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Sam Moreau, Windows 7, Features, Visual Effects, Design

The Six "Wow" Features of Windows 7

How Sam Moreau and his eclectic team of architects, industrial designers, and writers created the "Wow!" features of Microsoft's new operating system.READ»

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Mission statements - Vigorous fights over semantics last for hours, even months. Then you end up with some variation of jargony quasi-poetry.READ»

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MICROSOFT   |  1 comment

MSN May Get MySpace Music Service to Rival Google's

Microsoft is talking to MySpace about a music partnership, according to The Wall Street Journal. The deal may mean a leap-frog in popularity for MSN's music portal. MySpace's music site is second only to AOL's with 27 million ...READ»

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'Family Guy's MacFarlane Not PC Enough for Microsoft, Windows 7 Deal Pulled

Showing just how unhip being a PC can be, Microsoft has pulled out of a prime time Windows 7 sponsorship of a special by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. According to Microsoft, MacFarlane's style didn't "fit with the Windows ...READ»

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Microsoft Video Mocks Apple, Android; Makes Ass of Self

Microsoft has a new video on the YouTubes that mocks Apple's App Store. Or means to. Inadvertently, it seems, it attempts to mock any number of companies--Google, Apple, Palm, Blackberry--for making good smartphones that run good ...READ»

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Vicon Helps You Capture Your Life Without Lifting a Finger

We're a pretty snap-happy society when it comes to documenting our lives--we take photos wherever we go, even using our phones to post images online while we're on the move. Thanks to U.K.-based firm Vicon, capturing these memories is ...READ»

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Plastic Logic Finally Unwraps Its Que E-Reader

Plastic Logic has been in and out of the news for months with its supposed Kindle-killing e-reader, but we really haven't seen much other than prototype tech. That's just changed, as the Que's been given a teaser unveiling. Turns out, ...READ»

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Microsoft: Sidekick User Data on Its Way Back

A user uproar, rumors of sabotage, and embarrassing intra-organization finger-pointing--that's how the Microsoft's Sidekick user data loss fiasco has unfolded. But it may soon be over: Microsoft's working on recovering the data. In a ...READ»

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MICROSOFT   |  Comment

Microsoft Enters Smart Grid Game With SERA

IBM, Intel, Cisco...it's an impressive list of high-tech companies involved in the burgeoning smart grid industry. Microsoft, determined not to be left behind, yesterday announced a platform to develop "the integrative utility of the ...READ»

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WINDOWS 7   |  Comment

Windows-Backed Family Guy Adds to Unemployment Rolls

We'll address the gigantic sell-out that is Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (brought to you buy Windows 7) in a moment. But the more immediate news is that the Windows 7 party-people are going to have to ...READ»

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SIDEKICK   |  1 comment

Microsoft a "Bunch of Clueless Idiots," Says Danger Source

AppleInsider has reported disclosures from several sources close to the Microsoft/Sidekick debacle, saying that the failure is only a taste of Redmond's growing internal incompetence. The sources, which AppleInsider claims were ...READ»

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Furious Sidekick Owners Blame Microsoft

Update: T-Mobile says that much of the data may indeed be recoverable on Microsoft's backend, according to the New York Times. Engineers in Redmond are "optimistic that much of it can be recovered," but individual customers have yet ...READ»

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Google and Microsoft in Talks for Twitter's Real-Time Tweets

The on-again, off-again talks between Google and Twitter are apparently on again, according to a new rumor--only this time Microsoft's in the mix too. But what are these three talking about? Data on all those Tweeps and Tweets, in real time.READ»

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MICROSOFT   |  Comment

Can Microsoft Grab Leadership Role With Mouse 2.0 and Other Interface Designs?

The software giant has produced five prototypes for multi-touch mice--and the stakes are high.READ»

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The Importance of Being Current & On Target - CRM For Private Equity and Venture Capital

When there’s a lot at stake, expectations run high. It’s too easy to hurt or kill a relationship with a Private Equity client by just confusing your facts, or not having the latest and greatest information at your fingertips. ...READ»

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IBM Fighting Google on Business Email

IBM's trying a simple tactic to outwit Google's business software plans by selling its professional package for a third less in price. For fewer dollars you also get a less capable service, but IBM's confident that many customers will ...READ»

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Corporations & Business will be offered Free Cloud OS and Unlimited servers for $79.

EyeOS Cloud OS is now available to everyone but Jawoco.Com will be retailing a full package where the OS is free but Jawoco.Com will be giving Unlimited Servers for $79/year. Jawoco.Com plans to give Corporate People servers for ...READ»

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Jawoco.Com will Release the XOS Software this Week.

After the Major usage of people using Xtravo Cloud OS, Jawoco.Com will be releasing a Full Screen Sized XOS which will open the Xtravo Cloud OS like Never Before.People can download it so they do not have to constantly open the ...READ»

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Tablet Madness: More Courier and iTablet Rumors

After stirring up the tech world last week with leaks on Microsoft's Courier tablet PC, Gizmodo's done it again with new info on the device. Simultaneously, another source reveals the most precise details yet on Apple's iTablet.This ...READ»

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INNOVATION   |  Comment

An Innovative, Collaborative Tech Nonprofit to Change the World

This is a story about what can happen when a small group of smart, innovative people take a high tech startup mentality and apply it to the nonprofit world.  In a nutshell, it works.I first became aware of the org when I was ...READ»

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YAHOO   |  1 comment

Will Yahoo Win the Search Wars with Info Overload?

Today Yahoo! began a $100 million advertising push with the following commercial, which the company says is titled "Anthem." Can Yahoo win the search-ad wars with inundation? That's a lot of humanity for one ad: a lot of colors, a ...READ»

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WAL MART   |  1 comment

Poll: Wal-Mart Brand Most Symbolizes America

Which brand do you think Americans most associate with America? Coca Cola? Google? A Vanity Fair/60 Minutes poll found that almost half of all Americans say Wal-Mart best symbolizes America today, with the mega-retailer notching 48% ...READ»

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APPLE   |  4 comments

Is Apple Planning a Win-7 Diversion?

For Windows 7 to outshine the disaster that is Vista, it will have to be both a technical panacea and a marketing success. Microsoft has been splurging on TV ads, haplessly enlisting "regular" people to get you to throw parties in ...READ»

Microsoft's Looking Glass Tool Tracks Social Buzz for Companies

Microsoft's Looking Glass Tool Tracks Social Buzz for Companies

So you can figure out how to calm the angry Twitter masses or handle Facebook slapdownsREAD»

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Screw Microsoft's Courier: Apple Had Better Ideas 22 Years Ago

The Web's been buzzing since Gizmodo leaked Microsoft's Courier tablet PC, and rightly so--it looks amazing. However, what we've seen of Courier is a mere concept rendering. Apple, of course, has been playing that game too. For 22 ...READ»

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