venturebeat.com - 3/2/2009
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People sometimes ask me why I dislike Microsoft. The answer is simple: I don’t — I’ve just been disappointed with much of what it has done in the past decade.
This disappointment stems from the 1990s, when I was a big fan of many Microsoft products (and incidentally, could not stand ...
microsoft.com - 2/27/2009
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microsoft.com —
Updated: February 5, 2008 As president of the
Microsoft Business Division, Stephen Elop oversees the Information Worker,
Microsoft Business Solutions and Unified Communications Groups. This division is responsible for the Microsoft Office system of ...
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Stephen Elop: President, Microsoft Business Division
microsoft.com - 3/2/2009
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microsoft.com —
Microsoft signs agreement with GlaxoSmithKline to deploy Exchange
Online, SharePoint Online, Office Communications Online and Office Live
Meeting for employees worldwide. HANOVER, Germany — March 2, 2009 — Furthering its commitment to deliver ...
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Microsoft Online Services Available Worldwide: Microsoft ...
searchengineland.com - 3/3/2009
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searchengineland.com —
Like many others, I saw the mention that
came out on LiveSide earlier today about Microsoft’s new
search interface and potential “Kumo” brand change. Now we, along with others , have received an internal memo about the changes along with some further ...
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Kumo: Microsoft Tests Search Ideas With Its Own Employees
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Microsoft's Vision For the Future Gives Me Hope For Humanity [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... like Microsoft's interpolating various research technologies like Surface and who-the-hell-knows-what else into showing surfaces that can be manipulated, electronic paper, crazy video cellphones, touchscreen/remote-control walls and amazing handheld wands. As Arthur C. Clarke says, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," and this shit is magic. Hit the link to see the entire 5 minutes and get your own e-boner. [I Started Something via Venture Beat] Video: Future Vision Montage
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Microsoft's Incredible Future Vision Montage
Tech Blog —
... Shown at the Wharton Business Technology Conference, this future vision montage portrays "what Microsoft thinks the world may look like a decade from now, in 2019." Continue reading to watch.
While clearly all of the products in this video are very much concepts, they show a Microsoft that seems to have a vision for the next decade. Carrying out that vision will be a whole other matter, of course, and so Microsoft needs to focus.
[via Venturebeat]
Microsoft Envisions Personal Computing In 2019
OhGizmo! —
... examples of: Surface, transparent LCDs, augmented reality, gesture interfaces, e-paper… It’s all already here. Well, not here in front of me here, but don’t forget, tech tends to develop on an exponential, rather than linear, scale. My hope is that we’ll see at least some of these concepts well before 2019. Because by then I’ll be all, like, old.
[ Microsoft Office Labs ] VIA [ VentureBeat ]
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