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Microsoft Live Labs rolls out list-sharing tool

Microsoft Live Labs rolls out list-sharing toolI've mentioned this before, butWhat good is all this internet stuff they're offering if the Vista BFE has to be turned off to access the internet? I've searched and searched this subject and all I've found is other frustrated would be Vista users...

Tags: productivity, internet, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), list-sharing tool, microsoft live, microsoft live labs, microsoft corp., tool

Discussion threads 2007-10-19

Silverlight and Microsoft Live services

Silverlight and Microsoft Live servicesAlso !This will be windows only platform. Flash works better as a cross platform product.There is already a Mac version from MicrosoftI think that the Mac version is out, from Microsoft... and the folks at the Mono project are doing the Linux version...RE: There is already...

Tags: desktops, microsoft silverlight, mac version, microsoft corp., microsoft live, apple macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-09-03

'Desktop as a service' coming soon to a PC near you

Desktop virtualization as a service has gotten a big boost with Desktone Inc.'s announcement today of $17 million in venture capital funds that will allow the company to finance global sales, marketing, and development. Desktone, a Chelmsford, Mass., startup offers what it says is the industry's first unified virtual desktop...

Tags: web technology, virtualization, software infrastructure, soa, saas, microsoft live, microsoft, management, itil, it management, it service management, internet, enterprise 2.0, content delivery network, akamai

Blog posts 2007-07-30

IT enters its most fertile development era ever

Information technology is now entering an unprecedented era of rapidly expanding development productivity. This is because of two unassailable facts: The number and types of people who can actively participate in software development are expanding, while -- at the same time -- we're seeing a rapid compression in the effort,...

Tags: web technology, web services, virtualization, software infrastructure, software development, saas, open source, microsoft live, microsoft, internet, google, enterprise 2.0, eclipse, developer tools, application lifecycle management, agile development, .net

Blog posts 2007-07-15

SOA demands a new 80-20 rule for application development

Services oriented architectures SOAs are not only forcing a new way of looking at how to construct applications and composite services -- SOA is now changing the meaning of what custom applications are and how they will be acquired. And this change has significant ramifications for IT developers, architects and...

Tags: web services, software development, soa governance, soa architect, soa, sap, saas, oracle, microsoft live, microsoft, it service management, it management, ibm, intellectual property, enterprise 2.0, developer tools, application lifecycle management, agile development

Blog posts 2007-07-08

Open source revenues expected to soar -- but what of the savings?

Researcher IDC has published market-sizing figures calculating that revenue from open source-focused businesses totaled $1.8 billion in 2006. More impactful is the expected growth pattern, according to CBR:IDC has also predicted that the market will grow by a compound annual growth rate of 26% from 2006 to reach $5.8bn in...

Tags: windows, wall street, software infrastructure, software development, saas, red hat, open source, microsoft live, microsoft, linux, jboss, it management, intellectual property, ibm, gpl, google, eclipse, developer tools, datacenters, apache, .net

Blog posts 2007-06-01

Sun plans developer-focused, on-demand application grid services

Before the end of the year, Sun Microsystems will follow the lead of Amazon and Microsoft in providing a "pay as you drink" applications hosting service that provides a lifecycle approach to new web application development and deployment.In addition to announcing JavaFX Script, a lightweight programming language for creating rich...

Tags: web services, virtualization, testing tools, sun microsystems, software infrastructure, software development, saas, open source, mobile, microsoft live, java, internet, google, enterprise 2.0, developer tools, datacenters, convergence, content delivery network, application lifecycle management

Blog posts 2007-05-08

At Mix07, is Microsoft's bottom-trolling for developers with weak knees?

From the early reports coming out of the Mix07 conference, Microsoft is making revamped offers to Web 2.0 developers that they are not supposed to be able to refuse. It worked in the client/server world, where getting your applications into a mainstream channel made the Microsoft ecosystem hard to resist....

Tags: windows, web technology, web services, vista, software infrastructure, software development, soa, search, saas, open source, microsoft live, microsoft, internet, google, enterprise 2.0, developer tools, amazon, adobe, .net

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Microsoft Live Writer is a litterbug

If you're going to use Microsoft Live Writer, please stop littering. I must have seen at least a hundred of these test post messages littering my aggregator in the last two days. "This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually." Please. Delete this post from...

Tags: microsoft live

Blog posts 2006-08-15

Microsoft Live Labs shows off Photosynth

Microsoft Live Labs has this truly awesome demonstration of Photosynth, an image processing software that stitches images together in to a 3D world. They also have a 150 MB High Definition version of the video for download. There is a huge potential that this technology will reach out...

Tags: photosynth, microsoft live labs, microsoft live

Blog posts 2006-07-31

Additional Resources

Hello, Google, is anyone in there?

We can converse and do business instantly with strangers on the opposite side of the planet, but when something goes wrong with one of the largest providers of Internet technology, we might as well live on the Moon. Yes, hey, Google, I'm talking about you. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: google inc., cloud computing, software as a service (saas), manufacturing, emerging technologies, phil wainewright

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Top sites in France in May 2008

Property Apr-08 May-08 Growth Total Internet 100.0 100.0 0.0 Google Sites 80.5 82.0 1.5 Groupe Pages Jaunes 3.1 2.7 -0.4 Microsoft Sites 2.6 2.4 -0.2 eBay 2.3 2.2 -0.1 Yahoo! Sites 2.5 2.1 -0.4 Groupe Spi...

Tags: site, internet, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Top US online video sites in May 2008 by videos per user

Property Audience, 000 Videos per Viewer Total Internet 141,657 85.3 Google Sites 83,828 50.2 Fox Interactive Media 60,760 12.8 Yahoo! Sites 40,197 8.6 Microsoft Sites 29,471 8.3 Time Warner - Excl. AOL 24,612 5.9 AOL LLC...

Tags: online video, video, site, corporate communications, marketing, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Top US online video sites in May 2008 by videos per user

Property Audience, 000 Videos per Viewer Total Internet 141,657 85.3 Google Sites 83,828 50.2 Fox Interactive Media 60,760 12.8 Yahoo! Sites 40,197 8.6 Microsoft Sites 29,471 8.3 Time Warner - Excl. AOL 24,612 5.9 AOL LLC...

Tags: online video, video, site, corporate communications, marketing, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

MS Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Office, Excel patches coming

Next Tuesday (August 12th), Microsoft will ship 12 security bulletins with fixes for serious vulnerabilities in a wide range of of widely deployed products. Seven of the 12 bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The critical bulletins will cover remotely exploitable...

Tags: microsoft access, vulnerability, patch management, activex control, microsoft internet explorer, microsoft corp., microsoft excel, microsoft windows, activex/com/com+/dcom, microsoft office, security, operating systems, software, software development, software/web development, office suites, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-07

The Microsoft middle ground

Microsoft occupies a middle ground between the vertically-integrated control of an Apple and the bazaar-like atmosphere of the open source world. Microsoft abandons that middle ground at their own peril. by John Carroll

Tags: software, business model, apple inc., microsoft corp., hardware, tools & techniques, open source, management, john carroll

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Will the Olympics melt the Internet?

Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...

Tags: nbc, network, video, stream, internet, corporate communications, web site development, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC

If you're Jeff Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, you might get pleasantly surprised over the next couple weeks at the number of your Time Warner Cable subscribers who use their Internet connections to access streams of video of the 25 sports being sent live via www.nbcolympics.com. ...

Tags: nbc, time warner inc., cablevision systems corp., corporate communications, business ethics, internet, digital video, marketing, leadership, management, personal technology, tom steinert-threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-07

VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%

VMware is the clear market leader in providing virtualization technology with 82% of the sample using VMware. Despite high levels of Linux use, only 3% of the sample were using Xen as their virtualization platform. Microsoft was used by 13% of the sample base with various Unix technologies and mainframe...

Tags: server, vmware inc., microsoft corp., virtualization, cloud computing, storage management, utility computing, hardware, storage, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely

Apple apparently can disable App Store software remotely on your iPhone 3G. The iPhone calls home and poof the application is nuked. Needless to say that this has caused a bit of a blog ruckus Techmeme. MacRumors notes that Apple has come under fire for removing App...

Tags: apple iphone, apple inc., 3g, tools & techniques, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, management, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-07