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Microsoft's 'multipoint' tech for emerging markets

To bring technology to emerging markets, Microsoft has an ongoing project called Unlimited Potential. CNET News.com's Ina Fried sat down with Microsoft VP Will Poole to discuss what the project's new "multipoint" technology is doing to help address the problems of having just one computer for a large classroom.

Tags: Microsoft Corp., News.com, Marketing Research, Financial Services, microsoft, will poole, unlimited potential, multipoint, emerging markets, emerging segments, third world, cell, mobile, cellular, phone, computer, pc, Emerging Market, Marketing

Videos 2007-10-10

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VideoPort SBS 2.6.2 (Windows)

VideoPort SBS is a server software product for video conferencing. It is a real video conferencing server working over the Internet or in LAN. It supports as peer-to-peer video calls as multipoint video conferences up to 6 people. The product contains a client side software that is already set to...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Server Software, Video Conferencing, Video Call, Microsoft Windows, Visicron Systems, VideoPort SBS, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-26

NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership

I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...

Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-18

OkMap 7.5.4 (Windows)

OkMap is a free software for many outdoor activities: Trekking Off road Mountain bike Sailing Hunting and fishing Finding mushrooms Soft air Geocaching. OkMap help you to: Calibrate vectorial and raster maps with different types of cartographic projections. Create own digital maps drawing point, multipoint, polyline and polygon vector. Display...

Tags: Raster, Microsoft Windows, Gian Paolo Saliola, OkMap, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Jabra Stone

Not many Bluetooth headsets combine style and performance, and when they do, they stand out. Examples include the Aliph Jawbone Prime, the BlueAnt Q1, and the Plantronics Discovery 975. Jabra, a company that has been in the Bluetooth business a long time, attempts to come up with yet another headset...

Tags: headset, Jabra, Stone

Product reviews 2009-11-17

Microsoft readies shared classroom server for 2010 debut

More licensing I guess since the Government is spendingTRILLIONS of dollars finishing off the dollarMS is going to get some of pie.CNET's take on Multipoint Server 2010Check out CNET's take on Multipoint Server http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10396488-56.html MultiPoint Server = Terminal Server teacher management - CALsWonder why it took them this...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, MultiPoint Server, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Microsoft readies shared classroom server for 2010 debut

Microsoft is growing its MultiPoint franchise, adding to its line-up in 2010 with a new MultiPoint Server 2010 product. MultiPoint Server 2010 is a host-run operating system that enables multiple users to each run different applications from their own "user stations." by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., MultiPoint Server 2010, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Motorola H17

Motorola continues its trend of making tiny Bluetooth headsets with the Motorola H17. As a successor to the H15 and the H12, Motorola touts the H17 as one if its smallest headsets yet. The reason it can be so small is because it has a flip-switch boom mic that can...

Tags: charger jack, headset, H17, Motorola Inc., phone, microphone, ear hook

Product reviews 2009-10-01

Sound ID 400 Bluetooth headset

Though Sound ID isn't as well-known as Jabra and Plantronics in the Bluetooth headset world, its headsets have stood out because of their comfort and sound quality. Indeed, Sound ID boasts a deep understanding of the science of hearing because of the company founder's otology roots. Its first headsets (the...

Tags: earpiece, Bluetooth headset, Normal Mode, Sound ID 400, headset

Product reviews 2009-09-22

Samsung WEP850

Samsung makes plenty of Bluetooth headsets in addition to cell phones, and they're just as diverse in order to meet different needs. The Samsung WEP850, for example, is a middle-of-the-road headset for those who want a decent noise-canceling headset that has multipoint technology but also don't want to spend a...

Tags: volume rocker, earpiece, Samsung WEP850, headset, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-09-08

Plantronics Discovery 975

The Plantronics Voyager Pro earned our Editor's Choice award earlier this year for having the best sound quality of any Bluetooth headset we've tried. However, the Voyager Pro was marred by its slightly bulky and unfashionable appearance. The new Plantronics Discovery 975, on the other hand, is a much more...

Tags: charger jack, Discovery 975, headset, Plantronics, Discovery 925, Plantronics Discovery 975

Product reviews 2009-08-20

Wise and Blue WB130

Even though we tend to cover Bluetooth headsets from more established brands like Jabra and Plantronics, we also take the time to cover lesser known models if they're interesting enough. Wise and Blue, a South Korean company, for example, is a maker of Bluetooth headsets that plans to widen its...

Tags: LED Indicator, Blue WB130, WB120, headset

Product reviews 2009-07-29

Motorola Endeavor HX1

Though the Aliph Jawbone is so named for the voice activity sensor that touches the side of the face, it is not actually a bone conduction headset. The sensor on the Jawbone is just there to detect your voice and help separate it from the surrounding noise. Few headsets can...

Tags: Final pricing, headset, Endeavor HX1, Motorola Inc., CrystalTalk, Motorola Endeavor HX1

Product reviews 2009-07-24

Wise and Blue WB120 Bluetooth headset

Every once in a while we get to try out a Bluetooth headset from a little-known manufacturer, and this time it's from Wise and Blue, a South Korean company trying to make its way in the U.S. market. The company makes a variety of headsets, and one of them is...

Tags: Bluetooth headset, charger jack, LED Indicator, earpiece, WB120, headset

Product reviews 2009-07-15

LG HBM-900 Bluetooth headset

Even though LG is no stranger to Bluetooth headsets, it has yet to live up to its competitors in terms of audio quality and noise reduction. The LG HBM-900 promises to do all that, especially with not one or two, but three microphones, made especially to reduce background noise. It...

Tags: Bluetooth headset, charger jack, LG HBM-900, headset, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2009-07-09

Motorola Rokr S9 HD - black

When Motorola came out with the Motorola Rokr S9 headset two years ago, stereo Bluetooth headsets were still fairly new, and the S9 gained popularity because of its sports-centric design. Now that more phones have stereo Bluetooth capability (including the iPhone 3G thanks to its latest firmware update), Motorola is...

Tags: music player control, Motorola ROKR, Motorola Rokr S9, Motorola Inc., Motorola Rokr S9 HD, headset, Rokr S9 HD

Product reviews 2009-07-01

BlueAnt S1

BlueAnt has quietly made a name for itself as a maker of quality Bluetooth products, especially ones with voice control. The BlueAnt V1 was the first headset with a voice control interface, and the BlueAnt Q1 carried over that feature. One of its most popular products, the Supertooth 3 speakerphone,...

Tags: 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BlueAnt, Supertooth 3

Product reviews 2009-07-01

Motorola reveals Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset for 'extreme' noise environments

Motorola unveiled Thursday its Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset, offering the company's CrystalTalk noise cancellation technology with a "stealth mode" for speaking in especially loud environments. When the Endeavor's stealth mode is activated, noise and wind are filtered out via...

Tags: Environment, Sensor, Motorola Inc., Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Optimizing Your Video Network: Improving the User Experience. Advantages of the TANDBERG MXP Platform

The TANDBERG platform, the Media Experience MXP, is the base for the broad range of TANDBERG's visual communication product families. This platform introduces an exciting array of features, and this white paper provides an overview of the MXP feature set and the rationale for its development, including considerations such as...

Tags: Network, Platform, Video, Tandberg, Corporate Communications, Marketing

White papers 2009-06-17

Kindergarten Achieves Greater Collaboration in the Classroom Within Limited IT Budget

Situated approximately 100km west of the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur, Jenjarom was one of the many 'New Villages' set up in the 1950s. Villagers living in Jenjarom view education as the key to a brighter future and most families send their young children to Jenjarom's main pre-school center,...

Tags: IT Budget, Collaboration, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Classroom, Computer, Kindergarten, Productivity

Case studies 2009-06-15