Jul 13, 2009 | Microsoft, Office, Outlook, software, web_services
The bloggers were buzzing about Microsoft Office 2010 today, after Microsoft gave a nice presentation at a Partner Conference. The new Office suites won’t be on the market until early next year and there are some important questions that were not answered today, so...
Jul 13, 2009 | Microsoft, Office
I’ll write about the features in Microsoft Office 2010 later. For the moment, take these two clips as evidence that Microsoft might actually be able to do cool advertisements. The first clip is a 30 second preview, the second is a longer trailer. Fun stuff!...
Jul 12, 2009 | Microsoft, software, Vista, WinXP
One of the things that kept Vista from being adopted quickly was a simple problem: once we are used to doing something a certain way, it’s difficult for many people to change. Vista was deliberately made very similar to Windows XP in most respects but there are a few...
Jul 9, 2009 | Google, Internet, Microsoft, photos, search
Bing is Microsoft’s new service for Internet searches. As I wrote last month, its search results are more or less comparable to Google and it has some nice design touches that can make it easier to use than Google. You may want to give it a look, especially if you’re...
Jul 7, 2009 | computers, Google, Internet, Microsoft, netbooks, software, Windows7
Google announced tonight that it plans to turn its web browser, Google Chrome, into a full-fledged operating system. Its first target is netbooks, which will primarily be used for web browsing and email and which can benefit from a lean OS that starts quickly and has...
Jul 1, 2009 | mail, Microsoft, Outlook, web_services
I’m supporting several businesses using Microsoft Online Services to host their Outlook mailboxes. It’s been very satisfying in almost every way. For a small monthly subscription fee, small businesses can get the full value of Exchange Server:MULTIPLE COMPUTERS The...
