with the execution of arbitrary code calculator from the web page that uses vulnerable).

Information from : ARIP, VUPEN.

Dec 22, 2010

Win Phone 7 wholesale to 1.5 million in the first six weeks after launch.

Although the company Microsoft will not reveal sales of the Windows Phone 7 out straight, but the article Feature Story on the Microsoft site, it reveals itself to figure out some

This article interviews Achim Berg, corporate vice president of Windows Phone, which says that the hardware manufacturer mobile phone can sell Windows Phone 7 to O-operator and retailer, mobile phones worldwide, 1.5 million units in six weeks after launch. Body.

Sales figures are not true. But it allows us to know that total stock of WP7 is approximately how much.

Source - Blognone, Microsoft Press, mocoNews.

Dec 20, 2010

Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage Closed quiet.


Office Genuine Advantage, or OGA anti-piracy technology is the same, but the WGA for Microsoft Office that people who want to supplement or to download a template from Office.com OGA must pass before it is available.

But there are reports that Microsoft OGA closed quiet without clear reason. And web pages related to validate as genuine, it is removed from the site of Microsoft.

OGA off about not activate when installing Microsoft Office programs still need to put the key in the WGA was not altered.

Source - Blognone, ZDNet.

Dec 18, 2010

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 ready for use.


Microsoft Security Essentials version 2.0 or MSE can be used today. Users can download immediately. Or upgraded boot order again. By this model are its three main capabilities.

     * Check a heuristic that may help detect and stop viruses, although no data in the database before.
     * Please check virus transmission through the network. We can stop the virus while it is trying to or from the machine. However, this feature can not be used with Windows XP.
     * works with Internet Explorer to stop the dangerous script.

Such as the MSE was free for home users and companies that machine is less than 10 machines.

Source - Blognone, ArsTechnica.

Dec 14, 2010

[Rumors], Microsoft will unveil Windows 7 Tablet in CES 2011.

The New York Times newspaper reported that sources inside Microsoft to use the stage CES 2011 in early January. Launch the Tablet Windows 7 Enterprise is the main
The news said that many hardware manufacturers have you. The name is clear, Samsung and Dell. The Samsung device is similar in size, but thicker than the iPad and keyboard to slide in the Windows 7 will work in landscape mode the screen as a PC monitor. Only Microsoft would add a layer of experience to another level. This layer will be displayed when the keyboard off.
Target of this tablet is a business that requires Microsoft Office and read a newspaper or magazine. Current News say it may also run free with Windows 8.
Source - Blognone, New York Times.

Dec 11, 2010

CEO, Microsoft secretly with twitter ate together. Or Microsoft will buy Twitter?

Web magazine about business and finance in the U.S. Forbes reported that people go to see CEO Mr.Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO and Twitter Mr.Dick Costolo appointment ate together in the city, San Francis. taste alone. Both the content conversation were not disclosed. It is possible that the two are negotiating Deal something. This could be possible that Microsoft may be in talks to buy a twitter.
Representatives of both companies have recently refused to comment on the news.
Source: Blognone, Forbes via Electronista.

Microsoft recognized. I used to be trying to buy Facebook.

Fritz Lanman executive strategic acquisitions of companies and Microsoft, the stage work Le Web in France and the interview that Microsoft "had tried to" buy Facebook.
The proposed acquisition was first mentioned in writing The Facebook Effect that Microsoft offers 15 billion. But end up buying shares worth 240 million dollars in Facebook instead.
Fritz Lanman also said that the first few months Facebook has the corporate culture is similar to Microsoft in the future more and Facebook would have been as high as the company, Microsoft is likely
Source - Blognone, TechCrunch.