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May 14th, 2008

Scoble’s Cry Factor Now Available

Remember when Robert Scoble, was reduced to tears over something that he had gotten a peak of at Microsoft’s development teams? It turns out that the cause of all the eye leaking is now available to the public.
The Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope (why can I not get David Letterman’s production company ‘Worldwide Pants’ out […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

May 8th, 2008

Microsoft On the Rebound Into the Arms of Facebook?

Could Microsoft be pursuing Facebook now since Yahoo! wouldn’t let them take them to the Senior Prom? It appears that way from Andy Beal’s perspective and his sources.
Facebook is already wearing Microsoft’s ring–the company recently invested $240 million in the social network–but the timing is just too strange. Ten minutes ago, Yahoo was the […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

May 5th, 2008

Is It Really Over? Microsoft Pulls Yahoo Offer

This is one that I really thought would happen. I didn’t think it would happen easily or exactly quickly, but I thought it would eventually get approved and move forward.
Part of me thinks this could still be in the overall strategy though. The YHOO stock price has already dropped to $24 from it’s 52-week […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 30th, 2008

Try Microsoft’s Surface Computing for Yourself at AT&T Stores

Interestingly enough, after just posting my previous post about what Microsoft’s next big thing could be, one of the things I mentioned, Microsoft Surface, is now on display in a few select AT&T locations around the United States.
Put Your Hands on Microsoft Surface and Experience It for Yourself
I was really hoping I might get […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 30th, 2008

Why Can’t Microsoft Twitter

I’ve been spending more and more time in the Web 2.0 world and immersing myself in more social networking applications. One of the most popular right now is twitter.
I got to thinking recently though about why it is Microsoft couldn’t develop an application like twitter?
I don’t think it’s because Microsoft doesn’t have any really […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

April 30th, 2008

Ex-Photoshop Developer Moves to Microsoft SmartFlow

There’s a new Microsoft employee in town and he comes to campus by way of the Adobe parking lot.
Former Adobe Photoshop developer Mark Hamburg has been hired at Microsoft and will be spending his time working on a new Microsoft product “SmartFlow“.
Mary Jo Foley reports that SmartFlow is a new graphics program that, with […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

April 25th, 2008

Xbox 360 - Xbox LIVE Connection Issues Follow-Up

I finally got a chance to call Microsoft (1-800-4MY-XBOX) about my issues with connecting to XBOX LIVE.
After a number of minutes on the phone with one customer service rep (Thanks Frank!) I was escalated up to another tech that informed me that this was a known issue and I should be hearing back from […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

April 16th, 2008

Microsoft Internal Vista SP1 Marketing Music Video

Is this for real?
They’ve got to know it would be leaked on the Internet.
Hopefully they’re just using it as a funny motivational tool. Looks a little too clean and well produced to completely be a spoof.
Hopefully they’re just not taking themselves too seriously and intended it for what it is. A funny video. I […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 10th, 2008

Top 10 Features in SQL Server 2008

Dan Rigsby (@danrigsby) shared some slides of information including his Top 10 Features of SQL Server 2008 at the IndyNDA meeting in Indianapolis, IN.

LINQ
Intellisense for SQL Server
FileStream Datatype
Date & Time Datatype
DateTime2 & DateTimeOffset Datatype
Hierarchical Datatype: i.e. org charts
Spatial Datatype: geography, geometry
T-SQL […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 8th, 2008

Microsoft Customer Service - What’s the Deal?

I was speaking to a friend and fellow blogger, Shea, who shared with me a recent experience she had while trying to deal with someone within Microsoft’s customer service and tech support structure.
Here’s what was shared:
It was a pretty basic call - I was at work, installing Office 2003 (yeah, we’re old school) on my […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

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