Category: Microsoft

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie on Cloud Computing, D8 conference

David Cowling | June 4, 2010 | Comments (0)

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer (CEO) and Ray Ozzie (Chief Software Architect) discuss how Cloud Computing is becoming more common and users like to access their application in the internet / cloud. Microsoft sees transferring applications into the cloud as an opportunity for their company and also others.

Google adds Bing like picture to search page

David Cowling | June 3, 2010 | Comments (0)

We all know Google has the plain white search page and often changing Google logo. In a recent blog post Google is giving users the option to change their background logo on the search page which can be uploaded from the users computer or Picasa Web album. This allows the Google homepage to somewhat resemble [...]

Google to stop using Windows OS

David Cowling | June 2, 2010 | Comments (0)

Google has reported that they are going to stop using the Windows OS for employees – mainly due to security concerns. Google will is looking to switch to other operations systems such as Mac OS, Linux, and Google’s upcoming Chrome OS in an effort to increase security. However certain Google employees will still be able [...]

Apple World-wide Developers Conference June 7

David Cowling | May 31, 2010 | Comments (0)

So the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is on June 7 hosted in San Jose, California – USA. We know Steve Jobs will most probably be focusing on the new iPhone 4G and as to when the OS4.0 will be available to all other iPhone users. Many are speculating that Steve Jobs may also release [...]

RUMOR: Google search to be replaced with Bing on iPhone

David Cowling | May 29, 2010 | Comments (0)

There have been many rumors amongst tech news publishers that Bing will replace Google as the default search provider on the iPhone once OS4 is rolling out to devices globally. This is kind of expected especially considering that Google’s Android has been stealing market share from the iPhone over the last several months. Apple apparently [...]

Google App Engine for Business released

David Cowling | May 20, 2010 | Comments (0)

So Google has unveiled their App Engine for Business – the same scalable cloud infrastructure their own business runs on This product has been around for consumers but now Google is looking to the enterprise market. Google will be partnering with VMware for this and will allow companies to build, host and develop applications in [...]

Google claims that Microsoft Office 2010 lacks Cloud Collaboration

David Cowling | May 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

Microsoft has responded to the comments by Google that Microsoft Office 2010 lacks the online calibration needed, something Google claims Google Apps and Google Docs does well. Tracy Overby, senior marketing manager – Microsoft Office Products responded with: ‘Microsoft delivers the best productivity experience and we have the results to prove it. After more than [...]

Microsoft to revamp Hotmail

David Cowling | May 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing a major upgrade to their web based email system – Hotmail. Hotmail is the most popular web based email product in the world. Microsoft is updating several areas such as look and feel, more ajax features, better photo and document integration, increased account secuirty, full-session SSL, multiple [...]

Search Engine rankings – April

David Cowling | May 18, 2010 | Comments (0)

As Australian search engine data is not as freely available we look at the US market data courtesy of Neilson company. In April 9.72 billion online searches we run. Google had 65.7% market share at 6.4 billion searches. Yahoo had 13.4% market share at 1.3 billion searches. Microsoft’s Bing had 12.2% market share at 1.2 [...]

Another day at Microsoft analysing tech market acquisitions

David Cowling | May 17, 2010 | Comments (0)

Many say Microsoft has been the most successful company in history. In both where they started out and what they have achieved today, not to mention how Bill Gates helps 3rd world countries through the Gates Foundation. Microsoft CFO Peter Klein notes that more and more tech deals are coming to the table now that [...]

Bing mobile app gets turn by turn navigation

David Cowling | May 17, 2010 | Comments (0)

If you use a Windows mobile phone or BlackBerry you can now download the Bing App which features turn by turn navigation on Bing maps. How much? Free. Go to: http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/learn.html Whats unfortunately however is that Bing still hasn’t reintroduced and iPhone app for the Australian market. Bing originally made their iPhone app available globally, [...]

Microsoft launching KIN smartphone in US

David Cowling | May 9, 2010 | Comments (0)

Microsoft is preparing for the release of its KIN smartphone. Pre-orders of the device start on 6 May, and retail availability is due for 13 May in the US. No details yet on when this device will be hitting Australian shores but Microsoft has highlighted the social networking features of the KIN, which include Twitter, [...]

Microsoft to continue supporting flash in IE9

David Cowling | May 9, 2010 | Comments (0)

Microsoft has confirmed that they will still be supporting Flash in IE9, as a plugin feature like they have always done. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of Internet Explorer said “the future of the web is HTML5″ and many thought this see Microsoft drop support for Flash. However this is not the case – Hachamovitch had [...]

Bing WorldWide Telescope Application Available

David Cowling | May 5, 2010 | Comments (0)

Last month Bing launched their WorldWide Telescope application that allows you to look at the stars and constellations from Bing Maps. The application shows real time information on how space is moving around Earth. To download the Telescope App go here, click the MAP APPS button at the bottom of the page, then WorldWide Telescope. [...]