July, 2010

These facts have just stumbled across me, so I thought I would share... The facts and figures below were recently posted by Frank X. Shaw (Corporate Vice President, Corporate Communications ) on the Official Microsoft Blog and make some interesting reading...

Aaron over on the Windows Phone blog published a post yesterday that is getting a good amount of coverage, most notably around how Windows Phone 7 will connect to the cloud. As Aaron mentioned, the Windows Phone Live companion site will give people a...

Way back in March, I blogged about the 1st beta release of the MAP Toolkit 5.0. Well, we’ve been through a second beta since then, and finally, a couple of days back, shipped the product, which I’m pleased to say, is available to download...

Microsoft BPOS has, yet again, been something of a star of the Worldwide Partner Conference and a bunch of new features have been confirmed/announced. They are: Exchange Online: Voice mail with Unified Messaging Integrated archiving Retention...

Downloading as we speak! Just over a month ago, straight from TechEd North America, we announced SP1 for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 , and stated, at the time, the beta would be available before the end of July. Well, it’s available...

As you know, I’m an infographic junkie and the cloud was my old job so I love this one from GigaOm . Click on the image there for the full version. I’m disappointed to see Azure down at 14 in the list of major cloud providers but there’s...

As infogrpahics go, this is the best I have seen on the World Cup. $7.36 lost in the UK economy…was that due to people taking time off with depression or to watch the other teams progress on through the tournament? :)

If you’re interested in understanding more about the sheer choice you have in front of you for the future of desktops, this handy guide could come in useful. It covers a variety of topics, from ‘What is Desktop Virtualisation’, through...

Microsoft Office 2010 purchased through Volume Licensing now needs activating in the same way as Windows. Previously this only applied to Office through the OEM & FPP channels. This is a new introduction with 2010 and is surprising some people. ...