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MIX07 Silverlight demos show off tomorrow's web
The Microsoft MIX conference is in full swing in a little city in Nevada right now, and our sister site Visit MIX07 has been Joshua Allen’s soapbox to bring the show beyond Vegas. The technological...
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Comic Life beta breathes new life into your photos
Last night the Plasq team released a beta of Comic Life for Windows, while some of us from the 10 team were watching the last piece of epic cinema. As you can see from our three minutes of handiwork,...
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Microsoft could acquire Yahoo: What do you think?
If you ever wanted to see a perfect storm of hyperlinked news, today’s revelation that Microsoft wants to talk to Yahoo about a merger is it. For those who haven’t already been deafened by twitter...
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Microsoft’s Center for Information Work
Only at a company this large can you stumble upon extremely cool stuff that would’ve remained entirely off your radar. The Center for Information Work (MSCIW) appears to be a swanky work area concept...
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Mobile phones can fight poverty
Mobile phones are arguably the ultimate gadget, and as a gadget they sometimes get a bad rap as distractions or time wasters. To realign your appreciation for mobiles however, you simply need to spend...
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Windows Mobile: A most difficult development story
The insight you’ll come away with after reading, “Dogfood Doesn’t Always Taste Good,” by Mike Calligaro for the Windows Mobile Team Blog is nothing short of astounding. The boys and girls in WinMo have...
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The Encyclopedia of Life will catalog the planet’s species
As E.O. Wilson said in his wish at TED this year, “It will quickly pay for itself in practical applications…It will transform the science of biology in ways of obvious benefit to humanity.” It in this...
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WinHEC 2007 has begun
Uncle Bill went on stage 30 minutes ago to begin this year’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. For those who aren’t familiar, this is the place to see the some of the coolest new hardware coming...
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WinHEC 2007: New Windows Home Server hardware
This morning Steven Leonard announced a significant list of hardware partners that will be building Windows Home Server devices. AMD, HP, LaCie, Gateway, Intel, and Medion International have all...
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Halo 3 to dent GDP starting on 25 September
Cancel your summer vacation and hold onto those sick days, because the end of this fall is when you’re going to need at least a week off from work. The release date for Halo 3, the most anticipated...
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New Photosynth collection: Gyeongbok Palace in South Korea
One of the things that makes Photosynth such an exciting Microsoft Live Labs project is its ability to bring the far corners of the world to your desk. This latest Photosynth exploration of Gyeongbok...
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Ricavision Fridge Magnet with SideShow built in
Last week we pointed to the WinHEC 2007 keynote, but as always not every great announcement make it to the stage. Ricavision showed off a portable electronic touch screen with Windows SideShow...
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Xbox 360 architect Nick Baker interviewed on Channel 9
The silicon guts of your favorite game console (and ours) had to be designed by someone right? Charles from Channel 9 interviewed Nick Baker, the managing architect for Xbox 360 hardware. Their candid...
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New versions of Live Writer, Messenger, and Mail
The Windows Live journey continues today with new versions of three sweet little apps. Windows Live Writer gets a great UI refresh and increased support for Spaces, Wordpress, and Typepad using the...
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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs together at D
Did you feel the depression in space and time on Wednesday night? At around 10pm Pacific Bill Gates and Steve Jobs sat down together for their first public joint interview at the D: All Things Digital...
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Vote for Silverlight in the Webware 100 awards
CNET's Webware 100 is a simple enough contest to determine the most appreciated services in the Web 2.0 universe. There are areas to choose your favorite bit of media, commerce, networking, and plenty...
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Windows Home Server add-ins grow your backup powers
Terry Walsh has started We Got Served as a place to gather up all the how-to’s and add-in’s for Windows Home Server. Considering WHS is still working through its beta phase, imagine our surprise at the...
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HTC Touch skips the buttons and brings the cool
Without a doubt the hottest Windows Mobile handset for the next couple months will be the HTC Touch. A 2.8 inch touch screen takes center stage, allowing you to navigate the device’s media features...
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Adobe renames Apollo web technology as AIR
Today the public beta of AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) goes live, ending the alpha chapter of its life as Apollo. As has been previously mentioned, the technology allows web developers to use their...
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Microsoft Research demos multi-touch laptop prototype
Hot on the heels of the Microsoft Surface computer comes the Cambridge kids from Microsoft Research with their latest creation. Steve Hodges’ Dell laptop now sports multi-touch input, courtesy of a...
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Office 12 docx files are zips in disguise
Take any document created in an Office 12 app, rename said document with a .zip extension, and browse that file’s contents from Windows Explorer. Welcome to the magic of Office’s XML implementation,...
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UPDATED: Windows Live Photo Gallery beta *not* public
The new beta of Windows Live Photo Gallery is now available and it’s an important update for any photo enthusiast using Vista. The new version includes connectivity with Windows Live Spaces most...
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Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile supports Flash et al
The race to enable embedded web content on mobile devices is a serious one, as clearly none of us enthusiasts will be happy until Youtube videos and Myspace music players are available at all times....
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Microsoft Issues New Product Principles: The Ozzie Effect
Microsoft this morning announced four guiding principles for it's major products, including Vista, Office, and SQL Server. Ensuring open connections, data portability, enhanced support for industry...
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Silverlight Showing Up on Nokia Handsets Soon
In one of the first of many newsbombs coming out of everyone's favorite desert oasis this week, the Silverlight team will announcing the porting of Silverlight to Nokia Series 60 mobile devices. Given...
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