As we’ve announced a while ago, Microsoft and Zune are getting ready to take an important step: the release of Zune HD. Now, there are some more news about it, this Zune HD will include Nvidia Integra system-on-chip.
This chip was build, of course, specially for smartphones, PDAs and MIDs. There are several type of processors within this chip: Tegra APX series (2500 and 2600) specially designed for smartphones; Tegra 600 and 650 designed for smartbook and MIDs.
Naming some of the features that the new Zune will include:
Will use flash memory instead of an internal hard drive. Remember that flash memory it’s quite faster than normal hard drives.
OLED multi-touch screen.
Wi-Fi enabled. No confirmation yet about if will include a support on 802.11n.
HD radio. High quality sound available.
Output available 1280×720 (720p). Will not support 1080p.
Internet browser optimized for multi-touch functionality.
We are still waiting on official release date and pricing.
Advertising for the big companies look Google, Sony and Dell never stray far from the ‘Hello. We love you. Buy our stuff’ protocol that we all have come to recognize. However, old Billy Gates had another trick up his sleeve when it came to Internet Explorer 8.
It’s a husbands/boyfriends worst night mare. Your significant other borrows your laptop for a few ticks only to discover Internet history that you’re not exactly too proud off. The word embarrassment comes to mind. Internet Explorer 8 now offers a feature called Private Browsing which stops your internet history being recorded for all to see.
Microsoft is the first company to really give this a go and especially to market it as one of the main features. Perhaps desperate times call for desperate measures when Joe soap with a computer seems to be rolling out new browsers every day.
It’s the way Microsoft are selling this feature that’s the real charm. They couldn’t exactly just throw it out there without the entire world raising an eyebrow. So they’ve gone and raised our eyebrows for use with this memorable ye informative video. It’s intended for online use only and as such won’t make it onto out TVs. However, just a few hours ago the video was removed from the official website. This points to second thoughts by Microsoft. Check it out below.
For Crenk Bing is now the third most popular search engine in terms of traffic. However, about a month or so ago I actually submitted our site to be added to the Bing search engine. Since this time we have seen a slight increase in traffic and our site has been indexed properly, but we still aren’t even appearing for the results we should appear for.
For example our own site name Crenk, you would think we would appear as the first result obviously. However, we still dont even appear in the results at all, even after being properly indexed by Bing.
Microsoft Office 2010 is the next release of Microsoft” onclick=”javascript:TrackClick(”,’https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.microsoft.com%2Fofficecustomerstories’)”s popular Office suite. Microsoft is looking for participants for the Microsoft’s Office 2010 Real Life Stories program.
Eligible are families, students and small businesses that own 5 PCs or less from the United States. Each selected participant will receive a preview copy of Microsoft Office 2010, access to web versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint plus dedicated support by a program manager and various other sources.
Participants specifically get:
Microsoft Office 2010 pre-installed on a “loaner” laptop PC – before it ships!
24-hour unlimited e-mail support Monday – Friday, with phone support for escalations
Monthly webcast training and Q&A sessions
Community site access, so you can connect with other participants and easily use resources like feature videos and announcements
FREE copy of Microsoft Office 2010 (when available)
The Microsoft Office 2010 Real Life Stories program is available to US citizens only at this point in time. They can submit an application at the official website until June 30.
It was leaked a few days back and I think intentionally. Windows 7 box packaging is here and here is a quick look at what it is going to look like. Now the official Windows Team Blog has confirmed that this is the official box packaging for Windows 7. Windows Team blog says that the packages are made simple clean design, easy to open, and reduces waste. The Windows 7 logo is made more bolder and easy to read and each edition has a different box color to easily distinguish itself.
Docx is the new file format of Word 2007 and this is the default format of Word 2007. This format cannot be opened in previous versions of Word unless you have the office compatibility pack installed. Incase you do not wish to install the compatibility pack, there are online converters to do the job of converting to .doc format. Here are the top 3 online converters.
Docx Converter: This is again a good service to Docx file and the output file is in html format so that it can be read in all systems. There is also a desktop widget for converting.
Docx2Doc: As the name indicated, this service converts docx formats into doc files so that it can be viewed in Word 2003 or lower. The major disadvantage with this service its that there is a one hour delay in downloading the converted files to reduce website bandwidth.
Zamzar: Zamzar can convert variety of file formats and Docx is one of them. Select the file and format to be converted and enter your email id, the file will be converted and a link will be sent to your email ID for download.
Channel 9 published a few days ago a very cool set of videos with a great summary of the history of Microsoft. Most of them are videos shorter than 10 minutes with a quick look to all the main events that built that company.
It is amazing to see how two teenagers with small idea, a program called BASIC and big ambitions made the most powerful company in the world.
I know, there are different versions about the actual ownership of the original program and the idea, some say that Bill Gates stoled the idea to other students, some says that they bought the program… still, you need more than an idea or a incredible program to build an empire.
1. Navigate to this URL if you want to submit your website to Bing. You will need to sign in with your Windows Live ID to access the webmaster center.
2. Enter the website URL and also sitemap URL (sitemap is not mandatory, but it is highly recommended to add one).
3. Next step is to verify your website and this can be done either with XML verification or HTML meta tag verification. You can get more details from the help center.
4. Once your website or blog is validated, you can see the complete details of the website submitted like number of URLs indexed, any issues with the crawling etc.
Bing is the new search engine by Microsoft which was due to launch on the 3rd of June, but for some reason it has launched today!
After using the service for the last ten minutes or so there seems to be do real major difference between Live.com and Bing.com. Search results are still terrible and it is really only the interface that has improved and only slightly.
I cant see Bing in its current form taking any search share from Google. In fact I think in its current form it is probably going to do the opposite and give Google more share of the market. Im amazed that Microsoft cant get a good search algorhythm and that Google are just so far ahead in actually providing quality results.
Microsoft really seems to just lack originality when it comes to search and the majority of their online products. MSN has never really done too much, Windows media player is completely outdated and hotmail needs a revamp but never seems to change much, now bing is the search engine that couldnt.
It would be great to hear your thoughts on the new Bing search engine. The best example of the results is that I searched ‘Crenk’ and the our own website came up 9th! Terrible!
There has been a lot of hype around Microsofts new search engine Bing. However, the site isnt supposed to launch until June 3rd, but I thought I would let everyone use it now!
Microsoft, since 1997, annually presents a very exclusive summit dedicated only to the most important CEOs around the planet, “Microsoft CEO Summit“. This year’s topic were dedicated, of course, about the recession and global crisis, and how those are impacting on technologies and companies.
The event took place a few days ago, May 19 – 21, at Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond. But if you are thinking that an event for around 100 people (over 105 attended) it shouldn’t sound like a big deal, well it is. Not only over 100 of the most important decisions-makers around the planet were there, they talk and discuss about their next strategies and even Bill Gates appeared in the sessions.
You won’t find much information about the event, that is completely closed for media or public. But you will find some short videos about what they’ve been discussing. Steve Ballmer talked about the state of innovation in technology and the future of IT industry, Bill Gates about the economic impact and some of the work that the “Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” is doing.
And they gave a clear message about this crisis and technology, they all feel “optimistic” about what’s coming.
I’m sure you’ve seen it (or at least you received the video link). Microsoft released their vision about the future of technology. As they predicted, we will have millions of gadgets and cool stuff floating around the air and everywhere you look.
Of course, the Microsoft idea it’s related about all technologies that is currently using or investigating, like: Microsoft Surface, Seadragon and Second Light. And when is this faboulous future will be here? 2019. Yep, around 10 years from now we are all going to use these things, again, according to Microsoft.
It didn’t take long for some to be totally skeptic about this. So here’s a very funny video that was prepared using the same images from the original, enjoy:
Oh and in case you haven’t seen the original one, here it is. Enjoy it as well:
My opinion? They are always optimistics about these type of things, so we’ll be lucky if we can start testing around in some special places and special situations technologies like Microsoft Surface in about 5 to 7 years.
As we’ve announced a while ago, Microsoft and Zune are getting ready to take an important step: the release of Zune HD. Now, there are some more news about it, this Zune HD will include Nvidia Integra system-on-chip.
Advertising for the big companies look Google, Sony and Dell never stray far from the ‘Hello. We love you. Buy our stuff’ protocol that we all have come to recognize. However, old Billy Gates had another trick up his sleeve when it came to Internet Explorer 8.
Channel 9
Microsoft, since 1997, annually presents a very exclusive summit dedicated only to the most important CEOs around the planet, “
I’m sure you’ve seen it (or at least you received the video link). Microsoft released their vision about the future of technology. As they predicted, we will have millions of gadgets and cool stuff floating around the air and everywhere you look.
