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- Are IT grads learning the right skills?
- Not university level informationThe type of information they are referring to is not something that applies to a university level of education. What they are asking for is the specific skills on the implementation of technologies. For example, I can talk all day about certificates and the use of them...
- Tags: Businesses, IT Grad, information technology, developer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Could this be the hardware spec for Microsoft's Pink phone?
- Could this be the hardware spec for Microsoft's Pink phone?YES! FINALLY!About bloody time. The biggest problems with WiMo phones are:- No retail OS upgrade path. Microsoft fobs this off to the manufacturer - who has literally NO incentive to offer an upgrade. Thing is, a high end phone is $400...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., phone, hardware spec, Pink, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Survey: Close to half of U.S. workers still fail to power down PCs at night
- Despite all the light that bloggers like me have shed on the topic in the past 12 months, a new Harris Interactive study sponsored by 1E one of the power management utility developers and the Alliance to Save Energy finds that close to half of U.S. workers still fail to...
- Tags: U.S., Power Management, Germany, PC, 1E Ltd., U.K., Survey, Worker, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- Reign of Swords Free 1.2.3 (Mobile)
- Play the first kingdom and enjoy the full functionality of what iPhone users are calling the best turn-based strategy game on the iPhone.Mobile Battles: Reign of Swords is an award-winning multiplayer strategy battle game with collectible units.The first must-have game of 2008, IGN, Editors Choice, 9/10. Rarely do mobile developers...
- Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Punch Entertainment, Games, Strategy, Personal Technology, Management
- Software downloads 2008-12-10
- Consultants Help Business Maximise IT Investments, Meet Demands for Five Years
- 1st - The Exchange is a business unit of the United Kingdom-based outsourcing services provider Vertex. 1st - The Exchange wanted to enhance its financial services application for its Exweb portal and also establish a reliable development environment to fulfil future customer demands. It increased its Microsoft Development Consulting service...
- Tags: Consultant, Information Technology, IT Investment, Microsoft Corp., Portals, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Case studies 2008-10-01
- Does TraceMonkey kick Firefox into turbo mode?
- Does TraceMonkey kick Firefox into turbo mode?Wow, we are breaking down the barriers to web application adoption for allof our every day applications. The speed here will be so close to natively compiled code that it will not matter any more. But, we still need some kind of a sandboxed...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., security, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Creating a Winning Experience for the Next-Generation Web
- Founded in 2001, Creative Jar is a full-service U.K. digital design agency that employs 18 people. It works across all media channels from enterprise e-commerce to engaging viral marketing campaigns. Following the release of its latest suite of interactive Web design tools, Microsoft challenged the United Kingdom's designers and developers...
- Tags: Web, Web Browser Plug-in, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet
- Case studies 2008-07-01
- Developers Build New Applications for Vehicle Tracking Tool 50 Per Cent Faster
- Road Angel Fleet, based in the United Kingdom (U.K.), builds vehicle tracking products. Its initial solution, using Google Maps, required the company to license reverse-geocoding services separately. By switching to Microsoft Virtual Earth, this data came as part of the service for a large number of countries, including Ireland. Today,...
- Tags: Developer, U.K., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Productivity, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Untangling the Microsoft mesh
- "Mesh" was Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's word of the day last week at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference. Ozzie waxed prolific on "social mesh," "device mesh," "seamless mesh" and more. But what are the technological underpinnings that will allow users and developers to bring everything together...
- Tags: WinFS, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Sync Famework, Microsoft Horizon, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Social networking needs identity delegation strategies
- Ever since Facebook opened its platform to outside developers, thousands of applications have been built on top of Facebook. Some have tens of thousands of users and have become part of the everyday experience for many Facebook customers. The viral nature of Facebook means that well designed applications...
- Tags: Social Networking, Strategy, PeopleSoft Inc., Facebook, Network, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Phil Windley
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- A First Look at Numbers
- A First Look at NumbersAs usual MS's contibution was negligible"I was discussing Numbers with a few of my students yesterday and commented that Apple had the luxury of starting with a blank slate and picking the things they liked from Excel while innovating where they saw the opportunity."Let get our...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, spreadsheet, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Screen gallery: With Vista and IE7's one-two security punch, will the Web be harder to use?
- Screen Gallery: See the screen gallery that shows in detail how the security in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 looks to prevent the installation of rogue ActiveX components. For as long as I can remember, the architecture behind Microsofts ActiveX software component technology (and its predecessors such as...
- Tags: General, Security, Software Infrastructure, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Czech Portal Handles 10 Million Online Forms and Frees Officials From Paper Systems
- The Ministry of Informatics in the Czech Republic wanted to create a single solution for individuals and organisations to conduct online transactions with government ministries and public-sector agencies. It also decided to create a clearly defined interoperability standard for local software developers to write their own applications for direct communication...
- Tags: Ministry, Microsoft Corp., Czech Republic, E-government, Portals, Government, Internet
- Case studies 2007-02-01
- Torvalds should create a better GPL
- The anti-GPLv3 position of Torvalds, and now a large cross-section of Linux kernel developers, appears to be hardening. In response to a rebuttal by Eben Moglen, chief counsel for the Free Software Foundation, re-invited the Linux kernel team to engage in the GPLv3 discussion process, Torvalds had this to say:...
- Tags: Free Software Foundation
- Blog posts 2006-09-29
- With Microsoft sucked into a DRM cat-n-mouse deathmatch, is Zune doomed?
- While I was away on vacation, I caught George Ou's blog on how Microsoft's digital rights management DRM copy protection technology (currently, the lynch-pin to its PlaysForSure ecosystem, and undoubtedly a foundational piece to its new iPod-killing Zune initiative) had been rendered useless by developers of the FairUse4WM "utility." FairUse4M...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management
- Blog posts 2006-09-07
- On document formats, Microsoft slowly bends to the customer's will
- The hi-tech world woke up to news this morning that Microsoft has finally decided to put some wood behind the OpenDocument Format ODF. I deliberately chose the word wood instead of support even though most reports are construing this as some form of support. It is, but not...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format
- Blog posts 2006-07-06
- Reader poll: Spreadsheets could erode Excel user base
- Reader poll: Spreadsheets could erode Excel user baseMS Excel, R.I.P.C'mon folks, you know it's only a matter of time..another nail in M$ coffinthe synergies of Linux and Google are working to bring M$ down faster than everybody thought.who were the votersWho were the people who voted?? First its a know...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS, spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2006-06-07
- Windows Live Local beta
- Windows Live Local beta is a fun and zippy mapping tool that lets you obtain real-world driving directions, find businesses, and play virtual tourist. In addition to the dynamic, drag-around satellite imagery first popularized by Google Maps, Microsoft's service enables you to mark locations with pushpins and share your customizations...
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows Live Local, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live Local beta, Microsoft Windows, beta
- Product reviews 2006-06-02
- Orca - a WebOS with a difference
- Orca - a WebOS with a differenceUmbrella project, huh?"Orca is a umbrella project, uniting all WebOS into ONE solution"I hear that you broke up with EyeOS, only they never heard of you..Orca and EyeOSAs a response to amikaels last post:For a teamwork to begin, small steps have to be taken,...
- Tags: Team management, OPEN SOURCE, Orcaa, Eyeos, Orca, WebOS
- Discussion threads 2006-05-09
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