Elop declined to offer publicly any sales or unit targets for the new release, but said the software has exceeded internal forecasts so far.
“It’s at times like this that some of the most difficult technology decisions can be made,” Elop said. “This is a disruptive technology that has value (and) lowers cost.”
“We still have steps ahead, (but) we’re well on that journey,” Elop said.
“Where we are at with Office Communications Server, we have incredible acce
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In talking up Microsoft’s deal with Yahoo, Ballmer couldn’t restrain himself from talking about Apple or Linux:
With
Windows 7, Microsoft appears to be back in action. This is welcome. Time to let your products speak louder than your hype and FUD, Mr. Ballmer.
Linux. It’s all about Linux. We’ve been competing with Linux for a number of years. I want to describe our value proposition. We are a high-volume player. We
Apple representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday evening, but Apple has apparently been laying the groundwork for a tablet PC for years. The company was granted a patent in 2005 for tablet PC design, and the company was granted a patent last year for a tablet-like device that incorporated a touchscreen. Apple has also long had some of the key technologies for a tablet computer with Inkwell–a handwriting recognition feature having been in
Mac OS X for some ti
One of the larger changes is clearer language of Facebook’s share to everyone feature, which is now an integral part of the social network’s updated search engine. The new wording makes it pretty clear that anything users post with the “everyone” designation can be seen by the entire world, not just users on the service.
On top of that, the company is locking down sponsored status updates. These are user updates which have been paid for by an outside company, effectively turning use
Google Wave is ready for its next step: a more thorough test of its scalability and stability as more than 100,000 new users crowd onto the service.
As promised, Google plans to open Google Wave beyond an extremely limited preview on Wednesday, granting access to users who have signed up in hopes of getting a chance to try the service. Google received more than 1 million requests to participate in the preview, said Lars Rasmussen, engineering manager for Google Wave, and while it w
Web pages have long included anchor links, which, when clicked, send you to a specific section of the page. Wikipedia uses them heavily to help users jump between headings and navigate the sometimes large articles more efficiently. Google has announced that it is now including these anchor links in search results. This is right in line with Google’s mission of helping users to find the information that they are looking for as quickly and accurately as possible.
Google calls out the
Of the companies mentioned above, only Google has a disruptive strategy, but it isn’t spending nearly enough resources to tackle Apple’s iPhone. Until it does, it will lose, open source or not. As for the others, neither Microsoft nor open source will save them, as they lack even a hint of disruption in their game plans.
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As Slate’s Farhoo Manjoo writes, “Even though it’s far friendlier to developers, Android has failed
“Our fundamental premise of planning for higher gas prices is the right premise,” he said.
But GM’s vice president of global design, Ed Welburn, made clear that the goal isn’t just to turn out “econoboxes” that post good mileage ratings.
WARREN, Mich.–For all the attention on the electric Chevy Volt, General Motors has big expectations for another key car segment: small cars.
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Higher gasoline prices
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For the attack to work, an attacker must send hundreds of SMS control messages, which are different from regular SMS messages, according to Miller. Only the initial SMS may be seen, he said.
The researchers will demonstrate the attack on an Android phone and an iPhone during their presentation on Thursday.
LAS VEGAS–Researchers have discovered a way to take complete control over an iPhone merely by sending special SMS messages
Which leaves the free version of Screenr as a little marketing expense. (A paid version may follow, with options for branding, longer recording times, and so on.) Lest you worry about the company shutting down the non-revenue-generating free product (see “URL shortener Trim gets cut off”), take some comfort in what Schwartz says on the topic: “This is really cheap for us. We’re hosted on the Rackspace cloud, and the cost for doing this is like two orders of magnitude less than it was when we
