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2011 Year in Review: Technology

nmcgrory_ott — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:10:24 +0000

With 2011 quickly coming to an end, and 2012 just around the corner, it’s sometimes good to reflect on the progress that has occurred throughout the year. ‘11 was an overall good year for technology, and we’ve made some significant leaps forward over the past 365 days. Technology tends to move fast, and this year… [...]

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2011 Year in Review: Technology

Download Windows 8 for Free and Test Features Now

nmcgrory_ott — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:14:02 +0000

Microsoft has officially released Windows 8 for free download (Developer Preview). This is good news for many who have been waiting for updated features and new operating system features. After all, Windows 8 is slated to be a tablet/desktop hybrid OS. Will Windows 8 be all that much different than Windows 7? or will it [...]

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Download Windows 8 for Free and Test Features Now

Why Apple is Dominating the Competition

nmcgrory_ott — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:24:09 +0000

By now, you have probably heard the news that HP is axing their mobile and tablet division. The new plan, for HP, is to get back to their roots as a PC company, and further establish their PC business infrastructure. The most notable example of this recent occurrence is Hewlett Packard’s announcement of discontinued support, [...]

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Why Apple is Dominating the Competition

Bing – A new search engine from Microsoft

akishore — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:23:00 +0000

Heard enough hype about new search engines? Recently, I wrote about Wolfram Alpha, a computational search engine, and previously I wrote about Cuil, the definitely-not Google killer. So now we have another new search engine to unveil, this time from Microsoft. But doesn’t Microsoft already have a search engine called Live Search? Yes they do, [...]

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Bing – A new search engine from Microsoft

Wolfram Alpha – The best computational search engine ever

akishore — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:19:16 +0000

When Google released their search tool to the world way back in the days, everyone knew it was going to be a game changer. Why? Because it was simply awesome compared to everything else out there. Today I am pleased to say that there is another tool releasing soon that will be just as big [...]

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Wolfram Alpha – The best computational search engine ever

It’s Official: Microsoft buys Yahoo and Google buys Facebook

akishore — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:23:02 +0000

Holy crap! It looks like it’s a done deal. Last night Yahoo agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $47.2 billion, only $2.6 billion more than Microsoft’s original offer on Jan. 31st. This is huge news! Image Source: ABCNews There have been many speculations circling around about the buyout for the last two months and [...]

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It’s Official: Microsoft buys Yahoo and Google buys Facebook

Adobe Share – Access and share files and documents online

akishore — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:17:24 +0000

It seems like everyone and their grandmother is coming out with some kind of online Office or online document management suite these days! Just today, I wrote about the new Microsoft Office Live Workspace service that allows users to store and share Office documents online. Before that, I wrote about a cool web service called [...]

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Adobe Share – Access and share files and documents online

Vista SP1 available, Picasa on iPhone, Yahoo shortcuts WordPress plugin, and Google Analytics updates

akishore — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:53:40 +0000

Today’s a pretty happening day when it comes to new features, new software patches, and new programs in the tech world! There have been a couple of cool items announced recently that really kicked up my interest, so I thought I would share some of it with everyone as it will probably effect you in [...]

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Vista SP1 available, Picasa on iPhone, Yahoo shortcuts WordPress plugin, and Google Analytics updates

Adobe BuzzWord – New online web-based Word Processor

akishore — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:22:32 +0000

Adobe has recently opened up it’s much anticipated web-based Word Processing application called BuzzWord to the public and after playing around with it for a new minutes, I have to say it’s WAY better than Google Docs and other online word processors. Adobe BuzzWord uses some of the newest Adobe technology to create one of [...]

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Adobe BuzzWord – New online web-based Word Processor

Microsoft Office Online is now called Office Live Workspace

akishore — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:51:15 +0000

Update: After reading a comment left by the Microsoft Office team, I realized that my title is wrong! Office Online is another business unit that is completely separate from Office Live Workspace, which is part of the Live initiative! Sorry for the confusion. Microsoft has released some screenshots of it’s new Office Live Workspace [...]

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Microsoft Office Online is now called Office Live Workspace

IBM offers alternative to MS Office with Lotus Symphony

akishore — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:59:12 +0000

Everyone thought that only Google was out to take on Microsoft’s dominant Office suite of products, but apparently IBM is now in the fight too! Yesterday they officially announced that the release of a new suite of free office productivity tools named Lotus Symphony. The suite consists of a word processor, spreadsheet application, and a [...]

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IBM offers alternative to MS Office with Lotus Symphony

Yahoo! Mash Beta – New social networking site

akishore — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:45:09 +0000

Yahoo is on the verge of releasing it’s new re-vamped social networking web site called Yahoo! Mash. After the failure of Yahoo 360, rumors started that Yahoo would be coming out with a new site that would go against the powerhouse social networking sites like MySpace, FaceBook, and Orkut. However, it’s now official and current [...]

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Yahoo! Mash Beta – New social networking site

Windows Live Writer Beta 3 released with many new features

akishore — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:57:10 +0000

Microsoft has officially released the Beta 3 or 2008 version of Windows Live Writer. This release not only has many new features, but also fixes a lot of bugs! The new version is much more responsive from what I’ve seen so far, so if you’ve been a little annoyed at the slow interface, you’ll be [...]

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Windows Live Writer Beta 3 released with many new features

Windows Live Search Images now includes facial recognition filters

akishore — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:08:48 +0000

Windows Live Search Images facial recognition filters are probably the coolest thing to be added to search since Google came along. It’s quite impressive and very addicting! The new filters allow you to search for a face, a portrait photo, or for black and white photos. For example, here’s how a regular search for “Bill Gates” [...]

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Windows Live Search Images now includes facial recognition filters

New Firefox Add-ons web site from Mozilla

akishore — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:41:00 +0000

If you’re browsing the Internet with Firefox and just can’t get enough of the add-ons that it has to offer, then you’ll be happy to hear that Mozilla has created an entirely separate web site so that users can easily browse through thousands of extensions and themes that allows a completely customized browsing experience. The [...]

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New Firefox Add-ons web site from Mozilla