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I’ve been a fairly happy Apple/OS/X user for the past three to four years. Before that, I was a Windows user that finally became disgusted enough to finally make the jump. Most computer users are well aware of the arguments, both pro and con. Up until now, I’ve been happy. Up until now, everything simply worked. Ahem, up until now…
Bing has release an app that documents the massive damage from the May 22nd Joplin, Missouri tornado. The new app is a part of Bing Maps, which has become a really nice competitor for Google Maps. According the Bing team the photos come from "Surdex, one of our Global Ortho flying partners, captured these images 36 hours after the event
It was a bit of a surprise when Microsoft didn't have a problem with developer Chris Walsh's ChevronWP7 to "fix" NoDo installs that weren't working, even inviting him to visit their headquarters. It now comes as less of a surprise that Microsoft is endorsing Walsh's latest tool, especially since it helps to get those "hacked" phones back on the official
Today Microsoft announced that it had purchased Skype for 8.5 billion dollars. Skype will be run as a separate business division with in Microsoft and its CEO Tony Bates will report directly to Steve Balmer Microsoft's CEO. For those of you that are not familiar with Skype it is a soft ware application that allows users to make voice calls
Back with Microsoft for a more consumer oriented evening. This time it's going to be Windows Media Centre, Home Server, Xbox, Kinect and more on the phones. First up is Microsoft Home Server 2011 - every house should have one. As standard it's a media server, dishing out photos, music and videos. Usual DLNA stuff. Microsoft provides a remote site
Microsoft's TechNet Live Tour is giving a half day seminar on the cloud and what it means for the IT professional. I've been invited along so, for a change, I'm going to try a bit of a "live blog" approach, just typing as I go. It's going to cover Windows Intune, Small Business Server 2011, Office 365, Dynamics CRM 2011,
Windows 8 continues to move closer and closer to reality. In fact, we can expect the first public beta before the end of this year. To illustrate just how close we are getting, Rafael Rivera, a Microsoft insider (not employee), has begun posting screenshots recently. The first shot went up April 1st, and probably a lot of people took it