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Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope

Microsoft's Worldwide TelescopeOriginalDoesn't the whole MS Telescope thing seem a copy or Google Earth and Google Sky...even the interface looks similar. Do Microsoft do anything original or do they just steal idea from everyone else..look at Vista and Mac for one. They patent everything an loads of stuff they patent...

Tags: Worldwide Telescope, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope

Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope, a virtual map of outer space, is within months of its public debut. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with the space exploration program's founder, Curtis Wong, and shares video of what these celestial tours will look like.

Tags: kara tsuboi, microsoft, techfest 2008, redmond, space, worldwide telescope, stars, planets, astronomy

Videos 2008-03-05

WorldWide Telescope - It's all about the experience

WorldWide Telescope - It's all about the experienceLook futher into GoolgeEarth...its there alreadyGoogle Earth has something on this already. I wonder how MicroSofts will be different.http://earth.google.com/sky/index.htmlRemember: Astronomy is looking up and Black holes are out of sightRE: Look futher into GoolgeEarth...its there alreadyFrom what I hear it's nothing like...

Tags: Worldwide Telescope, Google Inc., Google Earth

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

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WorldWide Telescope 2.2 (Windows)

The WorldWide Telescope WWT is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.WorldWide Telescope is created with the Microsoft Visual Experience Engine...

Tags: Environment, Sky, Microsoft Windows, Web 2.0, Internet

Software downloads 2009-01-19

Images: Microsoft puts universe on your desktop

Stargazers can find black holes, radiation fields, and supernovas right from their desktops with Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope. by CNET News.com

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Hardware, CNET News.com, telescope, Microsoft, aerospace

Image galleries 2008-05-14

WorldWide Telescope - It's all about the experience

Robert Scoble has a really good post up about the WorldWide Telescope, a project just announced out of Microsoft Research. Why am I blogging about a Microsoft Research Project? Because it sounds like an awesome experience. And frankly, when we think of experience, all the things that are important are...

Tags: Experience, Blogging, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Microsoft+to+squish+Google+Sky+like+a+bug%3F

Microsoft+to+squish+Google+Sky+like+a+bug%3FIt may be that looking at the stars doesn't inflame passionsMicrosoft may have a superior tool, but comparatively not many people look at the stars. Now, if they can rotate the camera 180 degrees and have also a superior experience looking at the earth, that will be something...RE: Microsoft to...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., tool, WWT, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

What+makes+Scoble+cry%3A+Microsoft%27s+WorldWide+Telescope%3F

What+makes+Scoble+cry%3A+Microsoft%27s+WorldWide+Telescope%3FSWEET!!!Can't wait to get hands on time with it. I think any "space" fan will be the same.It was actually a porn flick starringSteve Ballmer. I guess that would make anybody cry.Someone commented directly to Soble's blog with...Ok, [url=http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/15/misreading-scoble-on-microsoft-cry/]now[/url] he's ratcheting back on the 'hype' a bit. ...

Tags: Blogging, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

What makes Scoble cry: Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope?

Robert Scoble posted about a Microsoft product that he couldn't disclose in the works that brought tears of joy to his eyes. He wrote: Yesterday was one of those days. Curtis Wong and Jonathan Fay, researchers at Microsoft, fired up their machines and showed me something that I can’t...

Tags: Sky, Microsoft Corp., WWT, Tools & Techniques, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Don't cry for the open-source heroes

I don't think anyone will be shedding any tears over Microsoft's open-source heroes promotion -- except possibly for true open-source zealots who still hate the idea that Microsoft is managing to convince some open-source vendors to port their wares to Windows. On February 27, Microsoft will hold...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-15

A new way to find invisible tumors

An American doctor has developed a new surgery technique that enables surgeons to see tumors and other pathologies invisible with previous methods. This new x-ray vision laparoscopic technology received the first prize for technical achievement at the 62nd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine ASRM. This new...

Tags: Steven Palter, surgeon, Steven, specific filter

Blog posts 2006-11-27

Hey did you hear what Ed Whitacre *just* said?

Hey did you hear what Ed Whitacre *just* said?It's just stunning...Eddie must be on crack... I can just imagine Ed standing before the FCC and spouting this dribble with Senators nodding approval... Why should the the BIG Bell/Pipefitters be any different from BIG Oil...? It's all Monopoly money to them...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, bandwidth, Ed Whitacre

Discussion threads 2006-08-02