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Video: A real human living inside a computer
Aug 21st
Meet Milo, an 11-year-old virtual boy that recognizes and responds to you, that is molded by the things you say and objects you show him. Milo is part of a video game from Microsoft’s Kinect controller that allows people to interact with Milo with voice, body movement, and hand motions. Expected to be released in November, watch a demo of a person talking to Milo, and Milo talking back. Video after the break.
When In A Ford, Listen To Tweets Handsfree
Jul 30th
The system does not allow you to tweet back to make sure you don’t think too hard while driving. This is to make sure you are not distracted from your primary job at the wheel – DRIVE. But experts say that this may only lead to the driver reaching out to the phone to tweet back. Now come on, if the system can take voice commands it can also tweet, right?
“Making SYNC even more intuitive and easier to use will encourage more drivers to take advantage of its hands-free capabilities, helping them keep their focus on driving,” said Mark Fields, the Executive Vice President of Ford Motor Company.
The future’s going to be quite interesting given that there’s going to be some augmented reality, some tweeting and some self controlling cars. But for now let’s stick to what we have.
IBM Expands Collaboration Software Support to Include iPad
Jun 13th
We know that the Office productivity suite from MS is coming to the iPad but IBM’s Lotus Notes sure is. I am not sure how many hi-tech professionals are switching to iPads to check their email but the number must be large enough for IBM to decide on giving the iPad some Lotus love. I don’t personally love the
State of Florida Leverages Microsoft Cloud Solution for Census Count
Jun 12th
Looks like Microsoft’s scoring big in their “all in the cloud” strategy. The State of Florida has decided to use Microsoft’s cloud solution “Azure” to do their census counting work. Remember, Microsoft’s a late entrant into the cloud business so this might be one of the big wins Microsoft is looking for. The competition is
Help Change the World With a Single Vote
Jun 9th
Students from around the world will gather in Warsaw, Poland, next month to showcase innovative ideas that could change the world. They are competing in the eighth annual Imagine Cup, the world’s premier student technology competition sponsored by Microsoft Corp. Starting today and running through July 7, the public is invited to view videos created
Microsoft Announces Availability of Hohm Scores for 60 Million Homes in the United States
Jun 1st
Starting May 26 2010, more than 60 million homeowners will be able to answer one simple question: “Am I an energy hog or an energy miser?” Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Hohm Score, an estimate of a home’s energy efficiency, offered as part of the company’s free online home energy management tool,
HP Joins New Alliance to Drive Unified Communications Interoperability
May 25th
HP announced it is a founding member of the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF), a collaborative effort among hardware and software vendors, service providers and network operators to eliminate the barriers to unified communications (UC). The UCIF was and co-founded by Polycom and created to address issues around the current inability to connect systems from
Microsoft and eGovernment Partners Take Citizen Services to the Cloud
May 22nd
At the fourth annual Microsoft Worldwide Government Solutions Forum in Bergen, Norway, Joel Cherkis, general manager for Applied Innovation in Public Sector at Microsoft Corp., outlined how the company’s Citizen Services Platform (CSP) and partner ecosystem will take advantage of Microsoft’s cloud-based solutions to give citizens — digital natives and newcomers — broad choices in
Microsoft Investigators Uncover Emerging Form of Click Fraud
May 20th
Microsoft Corp. has filed two lawsuits this week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington detailing evidence of an emerging form of click fraud in online advertising the company has dubbed “click laundering.” One lawsuit is a John Doe suit alleging that unidentified defendants engaged in this activity; the other lawsuit
Mexico’s Online Population Soars 20 Percent in Past Year
May 7th
ComScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) today released a report on Internet growth in Mexico based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service. The report found that in March there were 15.5 million home and work Internet users age 15 and older in Mexico, an increase of 20 percent from the previous year, making it one of the fastest-growing markets.
A&E Television Networks Signs With Microsoft’s Admira
Apr 27th
A&E Television Networks (AETN) and Microsoft Corp. today announced an agreement in which AETN will use Microsoft’s Admira television marketplace to help optimize sales of its inventory on Bio, History International and History en Español channels starting in April 2010. Through the use of aggregated, anonymized cable and satellite set-top box viewership data, Admira will
Palm Is Up For Sale! Yay!
Apr 12th
We had written an article some time back questioning Palm’s capability to innovate. With Palm’s share price falling like a rock down a bottomless pit, Palm is reportedly up for sale! Bloomberg reports this bit of interesting news. Goldman Sachs and Frank Quattrone’s Qatalyst Partners will be looking for potential buyers. Palm reportedly has done this voluntarily. Interesting turn of events, given that Palm’s CEO Jon Rubinstein recently said “I think we have a better product than Droid”. Sure you do, Jon – but consumers want the iPhone! News is that Dell has already taken a swipe at Palm. HTC and Lenovo are in the race too. This fight is going to be a crazy one. America vs. Taiwan. Fight!
Apple Lessons: How To Kill Your Rivals
Apr 9th
Polygeek posted a hilarious piece of video by Monty Python (bring out your dead) that equates to what Apple is doing to Flash – forcefully killing it, although Adobe keeps screaming “I am still alive”. The last few weeks have been very important for Apple not just in the product launch department but also in the “I will drive a knife up your heart and drink your blood” department.
Will iPhone Become Invincible With OS4?
Apr 8th
Hey, the suspense is over. The sneak peek event of the iPhone OS4 was held at the Infinite Loop campus today. The new OS officially bring multi tasking to the iPhone. No more jailbreaks required to run multiple apps at once. This update is limited to the iPad, iPod 3G and iPhone 3GS only. So does this make the iPhone 3GS the ultimate mobile device you could have? With over 1500 new API’s added for developers to access and tons of new features like “Folders” for bunching apps, single window email view for all your email account, the iPhone will be the most feature rich phone ever. Nothing to crib about anymore? Hold of on the 4G cribbing, you will need new hardware for that. A lot of cues have been taken from the Windows 7 series phone OS internals in this rev of the iPhone OS. Coming for general download this summer. iPhone dev program Developers can download the SDK right away. Head here – link
Oh Palm, what happened to your innovation? Did Microsoft kill it? or Apple?
Mar 21st
There were days when Palm was king of the hill. It held a niche market of CXO’s who wanted to manage their time efficiently. That was the time when no mobile phone company had dared to manage CEO’s lives as well as Palm’s devices did. I remember my friend’s dad importing one of those shiny
