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20100318

Bing maps now let you scan the nighttime sky
Bing has updated its map service to include the night time sky. If you have ever looked up and wondered what the stars name you were looking at or wanted to find the Big Dipper, Bing has the solution for you.

The application is called WWT (WorldWide Telescope) and provides a real time look of the sky from any point in the world. “The WorldWide Telescope application allows you to view most of the features available in the Silverlight client right in Bing Maps. Yes, the WWT provides real time information about how the space is moving over the Earth. This provides context for where celestial...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 24
20100317

IT's 'love affair' with Windows XP ending, says US survey
Businesses are finally prying their hands from Windows XP as they warm to Windows 7, a research company said today.

"Over the years, IT has had a real love affair with XP," said Diane Hagglund, a senior analyst at Dimensional Research and the author of a poll that surveyed over 900 IT professionals in January. "It was just a great OS. It just worked for them. But that feeling is going away."

According to Hagglund, 60% of those polled said that they were more concerned about the cost and overhead of migrating to Windows 7 than they were about continuing...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 38
20100317

Microsoft Readies Xbox 360 Slim
A leaked image of a motherboard carrying elements of Xbox 360 mainboard along with at least one chip used in the video game console can possibly point to a new version of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 with smaller and slimmer design.

The mainboard, which photo has been published in a Chinese forum A9VG and then republished by a number of other web-sites (1, 2), carries connectors that are used on the Xbox 360 game system, in addition to the Microsoft-branded I/O controller. The mainboard seems to have only one main chip under a Cooler Master-branded cooling system as well memory on the...

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20100317

Email Scam: Facebook Reset Password Confirmation! Your support.
This is the message received a short time ago, supposedly from Facebook. However, this is an email scam, to distribute malware.

Email:

This sample returned these results:
Supposed email sender: support[at]facebook.com
Actual email sender (random): peroxidedov8[at]cloud.me[/url]
IP address: 118.130.110.244

Attachment is known malware: https://www.virustotal.com/analisis/af6abaa7d0a29cdd4cf2680771d6d87e22d190a6a293572910ab89bd0653b322-1260408612

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 72
20100316

Windows Phone 7 Series gets fully exposed at MIX2010
Microsoft really wowed the tech industry when it unveiled Window Phone 7 Series earlier this year. Apple's iPhone has been a dominate mainstay in the smartphone market since its introduction in 2007 -- and there have been many competitors that have come to market since then -- but Microsoft is really looking to turn heads with its visuals-heavy Windows Phone 7 Series platform.

Although phones based on the new platform won't be available until Q4 of 2010, Microsoft today gave potential customers and developers a peek at what to expect from platform at MIX10. Microsoft is putting a lot...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 1 - Views: 47
20100316

Google Product Manager admits minor flaws in Google Buzz
Apparently the too generous and outward way to social network, is not to let too much privacy info about users to be shown on the streams.

In the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, a Google Product Manager said that there was a misstep by Google to come out with Buzz. Keynote speaker Danah Boyd, a social media researcher with Microsoft, said "There’s a big difference between publicly available data and publicized data. I worry about this publication process, and who will be caught in the crossfire."

Apparently Google is not worried about...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 71
20100312

YouTube, Facebook biggest work distractions - survey
IT was meant to make things easier, but the internet is proving to be more of a hindrance than a help in the workplace.

New research shows almost three-quarters of Australian workers say "watching YouTube" is the most common online activity at work.

More than 70 per cent shop for gifts and gadgets at the office when they should be working, while two-thirds are buying concert tickets.

The survey from Dynamic Business Magazine also shows more than a third of Australians spend at least an hour on Facebook while at work.

"Many of us are in...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 47
20100312

Google adds biking directions to Maps
On The Official Google Blog, Google has announced the addition of biking directions to Google Maps. The directions work hand in hand with the bike trail data that Google has put together for the US. A lot of work has gone into creating a vast database of available biking routes. Google has teamed up with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to compile over 12,000 miles of trails.

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 42
20100312

Microsoft to advertise Bing in the UK with The Simpsons
Ever since Microsoft launched its updated search/decision engine, Bing, it has been relentless with the advertising, which has certainly been paying off for the Redmond-based software colossus. The website now has a respectable market share of 9.7%, growing steadily with every month that goes by, though that certainly won't stop Microsoft getting the word out to an increasing number of customers. As reported by The Telegraph, Microsoft will now be sponsoring The Simpsons on Channel 4 in the UK with Bing, starting tonight and ending in about three months time.

Microsoft sponsoring The...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 41
20100309

PS3 to outsell Xbox 360, Wii in lifetime sales, says analyst
A research firm this week said Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 will outsell Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co.’s Wii in lifetime sales.

The Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices firm this week predicted the PS3 will hold lifetime sales of 127 million units compared to 103 million for Wii.

The firm said buyers will continue to see demand years after the Xbox 360 and Wii are replaced.

It did not estimate lifetime sales for the Xbox 360, which currently holds as the No. 2 console in global sales.

“Nintendo has done a great job with the Wii in bringing...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 51
20100309

Apple rolls out TV ad for iPad
It's lights, camera, and almost "action" for Apple's iPad tablet. During Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony Apple trotted its iPad down the Hollywood red carpet (so to speak) launching a television advertising campaign. According to reports Steve Jobs himself joined the roster of stars attending Sunday night's event in person.

According to the commercial Apple's iPad device will launch on April 3rd. Pre-orders for the iPad will start on March 12th for the Wi-Fi only version in the US, and 3G enabled versions will come out later in April.

The iPad ad (embedded...

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20100309

Micrsoft working with games for multiple platforms
Some games like "Bejeweled 2" already seem right at home on your console, computer and mobile device, and Microsoft now has plans to extend saved games across all three platforms, at least if you plan on running three Microsoft operating systems. During a recent keynote presentation at TechEd Middle East in Dubai, Microsoft's Eric Rudder showcased a concept that extend access to a single game across Windows Phone 7, the Xbox 360, and Windows 7.

"It remembers what level I'm on," Rudder explained in the demonstration posted on Engadget. After transitioning from...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 48
20100305

Microsoft will do HTML5 in Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 9 may get a beta release with a heavy HTML5 emphasis at Microsoft's MIX 2010 developer conference in mid-March, according to escaped details. Hinting that IE9 will have comprehensive support for HTML5 is a scheduled briefing at MIX 2010 titled "HTML5 Now: The Future of Web Markup Today." Opera Software’s Molly Holzschlag will present the party and has said to expect Microsoft to bring browser storage and other HTML5 features.
Another session will focus on scalable vector graphics (SVG), a technology supported by most other browsers and especially those that recognize...

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 50
20100304

Stunning new discovery: Skin being used as an input device
Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon researchers are discovering ways to make skin an input device for technology. These bio-acoustic sensors and projecting arm-bands are expected to be used as the input devices, in hopes of getting an advantage in technology.

According to the NPR, the projectors beam images onto...your forearm — when you tap on them, ripples run through your skin and bones. Sensors pick up on these waves, and convey those commands to your MP3 player or other device.

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 81
20100304

Briefly: Microsoft sees gradual recovery in sales and stunning Windows 7 sales
Microsoft is still seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software launched last year and a new budget cycle will help a gradual recovery in business spending, its chief operating officer said.

"We have a lot of interest in the Windows 7 refresh," Kevin Turner told an audience at the London School of Economics on Wednesday. "There's lots of momentum around that."

Turner said Microsoft expects 300 million PCs to be sold this year. That should be a boost to Windows 7, the new version of the software that runs more than nine in 10 of the world's...

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 52
20100302

Microsoft again pushes patch linked to Windows blue screens
Microsoft today said it had restarted distribution of a security update that had crippled some Windows PCs last month with reboot problems and Blue Screen of Death error screens.

The update, dubbed MS10-015, originally shipped on Feb. 9, but was pulled from Windows Updates' automatic update two days later after complaints flooded Microsoft's support forum from users whose machines refused to restart after they had installed the patch. The affected PCs shuddered to a stop at the blue screen which indicates a serious software error and crash in Windows.

Within a week, Microsoft...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 50
20100302

Microsoft investigating new IE browser vulnerability
Microsoft’s security response team is investigating reports of a potentially dangerous code execution vulnerability in its flagship Internet Explorer browser.

The company warned that an attacker could host a maliciously crafted web page and run arbitrary code if they could convince a user to visit the web page and then get them to press the F1 key in response to a pop up dialog box.

Microsoft’s Jerry Bryant said the company is not aware of any attacks related to this vulnerability.

“We have determined that users running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 46
20100302

Opera 10.50 released, worlds fastest browser
Today Opera released Opera 10.50, claiming it to be the worlds fastest browser for Windows computers. Opera 10.50 includes a new sleek, refined design, including private browsing, so users can surf anonymously.

Opera’s new menu button replaces the traditional way users are used to seeing toolbars, by stacking all the contents in a neat and organized drop down menu. Aero Glass has been enabled for Windows Vista / 7 users, allowing them to take full advantage of the clean, transparent borders. Opera even allows users to use the Windows 7 jump list, for quick and easy access to recent...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 34
20100226

NOT the real VirusTotal.com
VirusTotal.com [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirusTotal.com ] is a brilliant site that helps both public and researchers alike determine if an executable file they have is potentially malicious or not.

Julio Canto (of VirusTotal fame) has noticed that somebody decided to cash in on the good name of the site.

Read more: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/not-real-virustotalcom.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SunbeltBlog+%28Sunbelt+BLOG%29

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 4 - Views: 58
20100226

10 Reasons Why Google Is Supplanting Microsoft as a Legal Target
Since the 1990s, Microsoft has been the world's legal bombing range. After Windows gained popularity and applications such as Internet Explorer were bundled with the operating system, government regulators, technology pundits and folks who closely follow the industry claimed Microsoft needed to be taken down before it was too late.

For years, the company battled it out to maintain its standing as a dominant player in the market. It was a long battle, but aside from some prolonged sniping with European Union regulators, the company is losing its hard-earned standing as the world's favorite...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 53
20100226

Microsoft sees phones as graphic tablets?
According to a Microsoft (MSFT) patent application from August 2008, made public today, the company sees touch-screen cell phones as potential graphics tablets for computers. That raises the question of how mobile devices will work in computing: as adjuncts to desktops and laptops or as replacements.

For those who might not have used them, graphics tablets are touch-sensitive devices, like the touch pads on many laptops. They let you more easily draw and paint, often with a stylus, than is possible using a mouse.

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20100226

Microsoft wins court approval to topple "botnet": report
A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, granted a request by Microsoft to deactivate 277 Internet domains, which the software maker said is linked to a "botnet," the paper said.

A botnet is an army of infected computers that hackers can control from a central machine.

The company aims to secretly sever communications channels to the botnet before its operators can re-establish links to the network, the paper said.

Microsoft on Monday filed a suit that targets a botnet identified as Waledac, the paper said.

Judge Brinkema's order required VeriSign...

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20100226

EU says Google must remove Street View images after 6 months
The European Union (EU) has issued a devastating blow to Google saying that they must delete Street View images after 6 months; Google’s policy had been that it deletes or updates the photos every 12 months.

According to computerworld.com,“Google holds Street View images for a year but the EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has said the search engine must cut this in half, as 12 months is a ‘disproportionate’ length of time.”

The EU sites concerns about data privacy and that Google needs to be more open about when its vehicles, with cameras attached, would be driving...

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20100226

New fake antivirus Security Essentials 2010 results in immediate attention
Microsoft is warning users about one of the new fake antivirus products named "Security Essentials 2010," which is nearly identical to the naming of the company's flagship free anti-malware product.

Here is what this new antivirus rogue looks like:

The fake program uses a trojan (commonly known as Trojan.FakeAlert or Trojan.FakeAV) to display fake alerts to the user, and occasionally pop up and say legitimate programs are infected.

The core file that runs the GUI can be found...

by DragonMaster Jay - Comments: 0 - Views: 163
20100225

Xerox sues Google, Yahoo
Xerox has set its sights on search giants Google and Yahoo! after filing suits against the companies alleging patent infringement.

As reported over on ARN, the company - which pioneered many of the technologies used in modern computing in its famous Palo Alto Research Centre - is accusing Google and Yahoo of infringing US Patent No. 6,778,979 and 6,236,994, on a system for automatically generating queries for an information retrieval system and a method and apparatus for the management of information and knowledge within an enterprise environment respectively.

Xerox is accusing...

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20100225

YouTube will kill Internet Explorer 6 support on March 13 (Updated)
[Last year, we reported that YouTube (Google) would begin dropping support for IE 6.]

Today, more evidence of that move has been made apparent as YouTube will no longer support IE 6 after March 13th.

Ars Technica, whose readers must still use IE 6, has taken a screen shot showing the warning as posted on YouTube that clearly shows that they will be dropping support for IE 6. The move is a big step forward towards the removal of support for IE 6 as the outdated browser has been a thorn in the side of many developers.

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20100225

Sprint rolling out 4G to at least 8 major markets in 2010
Sprint's 4G WiMAX network has gotten nothing but good reviews since they showed off their Overdrive 4G/3G portable router at CES. Since then, news has come in that the number three wireless carrier in the United States would launch several 4G enabled handsets before the end of the year, with at least one this summer.

The big problem with releasing 4G devices is the lack of markets available to take advantage of it. Currently, Sprint's WiMAX network is only available in 27 markets--most of which are in Texas and the east coast. MobileCrunch is reporting that Sprint will unleash 4G upon...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 69
20100225

Windows 7 piracy check update goes live
Earlier this month Neowin reported that Microsoft would be rolling out a new piracy check update for Windows 7. The update is said to check for 70 known activation exploits by checking the local PC. Upon realizing that a copy of Windows is not genuine, the program will change the user's desktop to black, leave a watermark showing that it's not a legal copy, and bug the user with notifications.

According to Engadget, the update is finally beginning to make its way to people's computers. The update is vaguely titled "Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB971033)." For...

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20100223

Is Microsoft Trying To Buy BlackBerry?
While Microsoft is still basking in the glow of the announcement of their new Windows Phone 7 software, the company isn't just hoping to wedge its way into the mobile market by selling a platform for other people to put on non-Microsoft hardware. According to a new report, Microsoft is in the market for an existing smartphone company to jump start their efforts.

Among the prime targets, say analysts, are Nokia or RIM (Research In Motion), makers of the popular BlackBerry PDAs.

"It's something I know they've talked about," Toan Tran, an analyst at Morningstar, tells...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 66
20100223

Twitter and Facebook usage at a stunning high, discover it
The average social-networking user around the world spent more than five and a half hours on sites like Facebook and Twitter in December, according to data released Monday by Nielsen. That marked an 82 percent jump from December 2008 when Tweeters and Facebookers surfed their favorite sites for around three hours the entire month.

Among all sites and applications on the Net, social networks and blogs proved the most popular in December, followed by online games and instant messaging. Now boasting 206.9 million users, Facebook was the top social-networking site in December, says Nielsen,...

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20100223

Security of Virtualization, Cloud Computing Divides IT and Security Pros
To explain such different perceptions about the security impact of virtualization and cloud computing, Matthew Steele, Symantec director of strategic technology, said the best way to understand these answers is to know that "if they had a real security background, they immediately got concerned. But if they care for IT operations, they were thinking about it from an IT optimization standpoint." And the middle-of-the-road responses -- it's all "more of less the same" -- tended to originate from those with budget responsibilities. "If the business is still moving, things...

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20100223

Feds can search and seize your P2P files, without a warrant
In a ruling last week, authorities don’t need a search warrant to search and seize your peer-to-peer (P2P) files, says a Nevada court. In last weeks ruling of United States vs. Borowy (.PDF), where an FBI agent downloaded seven files, four of which contained child pornography, from the defendant, using LimeWire, according to wired.com.

Borowy said he enabled a feature that disables sharing of his files, but for some reason, the FBI agent was able to access approximately 240 files. Four of the seven files downloaded by the FBI agent contained child pornography, all done so without a...

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20100223

Microsoft working on a mobile wireless charging pad, similar to Powermat
Microsoft is working on an inductive charging pad for portable devices according to a patent filed by Microsoft Asia.

The patent, spotted by Microsoft MVP Manan Kakkar, reveals a charging pad device that uses inductive charging to "wirelessly" charge devices. Microsoft's implementation will include an accelerometer, OLED screen, ambient lights and Internet access (wired and wireless).

According to the patent, devices can be placed on any side of the pad for charging. The device will use the inbuilt accelerometer to detect which part is facing up to send the charge....

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20100223

NBC creates interactive info graphic out of Olympics tweets

Tags: NBC, Interactive, Graphic, Olympics, Winter,...

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20100218

PayPal To Become A Way To Pay For Facebook Ads
PayPal is extending its reach into Facebook.

The companies said Thursday that advertisers on the world's largest online social network will be able to use eBay Inc.'s online payments business to buy ads. The service will roll out over the next couple of weeks.

Using PayPal instead of credit cards, PayPal says, would make life easier for small international companies to buy ads on Facebook.

More: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123854184

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 62
20100218

Yahoo, Microsoft get approval for search deal
Antitrust regulators in the United States and Europe have approved the search and advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. aimed at taking on market leader Google Inc., the companies said Thursday.

Under the terms of the deal, Yahoo will be outsourcing its Internet search to Microsoft, which will provide the underlying technology and advertising.

Yahoo said it expects to complete transitioning its search activities to Microsoft by the end of 2010, though some advertising partners may not be moved over until 2011. All customers and partners are expected...

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 63
20100218

Software lives forever
It's not exactly news that business applications aren't modernized on a whim. That's because organizations tend to operate on a rule that can be paraphrased something like, "If it's more or less working, leave it be. There's plenty of work that actually needs to be done."

But every now and then I run across an example that emphasizes just how long software can hang around. We're not talking a revision or two of a packaged application but genuinely obsolete technology.

In the course of doing some research, I ran across a 2009 press release titled "Transoft successfully...

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 48
20100218

Microsoft Bringing Social Networking to Outlook (Oh, No!)
Wednesday was a good day for Google’s enterprise software business as competitor Microsoft announced plans to incorporate Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn updates within its flagship enterprise product, Outlook.

The move could get Outlook banned in offices around the world by buttoned-down IT folks bound by corporate policy, who now have reason turn their school-marm firewall rules on Microsoft Outlook. And those who love their e-mail pure of distracting Web 2.0 noise might be tempted to turn to Gmail’s enterprise edition — which as yet has no Buzz inside.

Microsoft dominates...

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 68
20100218

Windows Phone 7 interface analyzed
In building the new Windows Phone 7 Series mobile operating system Microsoft started from scratch to create a user interface which was both easy to use and visually appealing. Luke Wroblewski, the chief design architect at Yahoo!, has now done an analysis of how the interface utilises tease and transition animations to provide a better and more intuitive user experience.

LiveSide point to a post on Wroblewski's personal blog, which includes a video highlighting how the implementation of a Natural User Interface (NUI) uses content as interface controls - showing people that bits are interactive...

by Techknow_Ryan - Comments: 0 - Views: 74
20100218

Microsoft confirms recent BSOD issues caused by Alureon Rootkit
Microsoft said on Wednesday that a recent Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) issue, that affected a small number of Windows users, was due to the Alureon Rootkit.

In a blog posting on Wednesday, Mike Reavey, the director of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), confirmed the software company had only seen the reboot issues with systems that were infected with malware. "Our investigation has concluded that the reboot occurs because the system is infected with malware, specifically the Alureon rootkit. We were able to reach this conclusion after the comprehensive analysis of memory...

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20100218

Kaspersky patents hardware-based anti-virus
Kaspersky has just been granted a patent for a hardware-based anti-virus, something which could potentially revolutionize the way anti-virus software works. The hardware-based anti-virus will be able to work independently or in combination with any software on the computer or machine.

The patented device by Kaspersky will connect inside of the computer or machine between the hard drive (HDD or SSD) and the computing unit, between the CPU and RAM. The device is also connected on the system bus or integrated into the disk controller.

The hardware-based anti-virus will effectively...

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20100216

Obama looking for Facebook manager
All those hours you spend on Twitter and Facebook could land you a job with President Barack Obama.

The Democratic National Committee is looking for a social networks manager to keep the president’s pages on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace up to date. Mia Cambronero is the president’s current ghost tweeter, but she’s stepping down soon. Since she’s leaving what just may be the sweetest job ever invented for Facebook junkies, she announced that the DNC is “looking for someone who is available to start immediately.”

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20100216

Google Buzz: Another Nail in Facebook's Coffin
Google (GOOG) Buzz might seem like a piddling, even tacked-on status updater. But it’s actually one of the final steps in Google’s comprehensive outperformance of Facebook. Here’s why.

Facebook was oh-so-crucial in the mid-2000s, when not many people lived their lives online. Back before everyone had Flickr albums and LaLa accounts, Foursquare check-ins and geo-located tweets, there was one dimension to the “personal” Web: the Right Now, courtesy of email and IM. I was in college at one of the early Facebook schools during its rollout, so I acutely remember the appeal: amidst a dearth...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 100
20100216

Adobe AIR going mobile
Adobe has revealed a mobile version of its AIR application platform. It's heading first to Android.

Adobe AIR makes it relatively easy for content developers to produce applications that run on the desktop.

In some ways, it's the opposite of Microsoft's Silverlight, which was in part designed to make it easier for Windows developers to create web content.

The latest development with AIR is the unveiling of a version for mobile devices. The only mention of specific operating systems was that Android would be supported sometime in 2010.

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20100216

Facebook Driving More Traffic Than Google
Facebook is now the top source of traffic for major news and entertainment portals such as Yahoo and MSN, according to traffic analysis firm Compete, and is “among the leaders” for other sites as well. Although far from conclusive, this is just another sign of how the “social web” is becoming an increasingly dominant force in terms of driving traffic flows on the Internet — and that in turn makes it a growing threat for major web players such as Google (GOOG), MSN (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO). If your core business depends on controlling and/or getting a piece of the web’s traffic flow, as it does for...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 88
20100216

Microsoft Starts Over in Phone Software
Microsoft, Intel and Nokia — all leaders in their respective markets — have struggled to capitalize on the rise of a new class of smartphones that can tap into a vast pool of software.

Those companies have come to the world’s largest mobile technology conference here with a message: they are willing to abandon tradition if it means getting another shot at the fast-growing mobile device market and blunting the advance of companies like Apple and Google.

On Monday at the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft presented new smartphone software, the Windows Phone 7 Series, that succeeds...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 151
20100212

Microsoft Cracks Down On Cracks
Are you running an illegal copy of Windows 7? What? Ridiculous, I know. Who would do that?

But for anyone who is, Microsoft has announced that they're cracking down on…well…cracks. Software cracks, that is. And it seems that they're targeting more than 70 known activation exploits that allow users to run their operating without a unique and valid serial number.

Fairly soon, Microsoft will be releasing a software update called the "Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) Update for Windows 7." This update will first be available as a download on their website, but will...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 82
20100212

Why Google Buzz Isn't Buzzworthy
There's something wrong with Google Buzz. And it's the same thing that's wrong with Google itself. Google is all brains and no heart. All logic and no intuition. Google Buzz should be wonderful. It makes perfect sense. So why does it annoy?

Google Buzz is a connected set of social features that spans multiple services. Buzz brings Twitter-like "tweets" or Facebook-like "status updates" right into Gmail. It enables the sharing of content from photo services and YouTube, and hooks into Google's "Profiles" service. Buzz is a "layer" in Google Maps....

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 88
20100212

Microsoft gives a glimpse of Windows 8
Windows 8, the theoretical next version of Microsoft's ubiquitous OS, will be different from what has been expected of the platform, according to a cached version of a Microsoft blog post.

The Google-cached version of a January 31 blog on MSDN, entitled, "What's in store for the next Windows?" provided a limited glimpse of what to expect. The OS also was referred to as Windows.next.

"The minimum that folks can take for granted is that the next version will be something completely different from what folks usually expect of Windows -- I am simply impressed with...

by Gryphon - Comments: 0 - Views: 84
20100212

Why Google should have stayed out of social networking
The problem with Google Buzz is that it basically tracks and consolidates EVERYTHING that we do on the Internet. In this, it reminds me of the ill-fated Facebook Beacon.

Because Google has so many fantastic and free products — Picasa, Google Reader, Gmail, Blogger, YouTube, Google Voice, and on and on — many of us are using them. All of them. Up to this point, they were distinct and separate websites and tools. The only time we really saw our activity on all of them linked together was when Google launched Dashboard — which was billed as a way for you to easily adjust your privacy settings...

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