O'Reilly News: Microsoft

What's Hot in O'Reilly Answers - iPhone Sensors, Backup Systems, Sharing Printers in Windows 7, and much more!

2009-11-18T15:59:05Z

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What's Hot in O'Reilly Answers - Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

2009-11-12T15:56:44Z

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Four short links: 9 November 2009 - Moth Mind Readers, Shiny UI Futures, Usable Newspapers, Hardware Testing

2009-11-09T11:00:00Z

New Microsoft Interface Technology -- videos from Craig Mundie (Chief Research and Strategy Officer) on the MS Campus Tour talking about the future of UI using a sexy glass prototype that features tablet PC, gesture, speech recognition, and even eye tracking. Lustable. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

William Stanek on Windows 7: The Definitive Guide

2009-10-22T23:12:01Z

We recently had the opportunity to hear from author William Stanek about his view of Windows 7 and his latest book, Windows 7: The Definitive Guide. Stanek calls Windows 7 "the single most important launch of Windows in the history of Microsoft." He predicts most PCs will transition to Windows 7, and recommends all PC users get up to speed on the changes ahead.

Why Google and Bing's Twitter Announcement is Big News - Tweets will finally become first class web citizens

2009-10-21T22:04:24Z

Lurking innocently on Google's blog this afternoon, like many of their big announcements, was the bombshell that they have reached an agreement with Twitter to make all tweets searchable. This followed an earlier announcement at the Web 2.0 conference by Microsoft that Bing has also arranged to make tweets searchable.

Windows 7 is Here! - A Chance to Win Copies of New Windows 7 Books

2009-10-21T10:46:43Z

We'd like to hear from those of you who are planning to upgrade to Windows 7. Tell us the top reason you're making the move to Windows 7 by leaving a comment on this entry by 12am PT, Oct. 25, and we'll choose 7 random posts to win a free Ebook version of any of our new Windows 7 titles. One grand prize winner will be randomly chosen to win print copies of all three titles.

Random Hacks of Kindness: Disaster Relief Codejam

2009-10-15T23:43:15Z

Random Hacks of Kindness is an initiative that brings together disaster relief experts and software engineers to work on identifying key challenges to disaster relief, and developing solutions to these critical issues. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the World Bank are getting together to support disaster relief projects. The first Codejam will be Nov 12-14 i the Bay Area.

Four short links: 12 October 2009 - DSL for NLP Task, Insider Tradespotting, Outsource Fail, Cloud Fail

2009-10-12T11:00:00Z

Insider Trades -- A Yahoo! Hack Day app by a Canadian law student that turned out to be worth continuing. Scans SEC systems every 30 seconds and alerts you if the stock you track has been traded by an insider. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Microsoft Press Enters Strategic Alliance with O'Reilly

2009-09-24T13:26:00Z

Today, Microsoft and O'Reilly Media announced an agreement to support and expand Microsoft Press. Under the terms of the strategic alliance, O'Reilly will be the exclusive distributor of Microsoft Press titles and co-publisher of all Microsoft Press titles, on Nov. 30, 2009. We'll be working with Microsoft to develop new books, as well as distributing both existing and new co-published books to bookstores, and, perhaps most importantly, to the emerging digital book channels that represent the future of book publishing.

Why is HTML Suddenly Interesting?

2009-08-26T20:30:08Z

After a decade of quiet, HTML is a hot topic once again. While there is pent-up demand for new features, the conversation reflects a more basic change in the Web's landscape.

Who's Winning the Smartphone Wars?

2009-08-24T20:08:52Z

The short answer - Microsoft and Nokia are slipping, RIM and Apple are gaining. It's too early to tell with Google. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Last week, UK-based analyst firm Canalys, released its findings on smartphone market share based on Q2 2009 unit shipments (see "Smart phones defy slowdown"). Before sharing Canalys' findings, it's important to understand how an evaluation of market share and profits relate to the players involved.

Upcoming Webcasts: 5 Ways to Enhance SharePoint Site Usability - Meet Experts Online

2009-08-05T15:17:01Z

SharePoint is unlike existing technologies users are familiar with. In certain cases, out of the box SharePoint site interface and layout is not as intuitive to the greater user community. In this interactive presentation by Dux Raymond Sy, you will acquire the practical knowledge of improving SharePoint usability to increase user adoption in leveraging SharePoint for collaboration. Attendance is limited for this August 13th event, so register now!

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Velocity Preview - The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number at Microsoft

2009-05-18T15:07:01Z

The psychology of engineering user experiences on the web can be difficult. How much rich content can you place up on a page before the load time drives away your visitors? Get the answer wrong, and you can end up with a ghost town; get it right and you're a star. Eric Schurman knows this well, since he is responsible for just those kind of trade-off decisions on some of Microsoft's highest traffic pages. He'll be speaking at O'Reilly's Velocity Conference in June, and he recently talked with us about how Microsoft tests different user experiences on small groups of visitors.

Dreaming of Rails as the Next Microsoft Access

2009-05-05T02:39:23Z

Rails? Microsoft Access? Aren't those from different planets? Well, they may have different origins, but their similarities give me hope.

The Varieties of Openness Worth Wanting in the Cloud

2009-03-27T21:42:03Z

All of the vendors in the cloud space have paid lip service to the idea of Openness in the cloud; and most everyone believes that being "Open" is a "good thing". In an environment in which few people agree on the specifics of defining the term "cloud computing", what exactly does it mean to have an Open Cloud?

Silverlight Development for the Flex Developer

2009-03-25T16:00:00Z

The jets and sharks, Hatfields and McCoys, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants, Adobe and Microsoft. Now several years in the making, the Adobe - Microsoft rivalry is gearing up. Especially with the anticipated new release of Silverlight 3 and Flex 4. As any seasoned Flex veteran will tell you, Adobe is the defacto standard for Rich Internet Applications. When asked about interest in Silverlight, the response may vary, but usually ends in “I haven’t actually spent a lot of time [or tried] it.” A product of Microsoft, Silverlight is. But as professionals in the RIA industry it is a good thing to be open minded. After all, as hard as it is to admit, Flash isn’t always the best tool for the job.