Microsoft on to a winner with Kinect
February 28, 2011
Microsoft has something concrete to celebrate, which is the success of Kinect. But as well-received as its motion-control technology has been to this point, the future looks even brighter.
Archive for February, 2011
Microsoft really likes Facebook on Bing
February 27, 2011
It’s cute when companies buddy up to one another, even if it is purely to further their own ends.
Microsoft cloud computing solutions gain ground in the public sector
February 23, 2011
Microsoft has been working on its cloud computing products and marketing for a while now. In the crowded cloud of Google Docs, Zoho, Yahoo, Rackspace, Salesforce and Amazon to name a few, Microsoft is banking on its name and proven desktop solutions to bring in cloud computing sales. So far it is working.
Microsoft unleashes Windows 7 SP1
February 22, 2011
It has arrived, finally. Microsoft has freed Windows 7 Service Pack 1 onto the world, with home users now able to download it.
Dell and Microsoft working on a cloud-based healthcare solution
February 22, 2011
During the 2011 Healthcare IT Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Dell presented a new service that may radically change the way healthcare providers deal with patient information. Dell is currently working on bringing a cloud-based healthcare service to the providers.
Ballmer misses Obama’s ‘Tech Supper’
February 19, 2011
President Obama had dinner with 14 very important guests recently. And the list of invitees included many of the great and good of the tech world. But not Steve Ballmer.
Microsoft proposes a public health approach to Internet security
February 16, 2011
While Congress continues to wrestle with health care reform, Microsoft is proposing its own health reform for the Internet. The company is proposing that the “technology ecosystem” needs to keep the Internet safe.
Microsoft reshuffles management to align with the cloud
February 15, 2011
It was rumored last week that Microsoft would be going through a major corporate reshuffle in its management structure. It appears that some of those changes have started taking place at Microsoft headquarters. The restructuring also clearly targets cloud computing as an area of focus.
Microsoft and The Atlantic are teaming up for an electronic Town Hall on jobs and the economy
February 9, 2011
Microsoft and The Atlantic magazine will be offering an online discussion of jobs and the economy. The program is using cloud computing to enable viewers to interact with the speakers on the program. Viewers can submit questions that will be asked of the speakers using Microsoft’s Town Hall.
Major management shakeup at Microsoft
February 9, 2011
According to reports Microsoft may be in for another big corporate shakeup which may be announced this month. This comes only a few months after a major reshuffling back in October.
Microsoft accuses Mexican drug cartel La Familia of selling bootleg Office software
February 5, 2011
Microsoft claims La Familia is selling bootleg copies of Office, and the company is using this to show how counterfeiting and piracy is a more serious problem than many people believe.
Google accuses Bing of copying
February 1, 2011
Two tech giants went head-to-head today, with Google accusing Microsoft of essentially copying from it to improve Bing search results.
