Bill Gates Off to Antarctica
Well, according to his twitter account’s status, he is
“Off to Antarctica, will try to send notes. Another cool TED video is up- Bing map demo http://bit.ly/av5SpI – Blaise does very well…”
What exactly for though, What is he doing in Antarctica? He doesn’t mention that but it seems its the same time of year he went on a cruise with Paul Allen in 2007, made headlines then.
First Look: Windows Phone 7 Series Hands on Demo
There are many first look videos of Windows Phone 7 series right now but nothing as detailed as Microsoft’s 22 minutes hands on demo by their Corporate Vice President of Windows Phone Program Management Joe Belfiore giving full demo of everything including:
* The new user experience
* Integration with social networks like Facebook
* Internet Explorer
* Photos, videos, and music
* E-mail and texting
* GPS and maps
* Search integration
* Hardware standards
Check now – http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LauraFoy/First-Look-Windows-Phone-7-Series-Hands-on-Demo/
Windows Phone 7 Series Official Website
Windows Phone 7 series carriers & hardware partnerships
Windows Phone 7 series has been announced by Microsoft and one of the question now, which carriers and hardware partnerships (OEMs/Hardware companies that will produce the phones based on the OS) will be offering Microsoft Windows Phone 7 series later this year when available.
Here are the carriers/cell phone service providers as of today which will be offering Windows Phone 7 series.
- AT&T
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- Orange
- SFR
- Sprint
- Telecom Italia
- Telefónica
- Telstra
- T-Mobile USA
- Verizon Wireless
- Vodafone
Hardware partners/OEMs which are going to offer Windows Phone 7 series.
- Dell
- Garmin-Asus
- HTC
- HP
- LG
- Samsung
- Sony Ericsson
- Toshiba
Windows Phone 7 Series Features Video on Youtube
Microsoft Office 2010 reaches Release Candidate stage
Microsoft Office 2010 has been shaping up very good. It’s public beta release was mentioned earlier.
Officials at Microsoft have confirmed to Neowin that Office 2010 has reached the Release Candidate stage. This coming in just a few days after Office 2010 RTM escrow build 14.0.4734.1000 leaked through torrents.
Keep it coming MS!
Microsoft Office 2010 (Beta 14.0.4536.1000) Details & Download Links
Office 2010 Beta has been made public by Microsoft as mentioned earlier. Following are the version details, hashes and file sizes for Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta for those who are interested, details are direct from MSDN.
Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta (x64) – (English)
File Name: en_office_professional_plus_2010_beta_x64_x16-19234.exe
ISO/CRC: D5C14D40
SHA1: D07BC0DEE307E05F955CE44825F85084B94595B8
File size: 749.87 (MB)
Version: 14.0.4536.1000
Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta (x86) – (English)
File Name: en_office_professional_plus_2010_beta_x86_x16-19227.exe
ISO/CRC: D3ACD2EF
SHA1: F219E1D7FE830DCD6A796FAFEA3A5D0D4662EE89
File size: 684.48 (MB)
Version: 14.0.4536.1000
Inside MinWin: the Windows 7 Kernel Slims Down
An excellent read by Ars Technica
“Back in 2003, Microsoft assembled a team of engineers to rethink the lowest levels of Windows, so that the OS could be more easily slimmed down and secured to run in servers and embedded applications. That project, called ‘MinWin’, has now started to bear fruit.”
